Hello Weaviate team,
I’m evaluating Weaviate Enterprise Cloud for our organization and I’m trying to understand the AI Unit (AIU) pricing model. I see that Enterprise Cloud is priced at “$2.64/AIU” but I need more clarity on what exactly an AIU represents.
Specifically, I’d appreciate information on:
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What exactly constitutes one AI Unit (AIU)? Is it a measure of compute, storage, or a combination?
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How are AIUs calculated across different storage tiers (hot, warm, and cold)? Do different tiers consume AIUs at different rates?
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How do vector compression techniques (PQ, SQ, BQ) affect AIU consumption?
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For multi-tenant implementations with tenant offloading, how does moving tenants between storage tiers affect AIU billing?
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Are there any examples or case studies showing typical AIU consumption for different workloads?
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Is there a way to estimate or predict AIU usage based on our expected data volume and query patterns?
I understand that AIUs were introduced to help with usage monitoring and budgeting, but I need more specific details to properly evaluate costs for our use case.
Thank you for your help!