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    Laya Studio hosts the open-source Laya System One decision model behind a Jev-compatible API: send state and typed questions, get answers with probabilities in one forward pass, plus optional MCP tools and a guard endpoint.

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    Also mentioned

    • Jev (TypeSafe official System One)
    • Cloudflare Clef (Workers AI + open weights)
    • Self-host open Laya / other decision checkpoints
    • LLM JSON classification (higher latency/cost)

    Features & details

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    Category (short)
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    Category
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    Pricing (CSV)
    Free Trial
    Directory pricing
    Freemium
    Sponsored note
    no
    Target audience
    Developers & engineers
    Best for
    Developers swapping or comparing Jev-compatible decision APIs, or wiring fast judgments into agents via MCP. Not ideal for: buyers who need Cloudflare edge hosting / Workers bindings, or who require TypeSafe's first-party Jev model specifically.
    Pricing notes
    Verified October 2026 at https://laya.studio/pricing and https://laya.studio/llms.txt. Pay-as-you-go about $0.0357 per 1M input tokens (1 credit = 1 input token), marketed as ~15% below Jev's $0.042/M list. Monthly plans from about $19 with volume bonuses (Scale cited down to ~$0.03105/M). Swiss-only residency about $0.04106/M. Failed requests not billed. Free starter tokens (docs mention ~5k–6k depending on page; confirm in dashboard). Auth: Bearer lsk_live_… keys.

    Pros & cons

    Editorial notes to help compare fit before opening the vendor site.

    Pros

    • Jev-compatible API for easier swaps
    • Lower published $/M than TypeSafe list price
    • MCP + Guard endpoints for agent workflows
    • Open-source model lineage with hosted convenience

    Cons

    • Smaller brand / younger hosting surface than TypeSafe or Cloudflare
    • Quality vs Clef/Jev varies by benchmark in third-party tables
    • Free-token counts differ slightly across docs pages
    • Not on Cloudflare Workers AI edge by default

    Review notes

    Context from the listing review and editorial research.

    NEW tool. Product/site is Laya Studio; model family is Laya. DISAMBIGUATION: independent hosted service, not affiliated with TypeSafe or Convai per laya.studio/llms.txt; not Layla companion apps. Cloudflare's Oct 2026 Clef launch blog benchmarks Laya as very low latency but weaker on several quality suites versus Clef/Jev — treat vendor benches as directional and run your own evals. Open-source model + commercial API.

    Extended features

    In-depth description and capability notes.

    POST https://api.laya.studio/v1/systemone (Jev-compatible wire format) Batch endpoint up to 64 states; up to 32 questions per request (per docs) Choice, score, and noul question types with confidence Open-source Laya model (Apache-2.0, Convai Innovations checkpoints) hosted independently MCP server for Claude/Cursor (decide, classify, yes_no, score, ask, guard_check) Laya Guard for tool-call allow/ask/block verdicts Optional Swiss-only residency mode (higher credit rate) New workspaces get a small free token allowance

    Use cases

    Teams that want System One decisions with a hosted autoscaled API, MCP access for agents, or a lower list price than TypeSafe Jev while keeping a similar request shape.