Sakana AI
Commercial provider · 3 models tracked · Founded 2023
Tokyo research company founded by David Ha, Llion Jones and Ren Ito, known for nature-inspired and evolutionary approaches to model design. Its Fugu family is a learned multi-agent orchestration system sold as a single OpenAI-compatible API; Fugu Ultra is token-billed from $5.00/1M input and $30.00/1M output at or below 272K context, with higher rates above it. The service is not offered in the EU or EEA.
Sakana AI pricing at a glanceSeptember 2026 · $ per 1M tokens
Sakana AI API pricing (September 2026): 3 current models range from $0.950 to $5.00 per 1M input tokens and $4.00 to $30.00 per 1M output tokens. The cheapest paid model is Sakana Namazu at $0.950/1M input; the priciest is Fugu Ultra at $5.00/1M input / $30.00 output. Every price links to Sakana AI's official pricing page and refreshes twice daily.
Today's Sakana AI prices
3 models · cheapest blended firstSorted by blended cost (cheapest first). Prices per 1M tokens, September 2026 — every price links to Sakana AI's official pricing page.
| Model | Blended* | Input | Output | Cached in | Relative cost | Context | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sakana Namazu | $1.71 |
$0.950 | $4.00 | $0.150 | 262K | Current | |
| Fugu Max | $3.00 |
$2.00 | $6.00 | $0.250 | 1M | Current | |
| Fugu Ultra | $11.25 |
$5.00 | $30.00 | $0.500 | 1M | Current |
Quick stats
- Models tracked
- 3
- Type
- commercial
- Founded
- 2023
- Cheapest model
- Sakana Namazu
- Cheapest blended
- $1.71/M