IBM Match 360 service plans
The plan that you choose for IBM Match 360 as a Service affects the amount of computing resources that you can use.
When you provision IBM Match 360 as a Service, you can choose between the Trial or Essential plans.
You can provision only one IBM Match 360 as a Service instance per IBM Cloud account.
Available plans
An IBM Cloud account owner or administrator can choose from these IBM Match 360 as a Service plans:
- Trial
- Try IBM Match 360 features for 30 days for free before you buy the Essential plan. Trial plan services, including all data and assets, are deleted after 30 days.
- Essential
- Pay a monthly fee to scale up and use the full master data management capabilities of IBM Match 360.
Differences between IBM Match 360 as a Service plans
The following table shows limits and restrictions for each plan.
| Plan | Limits and restrictions | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Trial | - 30 day trial period - 50,000 entities - 15 Capacity Unit Hours (CUH) - 10,000 Qualified API calls - 15 GB storage |
Free |
| Essential | - 1 million entities + pay for more - 1000 Capacity Unit Hours (CUH) per month + pay for more - 100,000 Qualified API calls per month + pay for more - 50 GB storage + pay for more |
For pricing information, see the IBM Match 360 as a Service page in the services catalog. |
Billing
You can view a summary of your monthly billing on IBM Cloud. From the home page, choose Manage > Account and billing. To view the usage for each service, click Usage.
For metering and billing purposes, compute resource consumption per unit hour is measured by tracking Capacity Unit Hours (CUH). CUH is measured when you run IBM Match 360 tools, processes, and jobs.
Each instance is billed on a monthly basis. Partial month deployment or usage will be pro-rated. For more details about billing and usage, see Monitoring your account resource usage.
- Trial
- The Trial plan includes a set amount of compute usage. You cannot exceed these limits. You can buy a paid plan.
- Essential
- The Essential plan includes a set amount of compute usage per month. If you need more compute usage, you can purchase additional CUH or pay more for overages.
Learn more
- Managing master data by using IBM Match 360
- Creating a master data configuration asset for IBM Match 360
Parent topic: IBM Match 360 as a Service