Laguna S 2.1 vs LFM3-1.7B

Prices checked

Laguna S 2.1 and LFM3-1.7B split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.

Poolside

Laguna S 2.1

1M context · tool calling · open weights

$0.11/M tokens

Vultr Serverless Inference's own price · 6.5¢ per 1,000 pages

Liquid AI

LFM3-1.7B

262k context · tool calling · open weights

$0.11/M tokens

Liquid AI's own price · 6¢ per 1,000 pages

Maker's price in (lower wins)

$0.09/M

$0.08/M

Maker's price out (lower wins)

$0.18/M

$0.20/M

Cheapest price (lower wins)

none below the maker

none below the maker

Maker's price, blended (lower wins)

$0.11/M

$0.11/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

6.5¢

6¢

Context

1M tokens

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

yes

Tool calling

yes

yes

Structured output

no

yes

Reads images

no

no

Reasoning

yes

yes

Released

21 Jul 2026

6 Nov 2026

Providers selling it

4

6

Price we measure against

Vultr Serverless Inference

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 0

No provider we read sells both, so running the two means two accounts.

Go further

Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Laguna S 2.1 or LFM3-1.7B?
LFM3-1.7B, at $0.11 per million tokens against $0.11 for Laguna S 2.1, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 7 Nov 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?
Laguna S 2.1: nobody sells it below Vultr Serverless Inference's own price with a stated reason, so $0.11 is the number to beat. LFM3-1.7B: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $0.11 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?
No provider we read sells both, so running the two means two accounts and two bills.
Which holds more context?
Laguna S 2.1, at 1M tokens against 262k.

Prices exclude tax, read 7 Nov 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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