# Sakana Fugu

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Sakana Fugu and 21 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for multi-model routing that aims for frontier-level results at lower cost. Main caveat: it feels slow and uses up usage limits fast.

## Why people recommend it

- Multi-model routing yields better results (2 comments): "Clever routing systems also seem to indicate frontier or frontier-beating capabilities at reduced cost, such as Fugu." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49193198)) "being able to pick from a panoply of models will actually yield much better results in the long run" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48627573))
- Strong benchmarks and reviews (3 comments): "it's a genuine accomplishment to hit those benchmarks and offer a reasonable plan" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48627641)) "Beats GPT-5.5 xhigh on complex tasks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48640447)) "the reviews were quite strong" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626967))

## What people warn about

- Priced like frontier models (4 comments): "But it's priced the same as frontier models. Why do I not directly pay for frontier models?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626275)) "seems super slow and expensive, and everyone i've talked to who tried it gave up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745535)) "you pay $200/month to Sakana to coordinate it all, because why not." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48625597))
- Underwhelming results for many users (4 comments): "Not that impressed with the results I got from it however if I'm being honest." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48694085)) "Missed half the stuff the other half was outdated/ didn't verify." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48702612)) "Seems kinda underwhelming considering they raised like $400M." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48625429))
- Feels slow in practice (3 comments): "the result was worse than Opus, incredibly slow, and I ended up exhausting the new 5 hour window" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48700342)) "seems super slow and expensive, and everyone i've talked to who tried it gave up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745535)) "The 5-hour limit runs out surprisingly fast. Quality is okay but it feels slow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48628390))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://sakana.ai/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Sakana Fugu", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sakana-fugu/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).