Laguna S 2.1 is the latest coding agent model from [Poolside](<https://poolside.ai/>). Laguna S 2.1 is a 118B total parameter model with 8B active parameters, scoring 70.2% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 and...
Model details →Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is a high-performance, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model optimized for complex reasoning tasks. It activates 22B of its 235B parameters per forward pass and natively supports up to 262,144...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) | Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 262K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.23 | 🏆 Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $2.30 | 🏆 Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) better than Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?
Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) and Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?
Input: $0.00 vs $0.23 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.00 vs $2.30 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) and Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 support?
Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) supports up to 262K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) and Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 support tool calling?
Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free): yes. Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: yes.
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