inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash vs Poolside Laguna XS 2.1
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Ling 3.0 Flash is 2.4× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- Both accept prompts up to 262K tokens.
| Ling 3.0 Flash | Laguna XS 2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | inclusionAI | Poolside |
| Released | 2026-07-23 | 2026-07-02 |
| Input / 1M | $0.021 | $0.06 |
| Output / 1M | $0.063 | $0.12 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.0042 | $0.03 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.032 | $0.075 |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 33K | 33K |
| Accepts | text | text |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 2 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.063 | $0.12 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | — | — |
Cost calculator
Ling 3.0 Flash
$2.21 per month$0.07 per day
Laguna XS 2.1
$5.40 per month$0.18 per day
Ling 3.0 Flash saves $3.19 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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