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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Solar Pro 2 vs Tiny Aya Earth

Solar Pro 2 comes out ahead, 26 to 15 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Upstage

    Solar Pro 2

    Released May 20, 2025

    26/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.25
    • Context66K
  2. Cohere

    Tiny Aya Earth

    Released Feb 17, 2026

    15/100
    • ECI—
    • Price—
    • Context8K
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01 — Verdict

Solar Pro 2 is our pick

Solar Pro 2 is the better all-round choice, scoring 26/100 against Tiny Aya Earth (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceSolar Pro 2Solar Pro 2 $0.25 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Tiny Aya Earth unpriced
  • Longest contextSolar Pro 2Solar Pro 2 65,536 · Tiny Aya Earth 8,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsSolar Pro 2: Text · Tiny Aya Earth: Text
  • Self-hostingTiny Aya EarthPublishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightSolar Pro 2Tiny Aya Earth
Inputs & features60%3525
Context window40%120
Overall100%26/10015/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Solar Pro 2 vs Tiny Aya Earth specifications side by side
SpecificationSolar Pro 2UpstageTiny Aya EarthCohere
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.25—
Output$0.25—
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.25—
Long-context rateSame rate—
Price sourceOfficial Upstage API—
Limits
Context window65,536 tokens (best)8,000 tokens
Max output8,192 tokens (best)8,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYesminimal · highNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenCC-BY-NC-4.0
API model IDsolar-pro2tiny-aya-earth
API providers2 (best)1
ReleasedMay 20, 2025Feb 17, 2026
Knowledge cutoffMar 2025—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Solar Pro 2$3.00
  • Tiny Aya Earth—
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Solar Pro 2 or Tiny Aya Earth?

Solar Pro 2 is the better all-round choice, scoring 26/100 against Tiny Aya Earth (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Solar Pro 2 or Tiny Aya Earth?

Solar Pro 2 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.25 output per million tokens (official Upstage API price). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.25 per million tokens for Solar Pro 2 versus . Tiny Aya Earth has no published per-token price.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Solar Pro 2 has not been scored yet and Tiny Aya Earth has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Solar Pro 2 and Tiny Aya Earth yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Solar Pro 2 has the largest context window at 65,536 tokens, against 8,000 for Tiny Aya Earth. Maximum output per response: Solar Pro 2 up to 8,192, Tiny Aya Earth up to 8,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Solar Pro 2 accepts text; Tiny Aya Earth accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

Tiny Aya Earth publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) and can be self-hosted; Solar Pro 2 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Tiny Aya Earth is the newest, released Feb 17, 2026. Solar Pro 2 came out May 20, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Solar Pro 2 Mar 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.