Fugu Max vs Crouton Alpha
Updated November 14, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $6.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- No data
Fugu Max or Crouton Alpha: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
No benchmark has tested either model yet, so price and context are the only way to compare them.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Crouton Alpha
Crouton Alpha takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Crouton Alpha
Fugu Max $0.0050, Crouton Alpha $0.0000 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Fugu Max not benchmarked, Crouton Alpha not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Fugu Max $6.00 against Crouton Alpha Free per million output tokens.
- Context window
- Fugu Max takes 1M tokens, Crouton Alpha 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Crouton Alpha costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Crouton Alpha costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Crouton Alpha costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Sakana Fugu Max | Crouton Alpha |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Sakana | Stealth |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 11, 2026 | November 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | Free |
| Output $/Mtok | $6.00 | Free |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Fugu Max better than Crouton Alpha for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Fugu Max or Crouton Alpha?
Fugu Max costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; Crouton Alpha costs Free and Free. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Fugu Max or Crouton Alpha?
Crouton Alpha, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Has any benchmark tested both Fugu Max and Crouton Alpha?
No benchmark has tested either model yet, so price and context are the only way to compare them. Data as of November 14, 2026.