Alation Consumption Unit (ACU)
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- Unit
- ACU
- Aliases
- ACUs; consumption unit
- Definition
- Alation's single currency for measuring use of its AI-powered products. A pool of ACUs is purchased and every metered action draws from it.
- Counting rules
- Only actions that deliver AI-generated value are metered; browsing, searching, reading and manual edits are free. Rates: Curation Automation 0.05 per AI field write; Data Quality 0.075 per check run or anomaly run; Data Product Marketplace 0.50 per chat message or export and 1.0 per listed data product; Agent Studio 0.25 per call or tool invocation; Critical Data Manager 1.0 per active critical object per day; AI Governance 1.0 per governed AI asset per day. Free ACUs are used before the paid pool.
- Floors / minimums
- Paid packs: Starter 60,000, Growth 120,000, Scale 240,000, Enterprise 480,000 ACUs. Cloud customers with none of the in-scope products receive 6,000 free ACUs.
- Applies to products
- Curation Automation
- Data Quality
- Data Product Marketplace
- Agent Studio
- Critical Data Manager
- AI Governance
- Product category