What is Sakana Fugu?
Sakana's multi-model orchestration API in Fugu, Ultra and Cyber tiers.
Who is Sakana Fugu best for?
Sakana Fugu is best for developers who want one OpenAI-compatible API that spreads hard coding work across many models.
Long coding and research jobs
Fugu Ultra coordinates a deep pool of expert models on multi-step work such as paper reproduction, code review and data science experiments.
Avoiding single-vendor risk
Its pool of models is swappable, so Fugu can route around a provider that cuts off or restricts access.
Cost-conscious production workloads
Fugu Max draws on a large pool of open and specialized models at $2 / $6 per million tokens, whatever the context length.
Security teams
Fugu Cyber applies the same orchestration to vulnerability research, threat investigation and security analysis.
How much does Sakana Fugu cost?
Sakana Fugu costs $20, $100 or $200 a month on its Standard, Pro and Max subscriptions, or you pay per token, from $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens on Fugu Max.
- Fugu, Fugu Ultra and Fugu Max
- Baseline usage allowance
- For light daily use and small experiments
- 10 times the Standard usage
- Fugu, Fugu Ultra and Fugu Max
- For regular coding, review and research sessions
- 20 times the Standard usage
- Fugu, Fugu Ultra and Fugu Max
- For heavy, long-running work
- Fugu Max rate; Fugu Ultra: $5 / $30, or $10 / $45 above 272K tokens of context
- Fugu: the rate of the top model in its agent pool, never stacked
- Served at higher priority than subscription usage
Cached input costs $0.25 per million tokens on Fugu Max and $0.50 on Fugu Ultra ($1.00 above 272K tokens). Web search and web fetch calls on Fugu Max cost $0.007 each. Tokens Fugu spends coordinating its agents are billed at the same rates as input and output. Fugu Cyber is priced through Sakana's sales team. Subscriptions cover the API platform only and do not change Sakana Chat limits. Sakana Fugu is not offered in the EU or EEA. Full pricing on console.sakana.ai. We checked these prices on .
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Questions about Sakana Fugu
What is Sakana Fugu?
Sakana's multi-model orchestration API in Fugu, Ultra and Cyber tiers.
Who is Sakana Fugu for?
Sakana Fugu is best for developers who want one OpenAI-compatible API that spreads hard coding work across many models.
Is Sakana Fugu free?
No. Sakana Fugu is a paid tool, from $20 per month.
How much does Sakana Fugu cost?
Sakana Fugu's paid plans are Standard at $20 per month, Pro at $100 per month, Max at $200 per month and Pay as you go at $2 / $6 per million input / output tokens.
What are the best Sakana Fugu alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are OpenRouter Fusion.
Where can I try Sakana Fugu?
On its official website, sakana.ai.
Can I use Sakana Fugu in the EU?
No. Sakana AI does not offer Sakana Fugu to users in EU or EEA member states while it works on GDPR compliance. It is open to users outside Japan in other regions, though network conditions or local rules can still block access in some places.
Does Sakana Fugu show which models answered a request?
No. Sakana Fugu keeps its choice of underlying models private, since the routing is proprietary. You do see token use and cost for every request, and on the base Fugu model you can opt specific models or providers out of the pool in the console.
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