IBM watsonx Code Assistant

Leverage tailor-made foundation models for AI-generated code recommendations to accelerate developer productivity.

  • Date of last update: 05/03/2025
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  • IBM
  • 05/03/2025
  • AI / Machine Learning
  • IAM-enabled
  • Frankfurt (eu-de)
  • Dallas (us-south)

Pricing plans

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PlanFeatures and capabilitiesPricing
IBM watsonx Code Assistant Trial
  • The free 30-day trial gives developers 15 RU (150,000 tokens) to use watsonx Code Assistant with integrated generative AI chat for code.
  • Free

Free for developers to use generative AI to write code.

  • The free 30-day trial gives developers 15 RU (150,000 tokens) to use watsonx Code Assistant with integrated generative AI chat for code.

Free for developers to use generative AI to write code.

IBM watsonx Code Assistant Essentials
  • The Essentials plan allows developers to use watsonx Code Assistant with integrated generative AI for coding tasks:
  • • Generating code
  • • Explaining code
  • • Creating unit tests
  • • Documenting code
  • • 1 RU is ~20 task prompts using 500 tokens each. A single developer will require use of approximately 15 RUs per month.
  • $2.00 USD/Resource Unit
IBM watsonx Code Assistant Standard
  • The Standard plan gives developers all the capabilities of Essentials and includes enterprise Java modernization capabilities:
  • • Java upgrades, regardless of runtime.
  • • WebSphere to Liberty transformation.
  • • Enhanced test generation and code explanation.
  • • 1 RU is ~20 task prompts using 500 tokens each. A single developer will require use of approximately 15 RUs per month.
  • • The monthly instance fee for IBM watsonx Code Assistant Standard includes 150 RUs each month.
  • • Pay for what you use for additional tokens. Tokens are offered in packages of 10,000 tokens (1 resource unit).
  • $3,000.00 USD/Instance per month
  • $2.00 USD/Resource Unit
IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed Essentials
  • The Essentials plan is only for tasks, no tuning capabilities.
  • • Pay for what you use. Tokens are offered in packages of 10,000 tokens (1 resource unit) which are consumed through generating Ansible tasks.
  • • This plan requires the user to have entitlement to the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform which is sold by Red Hat.
  • $2.00 USD/Resource Unit (tokens)
IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed Standard
  • The Standard plan includes both tasks and model tuning capabilities.
  • • 6.6 million tokens are included via the monthly instance fee.
  • • Pay for what you use for additional tokens. Tokens are offered in packages of 10,000 tokens (1 resource unit) which are consumed through generating Ansible tasks.
  • • Tune the model with your own data for tailor-made content recommendations that fit your enterprise standards.
  • • For tuning-based Resource Unit pricing, each Resource Unit is equal to 1 hour spent in Tuning Studio.
  • • This plan requires the user to have entitlement to the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform which is sold by Red Hat.
  • $2.00 USD/Resource Unit (tokens)
  • $1,200.00 USD/Instance per month
  • $500.00 USD/Resource Unit (tuning)
IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z as a Service Essentials
  • The Essentials plan includes everything you need to explain code and translate COBOL to Java.
  • • Each authorized user grants one user access to the service.
  • • Each resource unit used for translation is equal to 150,000 tokens. This translates approximately 5,000 lines of code.
  • • Each resource unit used for explanation is equal to 2,250,000 tokens. This explains approximately 150,000 lines of code.
  • • IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z as a Service is an add-on that requires watsonx Code Assistant for Z (on prem) as a prerequisite.
  • $9.00 USD/Authorized User
  • $15,000.00 USD/Resource Unit

Summary

IBM watsonx Code Assistant

Free
  • Plan: IBM watsonx Code Assistant Trial
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