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IBM watsonx.data PayGo is an open, hybrid data lakehouse with usage-based pricing for governed analytics and AI workloads across AWS environments
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IBM watsonx.data PayGo is an open, hybrid data lakehouse offering flexible usage-based pricing for analytics and AI workloads on AWS. It supports open table formats such as Apache Iceberg and Parquet and provides a unified metadata layer for querying structured and unstructured data across AWS, multi-cloud, and on-prem environments - without requiring ETL. Using Presto SQL and Apache Spark, PayGo enables federated, multi-engine analytics optimized for cost and performance.
watsonx.data offers enterprise-grade deployment flexibility and security, including VPCbased deployments, AWS PrivateLink, and support for FedRAMP (Medium) and HIPPA for AWS GovCloud. With builtin governance, automation, and meta-data-driven access controls, watsonx.data PayGo helps teams enhance data trust while simplifying setup and hybrid analytics. Native integrations with Db2 Warehouse on AWS RDS and Netezza on AWS allow organizations to augment existing data warehouse workloads, reducing storage and compute costs by shifting eligible workloads to more efficient lakehouse engines. Customers can reduce data warehouse costs by up to 50% when optimizing across engines and storage tiers.
Because watsonx.data PayGo uses a consumption-based pricing model, organizations can scale data engineering workloads, AI exploration, and business analytics on demand - ideal for dynamic or seasonal workloads. This makes PayGo a flexible option for teams building generative AI pipelines, hybrid analytics, and data modernization initiatives while maintaining governed access to all data across clouds and on-premises systems.
Q: What is the watsonx.data PayGo model?
PayGo offers flexible, consumption-based pricing that allows teams to scale analytics and AI workloads up or down without long-term contracts.
Q: How does watsonx.data support hybrid cloud analytics?
watsonx.data provides a unified entry point across AWS, on-prem, and multi-cloud environments using shared metadata and open table formats like Iceberg and Parquet.
Q: How can watsonx.data help reduce data warehouse costs?
Organizations can cut warehouse costs by up to 50% by offloading workloads to Presto and Spark and optimizing storage tiers.
Q: Who is watsonx.data PayGo best suited for?
Teams with variable or exploratory workloads - such as AI prototyping, seasonal analytics, or data engineering spikes - benefit from usage-based scaling.
Highlights
- Scale on demand: Pay only for what you use with usage-based billing optimized for variable analytics and AI workloads on AWS
- Hybrid data unification: Query AWS, on-prem, and multi-cloud data through shared metadata using Iceberg, Parquet, Presto, and Spark
- Reduce warehouse costs: Lower data warehouse workloads by up to 50% with multi-engine compute and storage optimization
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