Poolside · Released Jul 2, 2026Laguna XS 2.1
Agentic coding model from Poolside in the XS size class for local deployment.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.06per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.12per 1M tokens
- Context
- 262K33K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.06per million tokens
- Output
- $0.12per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.075cheaper than 94% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.18 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $2.10 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $21.00 |
Median of 1 paid API provider on models.dev; Poolside also offers it free on Poolside.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Laguna XS 2.1 yet.
The details
- Lab
- Poolside
- Released
- Jul 2, 2026
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- 32,768 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Can be switched on or off
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
poolside/laguna-xs-2.1on Poolside- Availability
- 4 API providerslisted on models.dev
What Poolside claims
Published by the lab at launch. Settings vary, so compare these only with care.
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About Laguna XS 2.1
How much does Laguna XS 2.1 cost?
Laguna XS 2.1 costs $0.06 input / $0.12 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider; free on Poolside). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.075 per million tokens, cheaper than 94% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Laguna XS 2.1?
Laguna XS 2.1 accepts up to 262,144 tokens per request and can write up to 32,768 tokens in one response.
How good is Laguna XS 2.1?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Laguna XS 2.1 yet.
Is Laguna XS 2.1 open source?
Yes. Poolside publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Laguna XS 2.1 support?
Laguna XS 2.1 accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Laguna XS 2.1 released?
Poolside released Laguna XS 2.1 on Jul 2, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Laguna XS 2.1?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B (NVIDIA, $0.05 / $0.20), Gemma 4 E2B IT (Google, $0.07 / $0.09), Mercury 2.5 (Inception, $0.04 / $0.15) and Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (inclusionAI, $0.075 / $0.22).