Upstage API deepens Solar Pro 4 promo to 70% off through Oct 19
What happened
Between the Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026 captures of Upstage's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Solar Pro 4 promo deepened from 50% off until further notice to 70% off until 2026-10-19 (UTC); promo input $0.15 to $0.09, cached $0.03 to $0.018, output $0.60 to $0.36 per 1M tokens; list $0.30/$0.06/$1.20 unchanged. Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount change) with a neutral direction. The current page 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.
It lands 7 days after Upstage's previous change, "Upstage API trims Solar launch promos to 50% off, raising promo rates" (Oct 12, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Upstage API deepens Solar Mini 4 promo to 70% off, sunsets Solar Pro 3" (Oct 5, 2026), "Upstage API launches Solar Mini 4 at 50% off: $0.05/1M input through Oct 22" (Sep 28, 2026) and "Upstage API promo tapers to 70% off, cuts cost calculator too" (Sep 14, 2026). Upstage has been tracked since 2026-04-29.
In the same window Together AI, OpenAI, 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.
- Solar Pro 4 · Discount−40%$0.15$0.09
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Pro 4 | Discount | $0.15 | $0.09 | −40% |
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 Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where solar pro 4 discount reads $0.15 and then $0.09.
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Upstage, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026packagingUpstage API deepens Solar Pro 4 promo to 70% off through Oct 19 · this change
- Oct 12, 2026packagingUpstage API trims Solar launch promos to 50% off, raising promo rates
- Oct 5, 2026improvedUpstage API deepens Solar Mini 4 promo to 70% off, sunsets Solar Pro 3
- Sep 28, 2026packagingUpstage API launches Solar Mini 4 at 50% off: $0.05/1M input through Oct 22
- Sep 14, 2026packagingUpstage API promo tapers to 70% off, cuts cost calculator too
- Sep 7, 2026packagingUpstage API: Solar Pro 4 discount extended at 70% off (was reverting to standard price)
- Aug 17, 2026packagingUpstage API ends Solar Pro 4 free period — now 90% off until Sep 10, full rates from Sep 11
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- Together AIOct 20Together AI adds NVIDIA B200 post-training at $11/GPU/hr, $9 launch promo
- OpenAIOct 18OpenAI: Plan taglines reworded to 'Best for...' format: Free (trying out ChatGPT), Go (longer conversations), Plus…
- HuggingfaceOct 16Huggingface adds Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 GPUs to Spaces from $2.75/hr
- GoogleOct 12Google Workspace swaps Gems for AI skills, rewords Gemini on Starter plan
- Mistral AIOct 12Mistral AI cuts Free plan API credits, gives free users Vibe CLI and IDE tools
Questions about this change
Did Upstage raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: discount change.
What changed on Upstage's pricing page between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026?
Solar Pro 4 discount: $0.15 → $0.09 (−40%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Upstage change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 7 other pricing-page changes for Upstage in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Upstage API trims Solar launch promos to 50% off, raising promo rates" on Oct 12, 2026; Upstage has been tracked since 2026-04-29.