Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) vs StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash
Based on weekly OpenRouter usage tracked by AI Tier List, StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash ranks #13 overall — ahead of Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) at #17. Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) is cheaper on input tokens at Free/1M vs $0.20/1M for StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash. Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) offers the larger context window at 262K tokens.
Spec Comparison
| Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) | StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | poolside | stepfun |
| Input price (per 1M tokens) | Free | $0.20 |
| Output price (per 1M tokens) | Free | $1.15 |
| Context window | 262K | 256K |
| Input modalities | text | text, image, video |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| AA Intelligence | — | — |
| AA Coding | — | — |
| AA Agentic | — | — |
| Released | Apr 2026 | May 2026 |
Usage Rank by Task
| Task | Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) | StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | #17 | #13 |
| Memory Extraction | — | #7 |
| Tool Dispatch | — | #8 |
| Debugging | — | #8 |
| DevOps Config | — | #7 |
| File Read/Write | — | #9 |
| Frontend UI | — | #5 |
| Code Implementation | — | #7 |
| Repo Analysis | — | #9 |
| Code Review & Security | — | #9 |
| Shell Execution | — | #7 |
| SQL & Database | — | #6 |
| DevOps | — | #7 |
| Knowledge Q&A | — | #9 |
FAQ
Usage ranks are weekly data aggregated by OpenRouter. Prices are USD per 1M tokens.