Laguna XS 2.1 vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Laguna XS 2.1 at $0.069 in and $0.138 out and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 at $0.055 in and $0.222 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Laguna XS 2.1

Poolside

0.05¢

for a client proposal

$0.069 in · $0.138 out / 1M

262K context · released 1 month ago

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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Qwen

0.05¢

for a client proposal

$0.055 in · $0.222 out / 1M

128K context · released July 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.09¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 at $0.055 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Laguna XS 2.1 at $0.138 per million tokens.
Largest context: Laguna XS 2.1 at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Laguna XS 2.1

0.02¢

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

0.02¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Laguna XS 2.1

0.05¢

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

0.05¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Laguna XS 2.1

1.1¢

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Laguna XS 2.1

0.26¢

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

0.22¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Laguna XS 2.1

1.8¢

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

Laguna XS 2.1

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Laguna XS 2.1

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Input / 1M tokens

$0.069

$0.055

Output / 1M tokens

$0.138

$0.222

Cached input / 1M

$0.035

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Specs

Laguna XS 2.1

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Provider

Poolside

Qwen

Released

1 month ago

July 2025

Context window

262K

128K

Max output

33K

32K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

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2025-06-30

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Laguna XS 2.1

Poolside

0.02¢

for this task

67% input · 33% output

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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Qwen

0.02¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.04¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 11,672 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Laguna XS 2.1 has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.05¢.

If you want to watch the model think, Laguna XS 2.1 shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Laguna XS 2.1 or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 at 0.05¢; Laguna XS 2.1 at 0.05¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Laguna XS 2.1 — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Laguna XS 2.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.09¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.09¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.