Fugu Max pricing and routing profile
Fugu Max from Sakana lists at $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens, with a 1,000,000-token context window. Prices from OpenRouter's catalogue on 2026-09-28.
Tool callingStructured outputReasoning control
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Request shape | List cost |
|---|---|
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out) | $1.26 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out) | $6.40 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out) | $19.00 |
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Can Gimbix route to it first?
Not as a first-answer model through OpenRouter: no host returns token log probabilities for Fugu Max. It can still be the model Gimbix falls back to when a cheaper model is unsure.
Cheaper models that can answer first
Models priced below Fugu Max that expose a confidence signal. Whether they answer your traffic as well is what a Gimbix pilot measures.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Cheaper on a chat reply |
|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.7 | $1.60 / $4.80 | 20% |
| Qwen3.7 Max | $1.48 / $4.42 | 26% |
| GLM 5.1 | $1.40 / $4.40 | 29% |
| Grok 4.3 | $1.25 / $2.50 | 45% |
| Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | $1.25 / $2.50 | 45% |
| Grok 4.20 | $1.25 / $2.50 | 45% |
Questions
How much does Fugu Max cost?
Fugu Max lists at $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens on OpenRouter as of 2026-09-28. A typical chat reply of 2,000 input and 400 output tokens costs about $6.40 per 1,000 requests.
What is the context window of Fugu Max?
1,000,000 tokens.
Can a cheaper model replace Fugu Max?
Sometimes. Gimbix proves it on your own traffic before routing: the cheaper model must match Fugu Max on one half of your requests and make at most three answers worse on the other.