Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) model details · Poolside provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cohere: North Mini Code (free) | Cohere | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 256K Long context (128K+) | $0.00 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.07 Budget | vs → | |
| 3 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.00 Budget | vs → | |
| 4 | Google: Gemma 4 31B | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → | |
| 5 | Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.00 Budget | vs → | |
| 6 | Mistral: Mistral Small 4 | Mistral AI | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (batch) | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.13 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch) | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.03 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (batch) | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.38 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (batch) | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.23 Budget | vs → |