# Upstage

Korean AI company offering the Solar LLM family, document AI models, and an API platform for enterprise workflows.

- Company: Upstage
- Category: Platforms & Infrastructure
- Business model: Freemium
- Availability: global
- Launched: 2020
- Tags: large-language-models, document-ai, api
- Website: https://www.upstage.ai
- Canonical URL: https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/upstage/
- Record updated: 2026-09-10

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.

## 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.

## FAQ

**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.

## Sources

- [Official website](https://www.upstage.ai)
- [About page](https://www.upstage.ai/about)
- [Documentation](https://console.upstage.ai/docs/getting-started/overview)

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Data from the [Global AI Product Index](https://globalaiproductindex.com/), licensed CC BY 4.0.