Fugu Ultra v2 API Pricing
sakana · Frontier · released 2026-09. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-09-11.
- Input: $5.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $30.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (input/output): not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.50
- Context window: 1M
Cost per request by business use case
List price vs optimized (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where the provider publishes those rates).
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Cost/req (list) | Cost/req (optimized) | Monthly @100K req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $0.022 | $0.018 | $1.8K |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $0.034 | $0.028 | $2.8K |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $0.086 | $0.081 | $8.1K |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $0.067 | $0.064 | $6.4K |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $0.075 | $0.068 | $6.8K |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $0.025 | $0.023 | $2.3K |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $0.031 | $0.030 | $3.0K |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $0.120 | $0.101 | $10.1K |
Fugu Ultra v2 pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token — the lab that made it, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent provider. One model, several sellers, and often several prices. This model is sold by 1 host. The price quoted above is the one we publish so that models stay comparable; it is not necessarily the cheapest way to buy this model. List prices as published on 2026-09-11 via OpenRouter — negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Sakana AI (the price shown above) | $5.00 | $30.00 |
Common questions about Fugu Ultra v2 pricing
- How much does Fugu Ultra v2 cost?
- Fugu Ultra v2 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $30.00 per million output tokens on the API.
- Does Fugu Ultra v2 offer batch or cached pricing?
- Prompt-cache reads cost $0.50/M input tokens. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Fugu Ultra v2 cost per month?
- For a support-ticket workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens per request) at 100K requests/month, Fugu Ultra v2 costs about $2.3K at list prices.
These are list prices: real cost also depends on caching, batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and existing contracts. Get a FinOps review from OptimNow or compare all models.
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