Fugu Max vs Qwen3.8 Max
Prices checked
Qwen3.8 Max takes 1 of 5 rounds against Fugu Max. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.95 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
Alibaba CloudWins 1 roundQwen3.8 Max
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$1.95/M tokensCheapest price, at Eden AI · $1.01 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
$1.95/M at Eden AI
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$3/M
$3/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.56
$1.01
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
3 Aug 2026
Providers selling it
11
45
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 · 9
Empirio Labs$3 / $3
Kilo 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 Qwen3.8 Max, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 9.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Fugu Max or Qwen3.8 Max?
- Qwen3.8 Max, at $1.95 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. Qwen3.8 Max: $1.95 at Eden AI.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 9 providers sell both: Empirio Labs, Kilo Gateway, LLMTR, Merge Gateway, NanoGPT, Nous Portal, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Empirio Labs.
- Which holds more context?
- Both hold 1M tokens in one call.
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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