Fugu Max vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Prices checked
Fugu Max and Qwen3.6 Max Preview split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
Sakana AIFugu Max
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$3/M tokensSakana AI's own price · $1.56 per 1,000 pages
Alibaba CloudQwen3.6 Max Preview
262k context · tool calling
$2.93/M tokensAlibaba Cloud's own price · $1.25 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$2/M
$1.30/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$6/M
$7.80/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
none below the maker
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$3/M
$2.93/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.56
$1.25
Context
1M tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
not published
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
not published
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
11 Sept 2026
20 Apr 2026
Providers selling it
11
6
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 · 1
Merge Gateway$3 / $2.95
Fugu Max, then Qwen3.6 Max Preview, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
Ofox · 7% dearer · $2.15 / $12.86 $2 / $12
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Fugu Max or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview, at $2.93 per million tokens against $3 for Fugu Max, 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. Qwen3.6 Max Preview: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $2.93 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. One provider sells both: Merge Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is Merge Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Fugu Max, at 1M tokens against 262k.
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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