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Why use Sakana Namazu on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Sakana Namazu with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.95/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare Sakana Namazu across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$0.95
Output / 1M
$4.00
Cache
read $0.15
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install openaiAuth
export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],Model ID
sakana/namazuRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="sakana/namazu",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "sakana/namazu", not the LLMReference slug "sakana-namazu".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Sakana Namazu Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Sakana AI | $0.95 | $4.00 |
| OpenRouter | $0.95 | $4.00 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.95 | $4.00 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.95 |
| Output tokens | $4.00 |
Capabilities
ReasoningJSON / Tool use
About Sakana Namazu
Sakana Namazu is Sakana AI's Japanese-specialized LLM API, post-trained from Moonshot Kimi K2.6. Announced 2026-08-03. FP $0.95/$4.00 per 1M (cache $0.15).
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Model Specs
Released2026-08-03
Context256K