Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) vs Z.ai: GLM 5.2
Based on weekly OpenRouter usage tracked by AI Tier List, Z.ai: GLM 5.2 ranks #5 overall — ahead of Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) at #17. Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) is cheaper on input tokens at Free/1M vs $0.26/1M for Z.ai: GLM 5.2. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 offers the larger context window at 1M tokens.
Spec Comparison
| Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) | Z.ai: GLM 5.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | poolside | z-ai |
| Input price (per 1M tokens) | Free | $0.26 |
| Output price (per 1M tokens) | Free | $0.81 |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Input modalities | text | text |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| AA Intelligence | — | 51.1 |
| AA Coding | — | 68.8 |
| AA Agentic | — | 43.1 |
| Released | Apr 2026 | Jun 2026 |
Usage Rank by Task
| Task | Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) | Z.ai: GLM 5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | #17 | #5 |
| Memory Extraction | — | #6 |
| Multi-step Planning | — | #4 |
| Tool Dispatch | — | #4 |
| Web Search | — | #6 |
| Agent Workflows | — | #5 |
| Classification & Tagging | — | #9 |
| Debugging | — | #3 |
| DevOps Config | — | #3 |
| File Read/Write | — | #5 |
| Frontend UI | — | #6 |
| Code Implementation | — | #4 |
| Repo Analysis | — | #5 |
| Code Review & Security | — | #1 |
| Shell Execution | — | #4 |
FAQ
Usage ranks are weekly data aggregated by OpenRouter. Prices are USD per 1M tokens.