Poolside lists 4 models and Reflection 1. Poolside is cheaper on a typical model ($0.09 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Poolside | Reflection | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 4 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 4 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.09 | $1.50 |
| Cheapest paid model | Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| Longest context | Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (1.0M) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (1.0M) |
| Free models | 2 | 0 |
| Newest model | Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (2026-07-21) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (2026-10-16) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 0 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | Poolside | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $6.90 with Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 | $135 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $8.40 with Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 | $150 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $8.64 with Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 | $156 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $5.52 with Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 | $98.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $3.12 with Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 | $53.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| You need | Poolside | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| With tool calling | Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| With image input | none listed | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| 128K+ context | Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| 1M+ context | Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 ($0.11) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| Model type | Poolside | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| text->text | 4 | 1 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Poolside | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 2 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 2 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 1 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Poolside is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.09 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.50 for Reflection. The cheapest paid models are Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 at $0.07 and Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at $1.50.
It depends on the job: Poolside offers the broader line-up (4 models vs 1), Poolside the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Poolside: Poolside lists 4 models and Reflection lists 1.
It is a tie: Poolside's longest is Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 at 1.0M tokens; Reflection's is Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at 1.0M.
Poolside: 2 free models (e.g. Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)). Reflection: none.
Poolside: 0 of 4 models accept images. Reflection: 0 of 1.