Upstage API adds 10% VAT disclosure across all pricing tiers
What happened
Between the Jun 8, 2026 and Jun 15, 2026 captures of Upstage's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Added VAT disclosure notice 'All prices shown are exclusive of 10% VAT.' across Generative Intelligence, Document Intelligence, Studio, and Commitment Tiers sections. Pulse files it as a product change (positioning) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 26, 2026) lists Explore at $100, Build at $500, Scale at $5,000, Solar Pro 4 at $0.06 per 1M cached input tokens + $0.3 per 1M input tokens and Solar Pro 3 at $0.15 per 1M input tokens + $0.6 per 1M output tokens.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Upstage. Upstage has been tracked since 2026-04-29.
In the same window Anthropic, Together AI, Huggingface, Google and Mistral AI also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · PositioningAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterVAT disclosure notice 'All prices shown are exclusive of 10% VAT
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Positioning | Not listed | VAT disclosure notice 'All prices shown are exclusive of 10% VAT | Added |
Values as written on Upstage's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Upstage's pricing page (www.upstage.ai) from Jun 8, 2026 and Jun 15, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where VAT disclosure notice 'All prices shown are exclusive of 10% VAT now appears.
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Upstage, pricing history
Full history- Aug 17, 2026packagingUpstage API ends Solar Pro 4 free period — now 90% off until Sep 10, full rates from Sep 11
- Jul 28, 2026decreaseUpstage API: File Search pricing dropped to Free + Embed trial/EOL extended
- Jul 13, 2026decreaseUpstage API: Embed 2 post-promo rate cut ($0.10→$0.02/1M tokens)
- Jun 19, 2026packagingUpstage API adds 10% VAT disclosure across all pricing tiers · this change
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- AnthropicJun 19Anthropic API shifts Opus 4.8 focus to enterprise agentic coding
- Together AIJun 19Together AI reveals cached input pricing for GLM-5.1 and Qwen3.5
- HuggingfaceJun 8Huggingface reframes PRO pitch from crowd count to value promise
- GoogleJun 8Google Cloud reveals AI Commerce Search pricing at $2.50/1K
- Mistral AIJun 2Mistral AI adds Task scheduling, Skills, and Workflows in major overhaul
Questions about this change
Did Upstage raise prices in June 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jun 8, 2026 and Jun 15, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: positioning.
What changed on Upstage's pricing page between Jun 8, 2026 and Jun 15, 2026?
Positioning: Not listed → VAT disclosure notice 'All prices shown are exclusive of 10% VAT, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jun 8, 2026 and Jun 15, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Upstage change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Upstage in the 90 days before this one; Upstage has been tracked since 2026-04-29.