Data & AI · AI coding agent
IBM Bob
IBM Bob is an AI coding agent and development partner that works across the full software development lifecycle.
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IBM Bob is an AI coding agent and development partner that works across the full software development lifecycle. IBM offers it as managed SaaS or on premises, with plans from a trial to an enterprise agreement, and premium packages for Java, IBM i and IBM Z.
Our IBM engineers choose the plan and premium packages that fit your developers, get the licensing right, set it up and support it. Your price arrives within one business day.
Available through AWS marketplace — eligible purchases can draw down your committed cloud spend.
- IBM offering codeIBM 30A06
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- Handled by First LightDeal registration, private offer preparation with IBM's authorized cloud aggregator, co-terminated support and entitlement.
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IBM's published price · read October 25, 2026. As IBM lists it. Your price, for your configuration, comes back within one business day.
| Plan | Unit | IBM's price |
|---|---|---|
| Trial | 50 Bobcoins Free for 30 days, 50 Bobcoins, no payment required | Free |
| Pro | per month, 50 Bobcoins Monthly billing; yearly billing saves 20%; opt-in overage billed monthly | $20 |
| Pro+ | per month, 180 Bobcoins Monthly billing; yearly billing saves 20%; opt-in overage billed monthly | $60 |
| Ultra | per month, 1000 Bobcoins Monthly billing; yearly billing saves 20%; opt-in overage billed monthly | $200 |
| Premium package: Java Modernization | per month Subscription required to trial a premium package | $20 |
| Premium package: IBM i | per month Subscription required to trial a premium package | $40 |
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Our engineering team, with IBM's own services organization behind the install
Assessment.
We look at what you run today and agree the order of work with you.
Implementation.
We design it, install it and move your workloads across, then hand it over working.
Support and managed.
After go-live, IBM’s specialists are on call beside our IBM engineers.
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The engineers who size it set it up and stay through support. IBM Business Partner since 2008, 27 of 27 IBM proficiencies, one team the whole way.
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Most IBM hardware is on site 10 to 14 days after your order, every FlashSystem and Fusion included.
Give AI the night shift. You take the sunrise.
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Trial by sunrise, not by fire.
A free 30-day Proof of Fit on any IBM software we sell. At day 30 you choose, or walk away.
Let Bob write the code. You take the sunrise.
IBM Bob is your AI engineering partner. Try it first.