Fugu Max vs Qwen3.8 Max.
model vs model · prices as of
Qwen3.8 Max takes 1 of 5 rounds against Fugu Max. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $7.80 per million tokens against $12.
Sakana AIFugu Max
$12/M tokens
Sakana AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $1.56 per 1,000 pages
1M context · tool calling · reads images
Alibaba Cloudwins 1 roundsQwen3.8 Max
$7.80/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $1.01 per 1,000 pages
1M context · tool calling · reads images
List price in (lower wins)
$2/M
$2/M
List price out (lower wins)
$6/M
$6/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$7.80/M at Eden AI
Standard price (lower wins)
$12/M
$12/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.56
$1.01
Context
1M tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
not stated
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
9
37
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not stated
Providers selling both · 8
Empirio Labs$12 / $12
Kilo Gateway$12 / $12
LLM Gateway$12 / $12
LLMTR$12 / $12
NanoGPT$12 / $12
Nous Portal$12 / $12
OpenRouter$12 / $12
Vercel AI Gateway$12 / $12
Fugu Max then Qwen3.8 Max, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Fugu MaxNous Portal$1.60 / $4.80 $2 / $625% dearer ·
- Qwen3.8 MaxNous Portal$1.60 / $4.80 $2 / $625% dearer ·
- Qwen3.8 Max
Ofox$2 / $6 $1.71 / $5.1414% cheaper · - Qwen3.8 Max
Zenifra$10.50 / $31 $8.50 / $25.6018% cheaper ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Fugu Max or Qwen3.8 Max?
- Qwen3.8 Max, at $7.80 per million tokens against $12 for Fugu Max, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Fugu Max: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $12 is the number to beat. Qwen3.8 Max: $7.80 at Eden AI.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 8 providers sell both: Empirio Labs, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, LLMTR, 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 and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.