Solar Pro 4: Upstage's Agentic API for Finishable Work
Upstage Solar Pro 4 (solar-pro4): 512K/128K agentic API, $0.30/$0.06 cached/$1.20 per 1M, EN/KO/JA, 90% off through Sep 10, 2026 23:59 UTC. Vendor scores vs Solar Open 2; LLM Stats verification pending.

At a Glance
- Org: Upstage
- ID:
solar-pro4(OpenAI-compatible athttps://api.upstage.ai/v1) - Type: Closed API (dedicated / on-prem available via sales)
- Context / out: 512K / 128K
- Languages: EN, KO, JA (in and out)
- Reasoning: On by default; effort high vs low for latency
- Also on: SolarChat, OpenRouter, Hermes Agent, Upstage Studio
Pricing
| Item | Per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.30 |
| Cached input | $0.06 |
| Output | $1.20 |
Promo: 90% off through Sep 10, 2026 23:59 UTC (Console + OpenRouter). Re-check before budgeting past that date.
Selected vendor scores (vs Solar Open 2)
| Benchmark | Solar Pro 4 | Solar Open 2 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench v2.1 | 57.0 | 43.2 | Vendor table |
| τ³-Banking | 23.0 | 18.1 | Vendor table |
| AA-LCR | 71.0 | 62.7 | Bare bench name; vendor-cited |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 38.8 | 31.4 | Bare bench name; vendor-cited |
| GPQA Diamond | 89.0 | 85.6 | Vendor table |
| BrowseComp* | 49.2 | 37.3 | * in-house |
| SWE-Bench Verified (OpenHands)* | 70.6 | 69.2 | * in-house |
Asterisked rows = Upstage in-house harness under the same internal environment. Do not treat as LLM Stats verified.
What's New
- Positioned for longer commercial agent workloads vs Solar Open 2 (self-host general model).
- Evidence-first stance in demos: grounded / not-in-document / mismatch style answers.
- Agent Cookbook + work-agent recipes (Excel / Word / slides) alongside the API.
Caveats
- Closed weights; compare to Solar Open 2 if you need self-host.
- Several headline agent scores are third-party or in-house; label before promoting.
- Promo pricing expires Sep 10, 2026 23:59 UTC.
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Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
- Upstage's Solar Pro 4 (
solar-pro4) is a proprietary agentic API aimed at multi-document, multi-tool jobs that need to finish. It is a closed API (dedicated / on-prem via sales), OpenAI-compatible athttps://api.upstage.ai/v1, and also available on SolarChat, OpenRouter, Hermes Agent, and Upstage Studio. - 512K context and 128K max output. Reasoning is on by default, with an effort dial (high vs low) for latency.
- List price: $0.30 input / $0.06 cached input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens. Launch promo: 90% off on Upstage Console and OpenRouter through Sep 10, 2026 23:59 UTC. Re-check before budgeting past that date.
English, Korean, and Japanese (in and out).
No. Selected scores are from the vendor table vs Solar Open 2. Asterisked rows (BrowseComp*, SWE-Bench Verified OpenHands*) use Upstage's in-house harness. Independent LLM Stats verification is pending.
No. Weights are closed. Compare to Solar Open 2 if you need self-host.
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