Kimi K2.6 vs Sakana Namazu
Prices checked
Kimi K2.6 takes 1 of 5 rounds against Sakana Namazu. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.74 per million tokens against $1.71.
Moonshot AIWins 1 roundKimi K2.6
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.74/M tokensCheapest price, at Chutes · $0.34 per 1,000 pages
Sakana AISakana Namazu
262k context · tool calling · reads images
$1.71/M tokensSakana AI's own price · $0.81 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.95/M
$0.95/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$4/M
$4/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.74/M at Chutes
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$1.71/M
$1.71/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.34
$0.81
Context
262k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
not published
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
20 Apr 2026
11 Aug 2026
Providers selling it
77
5
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
Kilo Gateway$1.34 / $1.71
OpenRouter$1.34 / $1.71
Merge Gateway$1.71 / $1.71
Vercel AI Gateway$1.71 / $1.71
Kimi K2.6, then Sakana Namazu, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.6 or Sakana Namazu?
- Kimi K2.6, at $0.74 per million tokens against $1.71 for Sakana Namazu, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Kimi K2.6: $0.74 at Chutes. Sakana Namazu: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $1.71 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter, Merge Gateway, Vercel AI Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Both hold 262k 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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