Side-by-side comparison of Gemma 4 (Google · USA) and Laguna XS.2 (Poolside · USA) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Gemma 4 is rated EU-ready; Laguna XS.2 is conditional. They part ways on commercial use: Gemma 4 is "Yes", Laguna XS.2 is "Unrestricted".
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|---|---|---|
| Summary | ||
| Verdict | EU-ready Major licence shift from Gemma 2/3: Apache 2.0 across the family. 140+ languages, multimodal (text/image/audio/video on small sizes), 128K-256K context. Strong permissive default for EU deployments that need robust multilingual support. | Conditional Per the published model card, Laguna XS.2 is an Apache 2.0 33B / 3B-active MoE positioned for local agentic coding, with a 131k-token context and FP8 KV cache aimed at single-machine inference. Permissive license and self-hostable weights make EU-side deployment straightforward; the limits are vendor jurisdiction (San Francisco–headquartered, no published EU DPA for hosted endpoints) and a model card that does not describe the training corpus. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-05-03 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | Yes | Unrestricted |
| Training data | Partial | Undisclosed |
| Origin | USA | USA |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 32/100 | — |
| Speed | — | — |
| Blended price | — | — |
| Context window | — | — |
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