Upstage
Enterprise language models, document processing APIs, and agent deployment funded from one prepaid credit balance.
About Upstage
Upstage brings enterprise language models, document processing, API access, and agent deployment into one platform. Its APIs support language applications and information extraction, while Upstage Studio handles agent building and deployment. Pricing is based on prepaid commitments, not seats. Monthly tiers start at $100 for Explore, $500 for Build, and $5,000 for Scale; yearly tiers start at $1,200, $6,000, and $60,000. A larger commitment buys more bonus credit, higher rate limits, and quicker support. Console and Studio draw from the same credit balance, which makes costs easier to track when both are in use. Prices exclude 10% VAT. Explore comes with community support only. Email support begins with Build, and priority support is reserved for Scale. The fit therefore comes down to expected request volume, the amount a team can prepay, and how quickly it needs help when something goes wrong.
Best for
Best use cases
A finance workflow receives recurring documents and sends extracted fields into an existing review system.
A product team prototypes an internal assistant, then deploys the agent through Studio for controlled use.
An engineering group selects a prepaid tier based on expected request volume and required support response time.
Compare before choosing
Compared with per-seat tools, commitment tiers concentrate cost in prepaid API and Studio credits.
Explore lowers the commitment but keeps community-only support and Tier 1 rate limits.
Build and Scale raise upfront spend in exchange for larger credit bonuses, higher limits, and faster support.
Features
Document information extraction
Turn business documents into structured information for downstream review, search, or automation workflows.
Enterprise language applications
Use Upstage large language models to build assistants and text-processing services for business teams.
Agent building and deployment
Build and deploy an agent in Upstage Studio while drawing from credits shared with the Console account.
Pros
- Shared credits across Console and Studio can simplify budgeting for teams using both surfaces.
- Higher commitment tiers provide concrete gains in bonus credits, request limits, and support speed.
- Document processing and language models can sit inside existing business automation through API workflows.
Cons
- The lowest monthly commitment starts at $100 and listed prices exclude 10% VAT, increasing effective cost.
- Explore includes community support only, so teams needing email assistance must move to a larger commitment.
- Prepaid commitments require forecasting usage; unused capacity may be less flexible than simple usage billing.
Pricing Plans
Explore
- 10% bonus credits on the prepaid amount
- Tier 1 rate limits, including the published examples of 30 req/sec for Solar Pro 3 and 10 req/sec for Information Extract
- Community support only
Build
- 15% bonus credits on the prepaid amount
- Tier 2 rate limits, including the published examples of 50 req/sec for Solar Pro 3 and 20 req/sec for Information Extract
- Email support with a 3-business-day response time
Scale
- 20% bonus credits on the prepaid amount
- Tier 3 rate limits, including the published examples of 80 req/sec for Solar Pro 3 and 40 req/sec for Information Extract
- Priority support with a guaranteed 1-business-day response time
Explore
- 30% bonus credits, up to $360 yearly
- Tier 1 rate limits
- Community support only
Build
- 35% bonus credits, up to $2,100 yearly
- Tier 2 rate limits
- Email support with a 3-business-day response time
Scale
- 40% bonus credits, up to $24,000 yearly
- Tier 3 rate limits
- Priority support with a guaranteed 1-business-day response time
* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Upstage's official website.