Upstage: Solar Pro 3
Analysis Summary
Solar Pro 3 is Upstage's economical text model for straightforward generation and application integration. It supports tool use and function calling, with a 131K token context that can accommodate common briefs, support transcripts, and structured documents. Its multimodal range is limited because the supplied modality is text only.
The model is best suited to templated SEO copy, classification, extraction, rewriting, and simple internal assistants. Measured reasoning, coding, and agentic capability are limited, so complex research, autonomous execution, and nuanced customer-facing content should be routed to a stronger model. Human review remains important for factual and brand-sensitive outputs.
Low listed pricing supports high-volume utility work. Adopt it where prompts are narrow, outputs are easy to validate, and cost efficiency matters more than deep reasoning.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Solar Pro 3 is a low-cost text model with tool use and function calling, suitable for templated content and lightweight automation. Limited measured reasoning, coding, and agentic capability restrict it to supervised workflows.
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DFO Verdict
Solar Pro 3 is a low-cost text model with tool use and function calling, suitable for templated content and lightweight automation. Limited measured reasoning, coding, and agentic capability restrict it to supervised workflows.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
14.5 Intelligence Index·16.2 Coding Index·2.9 Agentic Index
How Upstage: Solar Pro 3 compares
Upstage: Solar Pro 3 ranks #219 of 425 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #150 of 198 for coding, #141 of 180 for agentic tasks. Its 131K-token context window is larger than 50% of the models we list. At $0.15 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 61% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.15 | $0.000150 |
| Output | $0.60 | $0.000600 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout Upstage: Solar Pro 3
Solar Pro 3 is Upstage's powerful Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model. With 102B total parameters and 12B active parameters per forward pass, it delivers exceptional performance while maintaining computational efficiency. Optimized..
Frequently asked questions about Upstage: Solar Pro 3
How much does Upstage: Solar Pro 3 cost?
Upstage: Solar Pro 3 costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Upstage: Solar Pro 3?
Upstage: Solar Pro 3 has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K).
Is Upstage: Solar Pro 3 good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Upstage: Solar Pro 3 ranks #150 of 198 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can Upstage: Solar Pro 3 do?
Upstage: Solar Pro 3 supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Upstage: Solar Pro 3?
Upstage: Solar Pro 3 is developed by Upstage and was released on January 27, 2026.