vania-janet/multiturn-rag-retrieval-data huggingface dataset:
These resources are updated daily.





 Lite plans 

Lite plans are structured as a free quota. You can work on your projects worry free, without the risk of generating an accidental bill. The quota might operate for a specific time period, for example a month, or on a one-off usage basis. The following list provides some examples of Lite plan quotas:



* Maximum number of registered devices
* Maximum number of application bindings
* Encrypted data storage limit, for example 1 GB
* Provisioned throughput capacity



You can easily find services for Lite plans in the catalog. By default, all services with a Lite plan are displayed with a Lite tag ![Lite tag](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/9713d864488177dc6b273b53b7f2383a81f10bc1/icons/Lite.svg). Select a service to view the quota details for the associated Lite plan.





 Charges for compute resources 

You're charged for the time that your apps run and the memory that's used in GB-hours. GB-hours is the calculation of the number of application instances that are multiplied by the memory per instance and by the hours that the instances run. You can customize the number of instances and the amount of memory per instance based on your needs. You can also add memory or instances to scale for more users. To get the amount charged, take your application instances that are multiplied by memory per instance and by hours running.

For example, consider a runtime that costs $0.07 per GB-hour in two 512-MB instances, running for 30 days (720 hours). These resources would cost $50.4 USD, with the following calculations:

2 instances x 0.5 GB x 720 hours = 720 GB-hours.
720 GB-hours x $0.07 per GB-hour = $50.4





 Charges for services 

Many services include monthly free allowances. Usage of services that aren't included as part of the free allowance is charged in one of the following ways:

Fixed charges
Check out the following list of key features that are available in a Lite account:



* The account is free - no credit card required.
* The account never expires.
* You receive email notifications about your account status and quota limits.
* You can create one instance of any service in the [IBM Cloud catalog](https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/?search=label:lite%20lite) that has a Lite plan.
* After 10 days of no development activity, your apps go to sleep. You can wake up your apps by continuing to work on them.
* After 30 days of no development activity, your service instances with Lite plans are deleted



Only Lite accounts created before 12 August 2021 can use 186 GBH of free buildpacks and Cloud Foundry apps with up to 256 MB of free instantaneous runtime memory per month. The use of one org in one IBM Cloud region is supported.
Discovery pricing plans 

IBM Watson™ Discovery offers three plans -- Lite, Advanced, and Premium -- that provide different levels of resources and capabilities to suit your needs.

For more information about Premium plans that were created after 16 July 2020 or about Plus plans (including Plus Trial), see [these docs](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-pricing-plans).

Private data use cases have the following features, limits, and prices:



 Lite 



 Size Number of Docs* Price 

 N/A 1,000 docs total Free 



The Lite plan is a starter plan, so do not use it in your production environment. When you upgrade to a paid plan, you can keep all ingested documents. Lite plan instances are deleted after 30 days of inactivity.

Attributes:



* 1 environment
* Up to 2 collections
* Free NLU enrichments**



Additional options:
[Custom Models](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery?topic=discovery-integrating-with-wks):
One IBM Watson™ Knowledge Studio model included. Additional models: Not available
[Element Classification](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery?topic=discovery-element-classification)***: 500 pages included per month. Additional pages: Not available
[News Queries](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery?topic=discovery-watson-discovery-news): 200 News queries included per month. Additional queries: Not available
[Query Expansions](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery?topic=discovery-query-conceptsquery-expansion): 500 query expansions with 1,000 total terms. Additional expansions: Not available
[Document splitting](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery?topic=discovery-configservicedoc-segmentation): 250 segments per plan. Additional segments: Not available
* Use of all available models (same as the Lite plan).
* Unlimited creation and use of custom language and custom acoustic models at no extra charge.
* A maximum of one hundred concurrent transcription requests from all interfaces, WebSocket and HTTP, combined.



The plan uses a simple tiered pricing model to give high-volume users further discounts as they use the service more heavily. Pricing is based on the aggregate number of minutes of audio that you recognize per month:



* Users who recognize 1 to 999,999 minutes of audio in a given month pay $0.02 (USD) per minute of audio for that month.
* Users who recognize at least 1,000,000 minutes of audio in a given month pay $0.01 (USD) per minute of audio for that month.



The Plus plan is intended for small businesses. It is also a good choice for large enterprises that want to develop and test larger applications before considering moving to a Premium plan. For more information, see the Speech to Text service in the [IBM Cloud® Catalog](https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/speech-to-text).





 Can I continue to use the Speech to Text Standard plan? 

The Standard plan is no longer available for purchase by new users. But existing users of the Standard plan can continue to use the plan indefinitely with no change in their pricing. Their API settings and custom models remain unaffected.

Existing users can also choose to upgrade to the new Plus plan by visiting the [IBM Cloud® Catalog](https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/speech-to-text). They will continue to have access to all of their settings and custom models after upgrading. And, if they find that the Plus plan does not meet their needs for any reason, they can always downgrade back to their Standard plan.





 What pricing plan do I need to use the service's customization interface? 

You must have a paid plan (Plus, Standard, or Premium) to use language model or acoustic model customization. Users of the Lite plan cannot use customization. To use customization, users of the Lite plan must upgrade to a paid plan such as the Plus plan.





 How do I upgrade from the Lite plan to the Plus plan?
[External link icon](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/icons/launch-glyph.svg)](https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQP8H/iot/overview/overview.html).

Note: This document is intended only for users who have a Lite instance. If you previously created instances of the IoT Platform with either the Standard or Advanced Security plans, IBM® will work with you to migrate your existing Watson IoT Platform instance to the new non-production or production plans.



 Migration process overview 

By migrating to Watson IoT Platform you remove the Lite plan limits of 500 devices and monthly data consumption.

The Watson IoT Platform plans include the following additional components to support end-to-end IoT application architecture:



* Event Streams - an IBM hosted version of the Kafka streaming platform that your applications can use to receive IoT data.
* Db2® Warehouse on Cloud for analytical data storage.
* IBM® Cloudant® for IBM Cloud® DB for time series data.
* IBM Cloud® Object Storage for long term data retention.



This document describes the types of data you might want to migrate from an existing Lite instance to a full version.

Note: Generally it is easiest to set up your Watson IoT Platform non-production or production environment from scratch, as it includes components and features beyond the Watson IoT Platform Lite service. Also the devices and users created for testing in the Lite version will likely not be the same ones you'll use for production.

If, however, you want to transfer some of your existing Lite settings, the following sections take you through the process.

Documentation on the [Watson IoT Platform APIs](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/services/IoT?topic=IoT-api_overviewapi_overview) provides instructions on how to invoke the APIs and their full set of parameters.





 Before you begin 

Before you can start the migration process you must purchase Watson IoT Platform (either production or non-production). Upon purchase, the IBM operations team will provision a new Watson IoT Platform instance for you.
Go to the [catalog](https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog).
2. Select the Lite and Free pricing plan options.







 Step 2: Create an instance 

Create an instance of product that includes a free Lite plan or a Free tier pricing plan.



1. Select the tile from the catalog after reviewing the filtered list of products.
2. Enter any required information to create the instance.
3. Click Create.







 Step 3: Check out the tutorials 

Check out our [tutorials for Lite plans](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs?tab=tutorials&filters=lite-account) for detailed steps about using IBM Cloud services that provide free Lite plans for you to implement common patterns based on best practices and proven technologies at no cost.





 Next steps 

Build your apps! For more information, see the [Getting started tutorial](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/apps?topic=apps-getting-started).
Watson IoT Platform Standard The Standard service plan includes the free data-transfer limit that is offered in the Lite plan and then usage-based billing beyond the free quote for data exchanged, data analyzed, and edge data analyzed. 
 Watson IoT Platform Advanced Security The Advanced Security service plan includes the free data-transfer limit that is offered in the Lite plan and then usage-based billing beyond the free quote for data exchanged, data analyzed, and edge data analyzed. This plan also provides advanced Risk and Security Management features. 









 Upgrading service plans 

If you are an existing customer and want to take advantage of the full [Watson IoT Platform feature set ![External link icon](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/icons/launch-glyph.svg)](https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQP8H/iot/overview/overview.html), you can purchase one of the Connection and Analytics Service plans and then migrate your existing environment.

To migrate plans, contact your IBM® representative or raise a support ticket.

To migrate from Watson IoT Platform Lite plan, or to migrate to other plans with only the essential configuration settings included, see the instructions in [Migrating Watson IoT Platform Lite to Watson IoT Platform Non-production or Production](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/services/IoT?topic=IoT-org_migrationorg_migration).
Click the Plan tab in the navigation pane on the left. The Current plan section displays your plan type.



* Can I change my Event Streams plan using the IBM Cloud console?

Yes, but only if you are moving from the Lite plan to the Standard plan.



1. In the IBM Cloud console, navigate to the instance of Event Streams Lite plan that you want to change.
2. Click the Plan tab in the navigation pane on the left.
3. In the Change pricing plan section, check the Standard box. Click Upgrade.

Allow a few minutes for the cached limit of 1 partition for the Lite plan to clear so that you can take advantage of the 100 partition limit for the Standard plan.

However, this option does not currently work in the IBM Cloud console for any other combination of plans. For example, if you try a different plan combination, you'll see an error message like the the following:

Could not find VCAP::CloudController::ServicePlan with guid: ibm.eventstreams.standard



* What are the differences between the Event Streams Standard and Event Streams Enterprise plans?

To find out more information about the different Event Streams plans, see [Choosing your plan](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/EventStreams?topic=EventStreams-plan_choose).
* How do I handle disaster recovery?

Currently, it is the responsibility of the user to manage their own Event Streams disaster recovery. Event Streams data can be replicated between an Event Streams instance in one location (region) and another instance in a different location. However, the user is responsible for provisioning a remote Event Streams instance and managing the replication.

We suggest a tool like Kafka MirrorMaker to replicate data between clusters. For information about how to run MirrorMaker, see [Event Streams kafka-mirrormaker repository](https://github.com/ibm-messaging/event-streams-samples/tree/master/kafka-mirrormaker).

The user is also responsible for the backup of message payload data.
If you want to create an IBM Cloudant Dedicated Hardware plan instance, follow the [Creating and leveraging an IBM Cloudant Dedicated Hardware plan instance on IBM Cloud](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/services/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-creating-and-leveraging-an-ibm-cloudant-dedicated-hardware-plan-instance-on-ibm-cloudcreating-and-leveraging-an-ibm-cloudant-dedicated-hardware-plan-instance-on-ibm-cloud) tutorial.



When you create an instance, after you select the IBM Cloudant tile, you must select a region. These locations are called availability zones. An availability zone is an IBM Cloud® Public location that hosts your data. All Lite and Standard plans automatically deploy into a multi-zone region. Dedicated Hardware plan instances can be deployed in most [IBM data center locations](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/data-centers/).





A multi-zone region includes three availability zones that can be used by an instance that is deployed to that region. The multi-zone regions available with IBM Cloudant include the following regions:



* Dallas
* Frankfurt
* London
* Osaka
* Sydney
* Tokyo
* Washington DC



A single-zone region offers only one availability zone for that region. The single-zone regions available with IBM Cloudant include the following regions:



* Seoul
* Chennai



For more information, see [Plans and provisioning](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/services/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-ibm-cloud-publiclocations-and-tenancy).



* What is an availability zone?

When you create an instance, after you select the IBM Cloudant tile, you must select a region. These locations are called availability zones. An availability zone is an IBM Cloud® Public location that hosts your data. All Lite and Standard plans automatically deploy into a multi-zone region. Dedicated Hardware plan instances can be deployed in most [IBM data center locations](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/data-centers/).
Lite pricing plans are available with all account types. You can have one instance of a Lite plan for each service. For more information about Lite accounts, see [Account types](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-accountsliteaccount).





 How many apps can I build? 

There's no limit to the number of apps you can build in a Pay-As-You-Go or Subscription account.

If you created a Lite account before 12 August 2021, you can build and deploy apps with 256 MB of instantaneous runtime memory. To get 512 MB of free instantaneous runtime memory, upgrade to a Pay-As-You-Go or Subscription account and pay only for what you use over that limit.





 What happens when my Lite plan instance reaches the monthly quota? 

Reaching any quota limit for Lite plan instances suspends the service for that month. Quota limits are per org, not instance. New instances that you create in the same org reflect any usage from previous instances. The quota limits reset on the first of every month.

You can check your usage by going to Manage > Billing and usage in the IBM Cloud console, and selecting Usage. For more information, see [Viewing your usage](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/billing-usage?topic=billing-usage-viewingusage).





 How many resource groups, orgs, or spaces can I create? 

If you have a Pay-As-You-Go or Subscription account, there's no limit to the number of resource groups, orgs, or spaces that you can create. However, if you have a Lite account, you're limited to one org and one resource group.





 Can I change which notifications I receive? 

Yes, you can update your email preferences for receiving notifications from the Email preferences page in the console. Click the Avatar icon !
To create a standard cluster, upgrade your Lite account to an IBM Cloud [Pay-As-You-Go](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-accountspaygo) or [Subscription](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-accountssubscription-account) account.

Pay-As-You-Go
: You can create standard clusters. Use an API key to set up infrastructure permissions for your clusters.

To use a different classic infrastructure account for classic clusters, [manually set IBM Cloud infrastructure credentials for your IBM Cloud account](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openshift?topic=openshift-access-credscredentials). You can't set up your IBM Cloud account to use the VPC infrastructure of a different account.

Subscription
: Subscription accounts come with access to the infrastructure portfolio. You can create standard clusters. Use an API key to set up infrastructure permissions for your clusters.

To use a different classic infrastructure account for classic clusters, [manually set](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openshift?topic=openshift-access-credscredentials) IBM Cloud infrastructure credentials for your IBM Cloud account. You can't set up your IBM Cloud account to use the VPC infrastructure of a different account.

IBM Cloud infrastructure accounts
: If you have an IBM Cloud infrastructure without an IBM Cloud account, create an IBM Cloud [Pay-As-You-Go](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-accountspaygo) or [Subscription](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-accountssubscription-account) account. You have two separate IBM Cloud infrastructure accounts and billing. By default, your new IBM Cloud account uses the new infrastructure account. To continue using the previous classic infrastructure account, manually set the credentials. You can manually set credentials for only classic clusters, not VPC clusters.





 Accessing the infrastructure portfolio with your IBM Cloud Pay-As-You-Go or Subscription account
* [IBM Cloudant Geospatial notice](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-cloudant-nosql-db-geospatial)



* Replicating databases



* [What is replication?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-replication-guide)
* [IBM Cloudant Replication](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-replication-api)
* [Advanced replication](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-advanced-replication)



* Migrating your plan



* [Migration overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-migrating-to-ibm-cloudant-on-ibm-cloud)
* [Migrating from a Lite plan to a Standard plan](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-migrating-from-a-lite-plan-to-a-standard-plan)
* [Migrating an Enterprise plan to a Lite or Standard plan](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-migrating-an-enterprise-plan-to-a-lite-or-standard-plan)
* [Finding your IBM Cloudant plan](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-find-your-ibm-cloudant-plan)



* Recovery and backup



* [Disaster recovery and backup for IBM Cloudant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-disaster-recovery-and-backup)
* [Configuring IBM Cloudant for cross-region disaster recovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-configuring-ibm-cloudant-for-cross-region-disaster-recovery)
* IBM Cloud Quantum API: .quantum-computing.cloud.ibm.com
* IBM Cloud: .cloud.ibm.com



* What plans are available to use Qiskit Runtime with IBM Cloud®?

Currently, there are two plans. The Lite plan allows the user to access only quantum simulators and is free of charge. Pay-as-you-go access to IBM Quantum hardware and simulators is provided with the Standard plan. For more information, see [Manage the cost](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/quantum-computing?topic=quantum-computing-cost).
* What is the cost of the Qiskit Runtime Standard plan?

The Qiskit Runtime Standard plan is a pay-as-you-go service and costs $1.6 per QR second when running on physical systems. For more information, see the [Qiskit Runtime Standard plan](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/quantum-computing?topic=quantum-computing-cost) topic.
* What is the pricing metric of the Qiskit Runtime service?

For this service, you are charged for Quantum Runtime usage. QR usage is the time counted by QR to process a job, and is determined by the use of internal resources. Queue time is not included. For more information, see the [Qiskit Runtime plans](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/quantum-computing?topic=quantum-computing-plans) topic.
* Can I use Qiskit Runtime with my IBM Cloud® lite account?

Yes, but with the Lite plan you can access only quantum simulators. To use IBM Quantum systems, you need to upgrade to an IBM pay-as-you-go cloud account and use the Standard plan.
* Do I get a monthly bill and what does it look like for Qiskit Runtime with IBM Cloud®?

You will receive a monthly invoice that provides details about your resource charges. You can check how much you've spent at any time on the [IBM Cloud Billing and usage page](https://cloud.ibm.com/billing).
Service plans 

Different pricing plans are available that you can choose for an IBM Cloud Activity Tracker instance. Each plan defines the number of days that data is retained for search, the number of users allowed to manage the data, and the features that are enabled.



Table 1. List of service plans

 Plan Number of days that data is available for seach Number of users per plan Plan Name Plan ID 

 HIPAA 30 day Event Search 30 25 hipaa-30-day 254d26dc-3ef5-4006-912c-954186a0d033 
 30 day Event Search 30 Unlimitted 30-day e914263e-8b62-475e-8206-938e3a31ad26 
 14 day Event Search 14 Unlimitted 14-day b7f77c86-adde-4e32-8a1b-daba35b1d4fa 
 7 day Event Search 7 Unlimitted 7-day 9aae7491-5cb6-43eb-9b7a-3e0456c781f0 
 Lite[] Data is not available for search 1 lite 6efc5a58-4289-4632-867f-5a25e817bfe9 



[] In the lite plan, the log line is not formatted.

IBM Cloud Activity Tracker offers a Lite plan that you can use to view your events as they pass through the system. You can view events by using event tailing. You can also design filters to prepare for upgrading to a longer retention period plan. You cannot use an instance on the Lite plan to receive streamed data. This plan has a 0-day retention period.



 Features by plan 

The following tables outline the different features that are included in each service plan:



Table 2. List of features available that are available for each service plan

 Feature HIPAA 30 day Event Search plan 30 day Event Search plan 14 day Event Search plan 7 day Event Search plan Lite plan 

 Live streaming tail !