diff --git a/ivy/data_classes/array/activations.py b/ivy/data_classes/array/activations.py
index 33fa7e1844cb1..0552357ba295a 100644
--- a/ivy/data_classes/array/activations.py
+++ b/ivy/data_classes/array/activations.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ def relu(
             optional output array, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
         complex_mode
-            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types.
+           optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ def leaky_relu(
             optional output array, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
         complex_mode
-            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types.
+           optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ def gelu(
         *,
         approximate: bool = False,
         out: Optional[ivy.Array] = None,
+        complex_mode: Literal["split", "magnitude", "jax"] = "jax",
     ) -> ivy.Array:
         """
         ivy.Array instance method variant of ivy.gelu. This method simply wraps the
@@ -108,6 +111,9 @@ def gelu(
         out
             optional output array, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
+        complex_mode
+            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -196,6 +202,7 @@ def softplus(
         beta: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
         threshold: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
         out: Optional[ivy.Array] = None,
+        complex_mode: Literal["split", "magnitude", "jax"] = "jax",
     ) -> ivy.Array:
         """
         ivy.Array instance method variant of ivy.softplus. This method simply wraps the
@@ -212,6 +219,9 @@ def softplus(
             the threshold parameter of the softplus function.
         out
             optional output array, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
+        complex_mode
+           optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -235,7 +245,13 @@ def softplus(
         >>> print(x)
         ivy.array([1.55, 2.13, 2.13])
         """
-        return ivy.softplus(self._data, beta=beta, threshold=threshold, out=out)
+        return ivy.softplus(
+            self._data,
+            beta=beta,
+            threshold=threshold,
+            out=out,
+            complex_mode=complex_mode,
+        )
 
     def log_softmax(
         self: ivy.Array,
diff --git a/ivy/data_classes/container/activations.py b/ivy/data_classes/container/activations.py
index 104ae63ea31af..542f4c5065741 100644
--- a/ivy/data_classes/container/activations.py
+++ b/ivy/data_classes/container/activations.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ def _static_relu(
             optional output container, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
         complex_mode
-            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types.
+            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ def relu(
             optional output container, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
         complex_mode
-            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types.
+            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -176,7 +178,8 @@ def _static_leaky_relu(
             optional output container, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
         complex_mode
-            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types.
+            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -243,7 +246,8 @@ def leaky_relu(
             optional output container, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
         complex_mode
-            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types.
+            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -310,7 +314,8 @@ def _static_gelu(
             optional output container, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
         complex_mode
-            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types.
+            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -376,7 +381,8 @@ def gelu(
             optional output container, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
         complex_mode
-            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types.
+            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -660,6 +666,7 @@ def _static_softplus(
         prune_unapplied: Union[bool, ivy.Container] = False,
         map_sequences: Union[bool, ivy.Container] = False,
         out: Optional[ivy.Container] = None,
+        complex_mode: Literal["split", "magnitude", "jax"] = "jax",
     ) -> ivy.Container:
         """
         ivy.Container static method variant of ivy.softplus. This method simply wraps
@@ -688,6 +695,9 @@ def _static_softplus(
         out
             optional output container, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
+        complex_mode
+            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -721,6 +731,7 @@ def _static_softplus(
             prune_unapplied=prune_unapplied,
             map_sequences=map_sequences,
             out=out,
+            complex_mode=complex_mode,
         )
 
     def softplus(
@@ -734,6 +745,7 @@ def softplus(
         prune_unapplied: Union[bool, ivy.Container] = False,
         map_sequences: Union[bool, ivy.Container] = False,
         out: Optional[ivy.Container] = None,
+        complex_mode: Literal["split", "magnitude", "jax"] = "jax",
     ) -> ivy.Container:
         """
         ivy.Container instance method variant of ivy.softplus. This method simply wraps
@@ -762,6 +774,9 @@ def softplus(
         out
             optional output container, for writing the result to. It must have a shape
             that the inputs broadcast to.
+        complex_mode
+            optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+            ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -793,6 +808,7 @@ def softplus(
             prune_unapplied=prune_unapplied,
             map_sequences=map_sequences,
             out=out,
+            complex_mode=complex_mode,
         )
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/ivy/functional/backends/jax/activations.py b/ivy/functional/backends/jax/activations.py
index d7705c9847d14..5de229f228dcc 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/backends/jax/activations.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/backends/jax/activations.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def softplus(
     beta: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     threshold: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     out: Optional[JaxArray] = None,
+    complex_mode="jax",
 ) -> JaxArray:
     if beta is not None and beta != 1:
         x_beta = x * beta
diff --git a/ivy/functional/backends/mxnet/activations.py b/ivy/functional/backends/mxnet/activations.py
index 9b6cfdcc9467f..40136c7d346b2 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/backends/mxnet/activations.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/backends/mxnet/activations.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def softplus(
     beta: Optional[Union[(int, float)]] = None,
     threshold: Optional[Union[(int, float)]] = None,
     out: Optional[None] = None,
+    complex_mode="jax",
 ) -> None:
     if beta is not None and beta != 1:
         x_beta = x * beta
diff --git a/ivy/functional/backends/numpy/activations.py b/ivy/functional/backends/numpy/activations.py
index d2ee4c0675de3..73ceca88e969b 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/backends/numpy/activations.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/backends/numpy/activations.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def softplus(
     beta: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     threshold: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     out: Optional[np.ndarray] = None,
+    complex_mode="jax",
 ) -> np.ndarray:
     if beta is not None and beta != 1:
         x_beta = x * beta
diff --git a/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/activations.py b/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/activations.py
index 185218223ce33..9f60af9cddb31 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/activations.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/activations.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ def softplus(
     beta: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     threshold: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     out: Optional[paddle.Tensor] = None,
+    complex_mode="jax",
 ) -> paddle.Tensor:
     if beta is not None and beta != 1:
         x_beta = x * beta
diff --git a/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/elementwise.py b/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/elementwise.py
index 722ccfeda78c7..0face1e720bad 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/elementwise.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/backends/paddle/elementwise.py
@@ -733,6 +733,9 @@ def square(
     return paddle_backend.pow(x, 2).astype(x.dtype)
 
 
+@with_unsupported_device_and_dtypes(
+    {"2.5.1 and below": {"cpu": ("bfloat16",)}}, backend_version
+)
 def pow(
     x1: Union[float, paddle.Tensor],
     x2: Union[float, paddle.Tensor],
diff --git a/ivy/functional/backends/tensorflow/activations.py b/ivy/functional/backends/tensorflow/activations.py
index 5ba82d96269f6..1db0da2a5fce3 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/backends/tensorflow/activations.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/backends/tensorflow/activations.py
@@ -47,7 +47,17 @@ def softmax(
 
 
 @with_supported_dtypes(
-    {"2.13.0 and below": ("float16", "bfloat16", "float32", "float64")}, backend_version
+    {
+        "2.13.0 and below": (
+            "float16",
+            "bfloat16",
+            "float32",
+            "float64",
+            "complex64",
+            "complex128",
+        )
+    },
+    backend_version,
 )
 def softplus(
     x: Tensor,
@@ -56,6 +66,7 @@ def softplus(
     beta: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     threshold: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     out: Optional[Tensor] = None,
+    complex_mode="jax",
 ) -> Tensor:
     if beta is not None and beta != 1:
         x_beta = x * beta
diff --git a/ivy/functional/backends/torch/activations.py b/ivy/functional/backends/torch/activations.py
index f94890adb1424..d0277edf8355b 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/backends/torch/activations.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/backends/torch/activations.py
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ def softmax(
     return torch.nn.functional.softmax(x, axis)
 
 
-@with_unsupported_dtypes(
-    {"2.0.1 and below": ("complex", "float16", "bfloat16")}, backend_version
-)
+@with_unsupported_dtypes({"2.0.1 and below": ("float16", "bfloat16")}, backend_version)
 def softplus(
     x: torch.Tensor,
     /,
@@ -81,6 +79,7 @@ def softplus(
     beta: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     threshold: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     out: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+    complex_mode="jax",
 ) -> torch.Tensor:
     kwargs = {
         k: v for k, v in {"beta": beta, "threshold": threshold}.items() if v is not None
diff --git a/ivy/functional/frontends/jax/nn/non_linear_activations.py b/ivy/functional/frontends/jax/nn/non_linear_activations.py
index c9340407ab663..b11ff04ca7142 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/frontends/jax/nn/non_linear_activations.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/frontends/jax/nn/non_linear_activations.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def softmax(x, axis=-1, where=None, initial=None):
 @to_ivy_arrays_and_back
 def softplus(x):
     x = _type_conversion(x)
-    return ivy.softplus(x).astype(x.dtype)
+    return ivy.softplus(x, complex_mode="jax").astype(x.dtype)
 
 
 @to_ivy_arrays_and_back
diff --git a/ivy/functional/ivy/activations.py b/ivy/functional/ivy/activations.py
index 67d2dcf838666..f8ff348d0ae71 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/ivy/activations.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/ivy/activations.py
@@ -498,6 +498,46 @@ def softmax(
     return current_backend(x).softmax(x, axis=axis, out=out)
 
 
+def _wrap_between(y, a):
+    """Wrap y between [-a, a]"""
+    a = ivy.array(a, dtype=y.dtype)
+    a2 = ivy.array(2 * a, dtype=y.dtype)
+    zero = ivy.array(0, dtype=y.dtype)
+    rem = ivy.remainder(ivy.add(y, a), a2)
+    rem = ivy.where(rem < zero, rem + a2, rem) - a
+    return rem
+
+
+def _softplus_jax_like(
+    x: Union[ivy.Array, ivy.NativeArray],
+    /,
+    *,
+    fn_original=None,
+    beta: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
+    threshold: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
+    out: Optional[ivy.Array] = None,
+):
+    if beta is not None:
+        x_beta = ivy.multiply(x, ivy.array(beta, dtype=x.dtype))
+    else:
+        x_beta = x
+    amax = ivy.relu(x_beta)
+    res = ivy.subtract(x_beta, ivy.multiply(amax, ivy.array(2, dtype=x.dtype)))
+    res = ivy.add(amax, ivy.log(ivy.add(1, ivy.exp(res))))
+    res = ivy.real(res) + _wrap_between(ivy.imag(res), ivy.pi).astype(
+        x.dtype
+    ) * ivy.astype(1j, x.dtype)
+    if beta is not None:
+        res = ivy.divide(res, ivy.array(beta, dtype=x.dtype))
+    if threshold is not None:
+        res = ivy.where(
+            ivy.real(x_beta) < threshold,
+            res,
+            x,
+        ).astype(x.dtype)
+    return res
+
+
 @handle_exceptions
 @handle_backend_invalid
 @handle_nestable
@@ -506,6 +546,7 @@ def softmax(
 @to_native_arrays_and_back
 @handle_array_function
 @handle_device_shifting
+@handle_complex_input
 def softplus(
     x: Union[ivy.Array, ivy.NativeArray],
     /,
@@ -513,10 +554,17 @@ def softplus(
     beta: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     threshold: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
     out: Optional[ivy.Array] = None,
+    complex_mode: Literal["split", "magnitude", "jax"] = "jax",
 ) -> ivy.Array:
     """
     Apply the softplus function element-wise.
 
+    If the input is complex, then by default we apply the softplus operation
+    `log(1+ exp(x))` to  each element
+    If threshold is set we check if either its real part is strictly negative or
+    if its real part is zero and its imaginary part is negative then we apply
+    `input×β > threshold`.
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     x
@@ -524,10 +572,14 @@ def softplus(
     beta
         The beta value for the softplus formation. Default: ``None``.
     threshold
-        values above this revert to a linear function. Default: ``None``.
+        values above this revert to a linear function
+        If the input is complex, only its real part is considered. Default: ``None``
     out
         optional output array, for writing the result to. It must have a shape that the
         inputs broadcast to.
+    complex_mode
+        optional specifier for how to handle complex data types. See
+        ``ivy.func_wrapper.handle_complex_input`` for more detail.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -557,6 +609,9 @@ def softplus(
     return current_backend(x).softplus(x, beta=beta, threshold=threshold, out=out)
 
 
+softplus.jax_like = _softplus_jax_like
+
+
 @handle_exceptions
 @handle_backend_invalid
 @handle_nestable
diff --git a/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_frontends/test_jax/test_nn/test_non_linear_activations.py b/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_frontends/test_jax/test_nn/test_non_linear_activations.py
index 34b77168b11bb..c7d69200a4be9 100644
--- a/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_frontends/test_jax/test_nn/test_non_linear_activations.py
+++ b/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_frontends/test_jax/test_nn/test_non_linear_activations.py
@@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ def test_jax_softmax(
 @handle_frontend_test(
     fn_tree="jax.nn.softplus",
     dtype_and_x=helpers.dtype_and_values(
-        available_dtypes=helpers.get_dtypes("float_and_integer"),
-        large_abs_safety_factor=2,
-        small_abs_safety_factor=2,
-        safety_factor_scale="linear",
+        available_dtypes=helpers.get_dtypes("numeric"),
+        large_abs_safety_factor=4,
+        small_abs_safety_factor=4,
+        safety_factor_scale="log",
     ),
     test_with_out=st.just(False),
 )
diff --git a/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_functional/test_nn/test_activations.py b/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_functional/test_nn/test_activations.py
index 0cc9653edeeaa..07e0b6dab339f 100644
--- a/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_functional/test_nn/test_activations.py
+++ b/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_functional/test_nn/test_activations.py
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ def test_softmax(*, dtype_and_x, axis, test_flags, backend_fw, fn_name, on_devic
 @handle_test(
     fn_tree="functional.ivy.softplus",
     dtype_and_x=helpers.dtype_and_values(
-        available_dtypes=helpers.get_dtypes("valid"),
+        available_dtypes=helpers.get_dtypes("numeric"),
         min_num_dims=1,
-        large_abs_safety_factor=8,
-        small_abs_safety_factor=8,
+        large_abs_safety_factor=4,
+        small_abs_safety_factor=4,
         safety_factor_scale="log",
     ),
     beta=st.one_of(helpers.number(min_value=0.1, max_value=10), st.none()),