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Laguna S 2.1: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

Laguna S 2.1 is a language model from Poolside, released in July 2026, with a 1.0M-token context window, and pricing from $0.100/M input, $0.010/M cached input, $0.200/M output.

Laguna S 2.1 is Poolside's most capable Laguna 2.1 model: an open-weight Mixture-of-Experts coding model with 118B total parameters and 8B activated per token (256 routed experts + 1 shared; 48 layers). It targets long-horizon and agentic

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Laguna S 2.1 benchmarks

Capability tiers

Standing within each category, adjusted for leaderboard depth.

Real tasks performance

High-confidence performance for Laguna S 2.1 across real-world prompt categories. Only 95% intervals at most 4 points wide are shown.

Performance by conversation depth

How Laguna S 2.1 holds up as conversations get longer.

Quality Tracker

Laguna S 2.1 Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

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Laguna S 2.1 pricing

Providers

Laguna S 2.1 starts at $0.100 per million input tokens and $0.200 per million output tokens via Poolside. Reused prompt prefixes cost $0.0100 per million cached input tokens.

ProviderInput $/MCached input $/MOutput $/MContext in / outTTFT p95 sOutput p5 c/sModalities in / out
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$0.100$0.0100$0.2001.0M/
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Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests.

Laguna S 2.1 model size

Laguna S 2.1 has 118 billion parameters. See how it compares to other models in the same parameter range.

Parameters
118BMoE
Very large (80–200B)
118B
1B7B70B405B

Laguna S 2.1 context window

Input and output token limits for Laguna S 2.1, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

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1.0Mtokens
1.6k pages of text
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Laguna S 2.1 API

Available from the model provider

Laguna S 2.1 is available from Poolside. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Read the official API documentation

Laguna S 2.1 latency

Laguna S 2.1 time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

Laguna S 2.1 examples

Recent arena outputs from Laguna S 2.1, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

Laguna S 2.1 license

Laguna S 2.1 is released under the OpenMDW License v1.1 license, which permits commercial use, has 118.0B parameters.

License
OpenMDW License v1.1
Commercial use allowed
Parameters
118.0B

Open Model, Data and Weights (OpenMDW) License Agreement, version 1.1 - permits commercial and non-commercial use.

Laguna S 2.1 resources

Official sources for Laguna S 2.1: api documentation, official playground, official launch post, model weights.

Laguna S 2.1 vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to Laguna S 2.1 are Gemini 3 Flash, Qwen3.7 Max, Kimi K2.6. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like Laguna S 2.1

Models ranked just above and below Laguna S 2.1 by LLM Stats score.

 

Gemini 3 Flash

Score pending
 

Qwen3.7 Max

Score pending
 

Kimi K2.6

Score pending
 

Muse Spark 1.1

Score pending
 

Qwen3.8 Flash

Score pending
 

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about Laguna S 2.1.

When was Laguna S 2.1 released?

Laguna S 2.1 was released on July 21, 2026 by Poolside. This is the official Laguna S 2.1 release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does Laguna S 2.1 cost?

Laguna S 2.1 pricing starts at $0.10 per million input tokens, $0.01 per million cached input tokens, $0.20 per million output tokens via Poolside, the lowest price among tracked providers.

Is Laguna S 2.1 available via API?

Yes, Laguna S 2.1 is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

How big is Laguna S 2.1?

Laguna S 2.1 has 118 billion parameters. It ships as an open-weight model, so you can download and run it on your own hardware.

Who created Laguna S 2.1?

Laguna S 2.1 was created by Poolside.

What is the license for Laguna S 2.1?

Laguna S 2.1 is released under the OpenMDW License v1.1 license. This is an open-source / open-weight license that permits self-hosting.

Where can I use Laguna S 2.1?

Laguna S 2.1 is available through 1 provider including Poolside.

Where is the Laguna S 2.1 paper or technical report?

Laguna S 2.1 has a paper or technical report available at https://poolside.ai/blog/introducing-laguna-s-2-1. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare Laguna S 2.1 against?

Common Laguna S 2.1 comparisons include Laguna S 2.1 vs Gemini 3 Flash, Laguna S 2.1 vs Qwen3.7 Max, Laguna S 2.1 vs Kimi K2.6. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.