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Poolside (Laguna) vs Replicate
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| Overview | |||
| Description | Open-weight foundation models purpose-built for agentic coding, from AI research company Poolside. | Cloud API platform for running, fine-tuning, and deploying thousands of open-source machine learning models with pay-per-second pricing. | |
| Category | |||
| Developer | Poolside | Replicate | |
| Verified Status | No | ||
| Last Updated | Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | |
| Pricing | |||
| Pricing Model | Pricing not yet verified | Paid | |
| Free Plan | No | No | |
| Free Trial | No | — | |
| Open Source | — | No | |
| Capabilities | |||
| API Access | No | Yes | |
| Features | • Laguna S 2.1: 118B parameters, 1M context window • Laguna XS 2.1: 33B parameters, on-device deployable • Available via OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway • Desktop and CLI interfaces for agentic coding • Open technical research publications | • Thousands of ready-to-run open-source models via a single API • Fine-tuning support for models like SDXL on custom data • Cog: open-source tool for packaging and deploying proprietary models • Pay-per-second billing with automatic scale-to-zero • Support for image, speech, music, video, and LLM model types | |
| Tags | foundation modelsagentic codingopen-weight modelsdeveloper tools | apimodelscloud | |
| Platforms | — | API | |
| Mobile Apps | — | No | |
| Trust and Engagement | |||
| Review Count | 0 | 0 | |
| Saves | 0 | 0 | |
| Views | 4 | 97 | |
| Quality Score | 49/100 | 53/100 | |
| Website Status | Online | Online | |
| Availability | |||
| Website | poolside.ai | replicate.com | |
| Social Links | — | 2 linked | |
| Screenshots | No | No | |
| Reviews | |||
| Pros | — | • Recommended by our editors | |
| Cons | — | • No free tier available | |
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