# Upgrading services on IBM watsonx #

When you're ready to upgrade services, you can upgrade in place without losing any of your work or data\.

Each service has its own plan and is independent of other plans\.

**Required permissions** : You must have an IBM Cloud IAM access policy with the **Editor** or **Administrator** role on all account management services\.

## Step 1: Update your IBM Cloud account ##

You can skip this step if your IBM Cloud account has billing information with a Pay\-As\-You\-Go or a subscription plan\.

You must update your IBM Cloud account in the following circumstances:

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 *  You have a Trial account from signing up for watsonx\.
 *  You have a Trial account that you [registered through an academic institution](https://ibm.biz/academic)\.
 *  You have a [Lite account](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-accounts#liteaccount) that you created before 25 October 2021\.
 *  You want to change a Pay\-As\-You\-Go plan to a subscription plan\.

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For instructions on updating your IBM Cloud account, see [Update your IBM Cloud account](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/setup-account.html##paid-account)\.

## Step 2: Upgrade your service plans ##

You can upgrade the service plans for services\. To upgrade service plans, you must have an IBM Cloud access policy with either the **Editor** or **Administrator** platform role for the services\.

To upgrade a service plan:

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1.  Click **Upgrade** on the header or choose **Administration > Account and billing > Upgrade service plans** from the main menu to open the **Upgrade service plans** page\.
2.  Select one or more services to change the service plans\.
3.  Click **Select plan** for each service in the **Pricing summary** pane\. Select the plan from the **Services catalog** page for the service\.
4.  Agree to the terms, then click **Buy**\. Your service plans are instantly updated\.

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After the upgrade, the additional features and capacity for the new plan are automatically available\. For the following services, the difference between plans can be significant:

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 *  [Watson Studio offering plans](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/ws-plans.html)
 *  [Watson Machine Learning plans and compute usage](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/wml-plans.html)

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## Learn more ##

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 *  [IBM Cloud docs: Account types](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-accounts)
 *  [IBM Cloud docs: Upgrading your account](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-upgrading-account)
 *  [Setting up the IBM Cloud account](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/setup-account.html)
 *  [Monitoring account resource usage](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/admin/monitor-resources.html)
 *  [Find your account administrators](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/faq.html#accountadmin)

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**Parent topic:**[Managing IBM watsonx](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/console/wdp_admin_console.html)

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