Poolside: Laguna S 2.1
Analysis Summary
Laguna S 2.1 from Poolside supports tool use, function calling, and a million-token context window at a low price point. However, no independent benchmarks are available to assess its reasoning or coding quality.
Businesses exploring low-cost automation may find it worth trialling, but should validate output quality against known models before deploying it in production.
Assessed July 29, 2026
Editorial notes
Poolside's Laguna S 2.1 offers tool use and a large context window at low cost, but has no published benchmark results.
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DFO Verdict
Poolside's Laguna S 2.1 offers tool use and a large context window at low cost, but has no published benchmark results.
How Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 compares
Its 1M-token context window is larger than 96% of the models we list. At $0.09 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 70% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.09 | $0.000090 |
| Output | $0.18 | $0.000180 |
What would Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 cost your business?
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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These numbers get smaller with the right architecture.
We route routine calls to cheap models and save Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 for the hard ones. Most clients cut their estimate by 60-80%.
Talk to our teamAbout Poolside: Laguna S 2.1
Laguna S 2.1 is the latest coding agent model from [Poolside](). Laguna S 2.1 is a 118B total parameter model with 8B active parameters, scoring 70.2% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 and..
Frequently asked questions about Poolside: Laguna S 2.1
How much does Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 cost?
Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 costs $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Poolside: Laguna S 2.1?
Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 has a context window of 1,048,576 tokens (1M).
What can Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 do?
Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Poolside: Laguna S 2.1?
Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 is developed by Poolside and was released on July 21, 2026.
