Granite
by IBM
At a glance
IBM's family of open-weight language models aimed at enterprise and code tasks.
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- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Category
- Open Models
- Business model
- Open (open weights/source)
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023-09
Overview
Granite is IBM's family of open-weight language models aimed at enterprise tasks, including instruction-following, code, time-series, and guardrail variants. The models are comparatively small and efficient, released under the Apache 2.0 license, and integrated into IBM's watsonx platform. Weights are free to use, with paid hosted access through watsonx and other clouds.
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Key features
- Open-weight models under Apache 2.0
- Enterprise focus including RAG, code, and safety variants
- Compact sizes optimized for efficiency
- Available through IBM watsonx and open repositories
Use cases
- Enterprise assistants with permissive licensing requirements
- On-premises deployments where data control matters
- Fine-tuning small models for business workflows
Pricing
Granite weights are free under Apache 2.0; hosted inference through IBM watsonx or partner clouds is billed by usage.
Record details
Provenance, dates and links are kept here so the main sections stay about the product itself.
Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-09-10
- Model family
- Granite
- Founded
- 1911
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/granite/
Selection profile
Every field says where its value comes from. "Unknown" means we have not confirmed it — it does not mean the product lacks the feature.
Selection profile11 fields3 unknown
- Tasks it fits
- Running models yourself
Derived from the record: category "open-models".
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- Model weights
Derived from record tag matching /^open-weights$/.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Not recorded
No platform support is stated in the record.
Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Local machine
Open-weight models are run by the user, not served by the vendor.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Partly
Local execution implies the model can run without a network once downloaded, but the vendor does not state this in the record.
Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
- Not recorded
The record does not state whether a public API exists.
Suggest a correction - Licence
- Apache-2.0
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Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Permitted
Recorded licence allows commercial use (copyleft obligations may still apply).
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Billing
- Open source Free Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Our inference
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
What is IBM Granite?
Granite is IBM's family of open-weight, enterprise-focused language models covering chat, code, and safety tasks.
What license do Granite models use?
Granite models are released under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, allowing commercial use.
Where can Granite models run?
They can be self-hosted from open repositories or consumed as paid hosted models on IBM watsonx.
What does the Granite record not confirm?
The vendor homepage was fetched, but no documentation or pricing page could be confirmed, and supported regions and interface languages stay unconfirmed.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
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