Sakana Namazu API Pricing
sakana · Mid-tier · released 2026-08. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-09-28.
Sakana Namazu has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 52nd cheapest of 108 Mid-tier models. Only one host, Sakana AI, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.95 per 1M tokens
- Output: $4.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (input/output): not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.15
- Context window: 262K
Sakana Namazu market position
On blended price ($3.08 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 52% of Mid-tier models: 52nd cheapest of 108. Across every category it is cheaper than 31% of priced text models in the catalogue: 194th cheapest of 281.
Sakana Namazu licence, size and capabilities
No licence is recorded for Sakana Namazu, so this page does not say whether it can be self-hosted. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Reasoning, Code, Agents. Filling its 262K context window once costs $0.25 in input tokens at list price.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where the provider publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $271 – $343 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $398 – $510 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $1.3K – $1.4K |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $917 – $958 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $965 – $1.1K |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $347 – $383 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $454 – $470 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $1.4K – $1.8K |
Sakana Namazu 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 2026-09-28 via OpenRouter — negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Sakana AI is the only host with a published rate, $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens, which is the price shown on this page.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Sakana AI (the price shown above) | $0.95 | $4.00 |
Sakana Namazu price history
Sakana Namazu has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-09-28 snapshot.
Alternatives to Sakana Namazu
- Next cheaper Mid-tier model: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (DeepSeek) at $3.06 blended, 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Inkling (thinkingmachines) at $3.13 blended, 2% more.
Common questions about Sakana Namazu pricing
- How much does Sakana Namazu cost?
- Sakana Namazu costs $0.95 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens on the API.
- Does Sakana Namazu offer batch or cached pricing?
- Prompt-cache reads cost $0.15/M input tokens. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Sakana Namazu cost per month?
- For a support-ticket workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens per request) at 100K requests/month, Sakana Namazu costs about $343 at list prices.
- Has the price of Sakana Namazu changed?
- Sakana Namazu has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-09-28 snapshot.
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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