Fugu Max vs Grok 4.5
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Fugu Max takes 1 of 5 rounds against Grok 4.5. Both cost $3 per million tokens to run.
Sakana AIWins 1 roundFugu Max
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$3/M tokensSakana AI's own price · $1.56 per 1,000 pages
xAIGrok 4.5
500k context · tool calling · reads images
$3/M tokensxAI's own price · $1.56 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$2/M
$2/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$6/M
$6/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
none below the maker
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$3/M
$3/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.56
$1.56
Context
1M tokens
500k 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
8 Jul 2026
Providers selling it
11
36
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 8
Kilo Gateway$3 / $3
LLM Gateway$3 / $3
LLMTR$3 / $3
Merge Gateway$3 / $3
NanoGPT$3 / $3
Nous Portal$3 / $3
OpenRouter$3 / $3
Vercel AI Gateway$3 / $3
Fugu Max, then Grok 4.5, per million tokens.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Fugu Max or Grok 4.5?
- Neither: both run at $3 per million tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 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. Grok 4.5: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $3 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 8 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, LLMTR, Merge Gateway, NanoGPT, Nous Portal, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Fugu Max, at 1M tokens against 500k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 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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