Laguna S 2.1

Poolside chatreasoningtool_use Long

API ID: poolside/laguna-s-2.1-20260720

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Input Price
$0.09
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.18
/1M tokens
Cached Input
$0.0090
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About Laguna S 2.1

Laguna S 2.1 is a budget-friendly general-purpose model from Poolside with ultra-long context (1.0M), suitable for conversations, content creation, and general AI tasks.

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Price Ranking
#657 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
1.0M
Max Output
131k
Release Date
2026-07-21
Capabilities
chat reasoning tool_use
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)
  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.09
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$2.97
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$4.19
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Laguna S 2.1 API

OpenAI-compatible SDK 
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="poolside/laguna-s-2.1-20260720",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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