Poolside: Laguna hosted API, free for a limited time

The terms in full

Poolside offers provider-hosted, OpenAI-compatible chat inference for its Laguna models. The models page says Laguna is free to use for a limited time and shows Laguna S 2.1 and Laguna XS 2.1 under that offer. The Laguna XS 2.1 launch post says free and paid endpoints are both available, with paid pricing of $0.10, $0.20 and $0.05 per 1M input, output and cache-read tokens. No free-endpoint quota or end date is disclosed.

• When it runs out Not stated by the provider.
• Clock Limited-time promotion; no end date or quota is published.
• Region No region restriction stated by the provider.

Models

On 2026-10-09 the models page showed Laguna S 2.1 (poolside/laguna-s-2.1) and Laguna XS 2.1 under the limited-time free offer for the hosted API.

Signup, payment, data

• Signup Poolside API account and key required; provider documentation does not state a paid balance requirement during the promotion.
• Card / payment Not stated by the provider.
• Training Not stated by the provider.
• Data terms Not fully established on the reviewed promotion/model surfaces; check provider terms before sensitive use.

What the provider's page says

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• No quote-backed numbers yet; the terms above are the record.

Evidence pages, re-read nightly

• https://poolside.ai/models
• https://poolside.ai/blog/introducing-laguna-xs-2-1
• https://docs.poolside.ai/api/authentication

Change history

1. 2026-10-09 Listing corrected: Poolside Laguna hosted API, free for a limited time our correction, not a provider change
   • free terms Poolside offers provider-hosted, OpenAI-compatible chat inference for its Laguna models. The models page says Laguna is free to use for a limited time and shows Laguna S 2.1 and Laguna XS 2.1 under that offer. The Laguna XS 2.1 launch post says free and paid endpoints are both available, with paid p
   • models detail On 2026-10-09 the models page showed Laguna S 2.1 (poolside/laguna-s-2.1) and Laguna XS 2.1 under the limited-time free offer for the hosted API.
2. 2026-10-04 Listing corrected: Poolside Laguna hosted API, free for a limited time our correction, not a provider change
   • free terms Poolside offers provider-hosted, OpenAI-compatible chat inference for its Laguna models, and the models page says Laguna is free to use for a limited time. On 2026-10-04 that free offer covered both hosted models: Poolside states for Laguna XS 2.1 that free and paid endpoints are both available, wit
   • models detail Poolside-hosted inference served two Laguna models on 2026-10-04. Laguna S 2.1, called with the model ID poolside/laguna-s-2.1, is a 118B total parameter mixture-of-experts model with 8B activated. Laguna XS 2.1 is a 33B total parameter mixture-of-experts model with 3B activated, served at 256K cont
3. 2026-09-29 Listing corrected: Poolside Laguna hosted API, free for a limited time our correction, not a provider change
   • free terms Poolside offers provider-hosted, OpenAI-compatible chat inference for its Laguna models, and the models page says Laguna is free to use for a limited time. On 2026-09-29 that free section covers both Laguna S 2.1 and Laguna XS 2.1, and the Laguna XS 2.1 announcement says free and paid endpoints are
   • models detail Hosted Laguna models are free to use for a limited time. On 2026-09-29 the free offer covers Laguna S 2.1, called as poolside/laguna-s-2.1, and Laguna XS 2.1, both served over an OpenAI-compatible chat API at https://inference.poolside.ai/v1 with the /v1/models and /v1/chat/completions endpoints.