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:
- You have a Trial account from signing up for watsonx.
- You have a Trial account that you registered through an academic institution.
- You have a Lite account that you created before 25 October 2021.
- You want to change a Pay-As-You-Go plan to a subscription plan.
For instructions on updating your IBM Cloud account, see Update your IBM Cloud 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:
- 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.
- Select one or more services to change the service plans.
- Click Select plan for each service in the Pricing summary pane. Select the plan from the Services catalog page for the service.
- Agree to the terms, then click Buy. Your service plans are instantly updated.
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:
Learn more
- IBM Cloud docs: Account types
- IBM Cloud docs: Upgrading your account
- Setting up the IBM Cloud account
- Monitoring account resource usage
- Find your account administrators
Parent topic: Managing the platform