Upstage
by Upstage
At a glance
Korean AI company offering the Solar LLM family, document AI models, and an API platform for enterprise workflows.
large-language-models document-ai api
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Platforms & Infrastructure
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2020
Overview
Upstage is a Korean AI company founded in 2020 with hubs in Seoul, San Francisco, and Tokyo. It builds the Solar family of language models and document-processing models such as Document Parse and Information Extract, sold through APIs, a console, AWS Marketplace, and on-premises deployments. Its Solar Pro models target agentic, multi-step work such as tool calling and long-document reasoning, and the company also runs an education and public-interest program with free access to Solar Pro and Document Parse.
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Key features
- Solar LLM family, including agentic Solar Pro models for multi-step work
- Document Parse converts PDFs, scans, and emails into machine-readable text
- Information Extract pulls structured key-value data from invoices, claims, and contracts
- API and console access, with AWS Marketplace and on-premises deployment options
- Workspace tools including Upstage Studio for agents
Use cases
- Automating document-heavy workflows such as invoices, claims, and contracts
- Building assistants and agents on an API-first LLM platform
- Running document AI in environments that require on-premises deployment
Pricing
Upstage meters API use by tokens or document pages and offers prepaid tiers (Explore, Build, Scale) that add credits and higher request limits; enterprise pricing is custom. Some features and models have free or beta access, including an education and public-interest program.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
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- 2026-10-09
- Pricing
- www.upstage.ai ↗
- Documentation
- console.upstage.ai ↗
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- KR
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/upstage/
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Running models yourself Questions over your own documents
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- API
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- Web
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- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
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- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
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- proprietary
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- Not recorded
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- Subscription Free allowance: Limited Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
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- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Verified 2026-10-09 console.upstage.ai ↗
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
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API: Public API documented Verified 2026-10-09 console.upstage.ai ↗
Applies to: As stated on console.upstage.ai on 2026-10-09
Matched on the vendor page: “ni 4 is live. 70% off through Oct 10 (UTC) Learn more → Documentation API Reference Playground More 🇺🇸 Search Ai os AI OS Overview Concepts Why AI OS What is AI OS Feat”
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Frequently asked questions
What is Upstage?
Upstage is a Korean AI company that builds the Solar family of language models and document AI models such as Document Parse and Information Extract for enterprise workflows.
Where is Upstage based?
Upstage was founded in 2020 and operates with hubs in Seoul, San Francisco, and Tokyo; its listed business address is in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
Does Upstage offer on-premises deployment?
Yes. Deployment options include on-premises alongside the API, console, and AWS Marketplace.
Is there a free tier?
The pricing page lists free and beta items, including free runs for agents and free access to Solar Pro and Document Parse for an education and public-interest program; paid usage is metered by tokens or pages.
What does Upstage not record?
Upstage's licence terms, region coverage and interface languages are not established: the vendor pages fetched carry no supporting statement, so these fields remain inferred rather than confirmed.
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Sources
- Official website ↗
- About page ↗
- Documentation ↗
- Start Using Upstage AI | Setup Guide for Developers ↗
This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.
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