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Why use Laguna S 2.1 on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Laguna S 2.1 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.09/1M 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 Laguna S 2.1 across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$0.090
Output / 1M
$0.18
Cache
read $0.009
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
poolside/laguna-s-2.1Request 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="poolside/laguna-s-2.1",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "poolside/laguna-s-2.1", not the LLMReference slug "laguna-s-2.1".
- 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 Laguna S 2.1 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Poolside | $0.10 | $0.20 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.09 | $0.18 |
| OpenRouter | $0.09 | $0.18 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.09 |
| Output tokens | $0.18 |
Capabilities
ReasoningJSON / Tool use
About Laguna S 2.1
Laguna S 2.1 is Poolside's open-weight agentic coding MoE (118B-A8B). Announced 2026-07-21. FP paid endpoint $0.10/$0.20 per 1M (cache $0.01). License OpenMDW-1.1.
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Model Specs
Released2026-07-21
Parameters118B-A8B
Context1M
ArchitectureMixture of Experts