What is the latest version of watsonx Orchestrate?

The current shipped version of watsonx Orchestrate is 2026, as of September 14, 2026.

How much does watsonx Orchestrate cost?

watsonx Orchestrate starts at $530 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of September 14, 2026.

What AI model does watsonx Orchestrate use?

watsonx Orchestrate runs primarily on GPT-OSS.

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Orchestrate composes multi-agent workflows over IBM's Granite models and third-party frontier models, with watsonx.governance for audit and risk controls.

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Current version

2026

Entry cost

Free tier · from $530/mo

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The short answers · verified September 14, 2026

What is the latest version of watsonx Orchestrate?: The current shipped version of watsonx Orchestrate is 2026, as of September 14, 2026.
How much does watsonx Orchestrate cost?: watsonx Orchestrate starts at $530 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of September 14, 2026.
What AI model does watsonx Orchestrate use?: watsonx Orchestrate runs primarily on GPT-OSS.

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Capabilities

Multi-agent orchestration
Granite open models
Agent Catalog
watsonx.governance
On-prem option
Agent Builder
Workflow Builder
Prebuilt Agents
Orchestrate Chat
Web Chat Integration
MCP Servers
Assistant Builder
LangGraph Import
Workflow builder
MCP servers
LangGraph integration
OpenAPI tools
Web chat
Conversational search
LangGraph Integration
OpenAPI Tools
Web Chat
Voice Agents
Document Processing
Conversational Search
Langflow Import
MCP Server Support
Multi-Cloud Deployment
Agentic Workflows
Prebuilt agents
LangGraph agents import
Web chat integration
Knowledge sources
Voice integration
AI Agents
Knowledge base
LangGraph agents
Phone integration
Knowledge source connection
AI agents
Voice connection
Langflow integration
Voice agents
MCP servers support
Document processing
No-code/Pro-code Builder
Analytics
Governance
Agentic workflows
Unified gateway
multi-cloud service
workflow builder
web chat
knowledge source
voice integration
no-code
pro-code
API access
Enterprise security
agents
agent builder
chat
mcp servers
integrations
analytics
agentic workflows
prebuilt agents
SaaS option
Multi-cloud service
no-code / pro-code
assistant builder
Voice channels
Slack integration
Teams integration
Webchat integration
RAG
Collaborator agents
eCommerce pilot
Webchat
Voice
Microsoft Teams integration
Langflow / LangGraph integration
Voice channel
Premier LLM
Integrations (Slack, Teams)
Agent building/orchestration
Workflow and doc processing
Custom tool creation
Core AI and LLMs
Security and access control
Custom Channels
document processing
custom extensions
integrations catalog
Agent building
Agent orchestration
Custom tools
Web chat channel
RAG / Knowledge source
Voice Integration
Slack Integration
Teams Integration
Workflow processing
APIs
agent orchestration
doc processing
custom tools
slack integration
teams integration
knowledge sources
Workflow automation
web chat integration

Pricing

Trial
30-day free trial
Free
Essentials
Starting price per month
$530
Standard
Starting price per month
$6360
Premium
Enterprise-grade with data isolation, quote-based
Free

Entry price over time

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12/29/2024 · $5009/14/2026 · $530

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Models under the hood

GPT-OSS
OpenAI
disclosed
Granite 4
IBM
disclosed
Llama
Meta
disclosed
Mistral
Mistral
disclosed
watsonx.ai
IBM
inferred
watsonx.ai foundation models
IBM
inferred

Context window

128K

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

LangGraph
Langflow
Elasticsearch
Milvus
Astra DB
OpenSearch
AWS
Genesys
Salesforce
Zendesk
Twilio Flex

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

Llama+1 aliasMeta · 10 products
gpt-oss+1 aliasOpenAI · 2 products
- Codex
- watsonx Orchestrate
Granite 4IBM · 1 product
- watsonx Orchestrate
MistralMistral · 1 product
- watsonx Orchestrate
watsonx.aiIBM · 1 product
- watsonx Orchestrate
watsonx.ai foundation modelsIBM · 1 product
- watsonx Orchestrate

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

Public market scorecard

IBM investor relations

IBM trades as NYSE: IBM. Figures below are as reported for Q2 2026 on Jul 22, 2026; market levels are the close on Aug 6, 2026 and are a reference marker, not a live quote.

Q2 2026 revenue

~$17B

+6% YoY

Software segment: ~$7.5B; watsonx + Red Hat
Gen-AI book of business: $8B+ inception to date

Market reference

Share price~$280

12-month change+12%

Market cap~$260B

Live quote

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Elsewhere on the same models

Products in other segments that name one of watsonx Orchestrate's models in their stack.

Fireworks AI

Low-latency serving for open models and custom fine-tunes.

Version: 2025
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Change history

Sep 14, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: web chat integration
111 tracked112 tracked · +web chat integration
source
Sep 13, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Workflow automation
110 tracked111 tracked · +Workflow automation
source
Sep 11, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: agent orchestration, doc processing, custom tools
104 tracked110 tracked · +agent orchestration, doc processing, custom tools, slack integration, teams integration, knowledge sources
source
Sep 10, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Workflow processing, APIs
102 tracked104 tracked · +Workflow processing, APIs
source
Sep 9, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Voice Integration, Slack Integration, Teams Integration
99 tracked102 tracked · +Voice Integration, Slack Integration, Teams Integration
source
Sep 8, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Agent building, Agent orchestration, Custom tools
94 tracked99 tracked · +Agent building, Agent orchestration, Custom tools, Web chat channel, RAG / Knowledge source
source
Sep 7, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: document processing, custom extensions, integrations catalog
91 tracked94 tracked · +document processing, custom extensions, integrations catalog
source
Sep 6, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Agent building/orchestration, Workflow and doc processing, Custom tool creation
85 tracked91 tracked · +Agent building/orchestration, Workflow and doc processing, Custom tool creation, Core AI and LLMs, Security and access control, Custom Channels
source
Sep 4, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Integrations (Slack, Teams)
84 tracked85 tracked · +Integrations (Slack, Teams)
source
Sep 3, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price increased to $530/mo
$0$530
source
Sep 2, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Langflow / LangGraph integration, Voice channel, Premier LLM
81 tracked84 tracked · +Langflow / LangGraph integration, Voice channel, Premier LLM
source
Aug 31, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Microsoft Teams integration
80 tracked81 tracked · +Microsoft Teams integration
source
Aug 30, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: eCommerce pilot, Webchat, Voice
77 tracked80 tracked · +eCommerce pilot, Webchat, Voice
source
Aug 29, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Collaborator agents
76 tracked77 tracked · +Collaborator agents
source
Aug 27, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Webchat integration, RAG
74 tracked76 tracked · +Webchat integration, RAG
source
Aug 26, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Voice channels, Slack integration, Teams integration
71 tracked74 tracked · +Voice channels, Slack integration, Teams integration
source
Aug 25, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: no-code / pro-code, assistant builder
69 tracked71 tracked · +no-code / pro-code, assistant builder
source
Aug 24, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: SaaS option, Multi-cloud service
67 tracked69 tracked · +SaaS option, Multi-cloud service
source
Aug 23, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: agentic workflows, prebuilt agents
65 tracked67 tracked · +agentic workflows, prebuilt agents
source
Aug 22, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: agents, agent builder, chat
59 tracked65 tracked · +agents, agent builder, chat, mcp servers, integrations, analytics
source
Aug 21, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: no-code, pro-code, API access
55 tracked59 tracked · +no-code, pro-code, API access, Enterprise security
source
Aug 20, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: workflow builder, web chat, knowledge source
51 tracked55 tracked · +workflow builder, web chat, knowledge source, voice integration
source
Aug 19, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: multi-cloud service
50 tracked51 tracked · +multi-cloud service
source
Aug 18, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Unified gateway
49 tracked50 tracked · +Unified gateway
source
Aug 17, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Agentic workflows
48 tracked49 tracked · +Agentic workflows
source
Aug 15, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Governance
47 tracked48 tracked · +Governance
source
Aug 13, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: No-code/Pro-code Builder, Analytics
45 tracked47 tracked · +No-code/Pro-code Builder, Analytics
source
Aug 12, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: MCP servers support, Document processing
43 tracked45 tracked · +MCP servers support, Document processing
source
Aug 11, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Langflow integration, Voice agents
41 tracked43 tracked · +Langflow integration, Voice agents
source
Aug 10, 2026first seenversion
QA auto-correction: version updated to 2026 after a unanimous jury read of the source page
20252026
source
Aug 10, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: AI agents, Voice connection
39 tracked41 tracked · +AI agents, Voice connection
source
Aug 9, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: LangGraph agents, Phone integration, Knowledge source connection
36 tracked39 tracked · +LangGraph agents, Phone integration, Knowledge source connection
source
Aug 8, 2026first seenmodel
watsonx Orchestrate added watsonx.ai to its model stack
GPT-OSS, Granite 4, Llama, Mistral, watsonx.ai foundation modelsGPT-OSS, Granite 4, Llama, Mistral, watsonx.ai, watsonx.ai foundation models
source
Aug 8, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: AI Agents, Knowledge base
34 tracked36 tracked · +AI Agents, Knowledge base
source
Aug 7, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Prebuilt agents, LangGraph agents import, Web chat integration
298
source
Aug 6, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Langflow Import, MCP Server Support, Multi-Cloud Deployment
2510
source
Aug 5, 2026first seenmodel
watsonx Orchestrate added watsonx.ai foundation models to its model stack
GPT-OSS, Granite 4, Llama, MistralGPT-OSS, Granite 4, Llama, Mistral, watsonx.ai foundation models
source
Aug 5, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: LangGraph Integration, OpenAPI Tools, Web Chat
1910
source
Aug 4, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price decreased to $0/mo
$500$0
source
Aug 4, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Workflow builder, MCP servers, LangGraph integration
137
source

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Tomorrow. (2026). watsonx Orchestrate — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/ibm-watsonx-orchestrate

BibTeX

@misc{tomorrow-tools-ibm-watsonx-orchestrate,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {watsonx Orchestrate — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/ibm-watsonx-orchestrate}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}