How NLU pricing works
NLU item # of NLU Items = # of Data Units * # of Enrichment Features Data Unit 1 Data Unit = 1 group of 10,000 characters or less Example Extracting Entities and Sentiment from 15,000 characters of text is (2 Data Units * 2 Enrichment Features) = 4 NLU Items Custom Model A custom model refers to an annotation model developed with Watson Knowledge Studio. Custom models can be used to teach Watson the language of your domain. Pricing Calculator https://console.bluemix.net/pricing/configure/service/bb6393bc-7d81-446b-9728-61b704f6eca5
IBM Cloud Plan
Lite
Pricing ($/NLU items/month):
Free 30,000 items
Custom Model ($/model/month):
1 free custom model
Standard
Pricing (USD/NLU items/month):
- Tier 1: USD 0.003/ NLU item for first 1-250,000 items
- Tier 2: USD 0.001/ NLU item for next 250,001 to 5,000,000 items
- Tier 3: USD 0.0002/ NLU item for next 5,000,001+ items
Custom Model (USD/model/month):
USD 800
Premium
Watson Premium plans offer a higher level of security and isolation to help customers with sensitive data requirements. Please contact sales to learn more.