Fugu Max vs Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Prices checked
Gemini 4 Hydrogen takes 3 of 5 rounds against Fugu Max. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.50 per million tokens against $3.
Sakana AIFugu Max
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$3/M tokensSakana AI's own price · $1.56 per 1,000 pages
GoogleWins 3 roundsGemini 4 Hydrogen
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$1.50/M tokensCheapest price, at Kilo Gateway · $0.68 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$2/M
$1.50/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$6/M
$7.50/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
none below the maker
$1.50/M at Kilo Gateway
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$3/M
$3/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.56
$0.68
Context
1M tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
not published
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
11 Sept 2026
12 Nov 2026
Providers selling it
11
20
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not published
Providers selling both · 8
NanoGPT$3 / $1.14
Kilo Gateway$3 / $1.50
LLM Gateway$3 / $3
LLMTR$3 / $3
Merge Gateway$3 / $3
Nous Portal$3 / $3
OpenRouter$3 / $3
Vercel AI Gateway$3 / $3
Fugu Max, then Gemini 4 Hydrogen, per million tokens.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Fugu Max or Gemini 4 Hydrogen?
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen, at $1.50 per million tokens against $3 for Fugu Max, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 13 Nov 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Fugu Max: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $3 is the number to beat. Gemini 4 Hydrogen: $1.50 at Kilo Gateway.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 8 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, LLMTR, Merge Gateway, Nous Portal, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen, at 1M tokens against 1M.
Prices exclude tax, read 13 Nov 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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