# Licensing and pricing

> Frequently asked questions about IXP licensing and pricing, covering AI Unit and Platform Unit consumption per capability.

## How does IXP consume AI Units?

Check the following table for a simple breakdown of the IXP AI Unit consumption:

  
    
      IXP capability
      AI Unit consumption
    
  
  
    
      Communications Mining
      1 AI Unit per message (design-time and runtime inclusive)
    
    
      Generative Extraction for unstructured and complex documents
      Charged per operation at runtime:0.8 AI Units per page for extraction with prior classification.1 AI Unit per page for extraction without prior classification.You never pay more than 1 AI Unit per page.
    
    
      Document Understanding
      Modern experience: Charged per operation at runtime:0 for digitization.0.2 AI Units per page for classification.0.8 AI Units per page for extraction with prior classification (or 1 without).You never pay more than 1 AI Unit per page. Generative Validation consumes an additional AI Unit per page.
    
    
      Classic experience: Varies per operation or feature used (design-time and runtime).
    
  

:::note
When you classify a document with a Document Understanding modern project classifier and then extract data with an IXP model, the page is charged for classification (0.2 AI Units) and extraction with prior classification (0.8 AI Units), for a total of 1 AI Unit per page. Other capability combinations are charged per their respective pricing models.
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For more details, check the [Flex Pricing Plan](https://docs.uipath.com/ixp/automation-cloud/latest/overview/flex-plan#flex-plan).

## How does IXP consume Platform units?

Check the following table for a simple breakdown of the IXP Platform Unit consumption:

| IXP capability | Platform Unit consumption |
|---|---|
| Communications Mining | 0.2 Platform Units per message (design-time and runtime inclusive) |
| Generative Extraction for unstructured and complex documents | 0.2 Platform Units per page at runtime. Includes intent, entity, and tone detection, Active Learning, and analytics. |
| Document Understanding | 0.2 Platform Units per page at runtime. |

For more details, check [Unified Pricing Plan](https://docs.uipath.com/ixp/automation-cloud/latest/overview/unified-pricing#unified-pricing).