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Upstage

Product

Yongin-Si, South Korea-based AI company founded 2020. Private. Operates in AI/ML and document intelligence. Serves enterprises with large language models and document processing engines.

Entry price

$100

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Plans tracked

14 add-ons

Pricing changes

Latest Wk 41 '26

Pricing model

Subscription + usage

Free tier available

Pricing Change History

6 changes

20266 changes

Wk 41 '26

Packaging

Upstage boosts Solar Mini 4 discount to 70%, sunsets Solar Pro 3 and Pro 2

Solar Pro 3, Solar Pro 2, and the legacy Solar Mini model each now show an "End of service on 2026-10-30 (KST)" notice, announcing their discontinuation in favor of Solar Pro 4 and Solar Mini 4. Solar Mini 4 launch discount changed from 50% off until Oct 22, 2026 (then reverting to standard pricing) to 70% off until Oct 10, 2026, followed by a continuing 50% off instead of standard pricing.

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Wk 40 '26

Packaging

Upstage adds Solar Mini 4 at $0.10/1M input tokens, 50% off through Oct 22

New 'Solar Mini 4' model added to the pricing table (3B active parameters, agentic/high-frequency use) at $0.10/1M input, $0.01/1M cached input, $0.40/1M output tokens, with a 50% launch discount through Oct 22 2026

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Wk 34 '26

Price increase

Upstage ends Solar Pro 4 free promo — rates rise to 90%-off list

Solar Pro 4's fully free launch promo ended 2026-08-10 and was replaced by a 90%-off promo, so effective rates rose from $0 to Input $0.03, Cached $0.006 and Output $0.12 per 1M tokens. List prices are unchanged at $0.30 / $0.06 / $1.20 per 1M tokens; standard pricing resumes 2026-09-11 (UTC).

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Wk 29 '26

Price decrease

Upstage: Embed 2 post-promo rate cut ($0.10→$0.02/1M tokens)

Embed 2 embedding model's post-promotional rate decreased from $0.10 to $0.02 per 1M tokens (still free until 2026-07-20 UTC in both versions)

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Wk 28 '26

Improvement

Upstage launches Embed 2 and File Search, retires original Embed model

Added Embed 2, a next-gen embedding model (free until 2026-07-20 UTC, then $0.10/1M tokens); original Embed model now marked for retirement (end of service 2026-08-31) in favor of Embed 2. Also added File Search (Beta), a new document search API with free introductory pricing.

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Wk 25 '26

Packaging

Upstage adds 10% VAT disclosure across all product tiers

Added VAT disclosure 'All prices shown are exclusive of 10% VAT' across Generative Intelligence, Document Intelligence, and Upstage Studio sections, and in commitment tier footnotes.

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