IBM watsonx.ai alternatives that sign a HIPAA BAA
IBM watsonx.ai: only on some plans or setups. See the plan-by-plan breakdown.
Before you switch from IBM watsonx.ai
You may not have to. IBM signs a BAA for IBM watsonx.ai on watsonx.ai Runtime HIPAA-Ready plan. If you’re on another plan, upgrading may be simpler than moving your team. Even then, these stay outside the BAA: Tuning, custom and deploy-on-demand models, AutoAI, AI services, Agent Lab, guardrails, text extraction, vector index; Cloud Pak for Data as a Service projects.
| Tool | BAA | Plans with a BAA |
|---|---|---|
| Azure OpenAIMicrosoft | Some plans only | Azure subscription (EA / MCA / CSP), Models sold by Azure incl. Azure OpenAI |
| Cloudflare Workers AICloudflare | Some plans only | Enterprise |
| Databricks AIDatabricks | Some plans only | Enterprise tier with compliance security profile (HIPAA standard) |
| Snowflake Cortex AISnowflake | Some plans only | Business Critical / Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS) |
| SupabaseSupabase | Some plans only | Team / Enterprise with HIPAA add-on |
| Amazon BedrockAmazon Web Services | Signs a BAA | AWS accounts (standard AWS BAA) |
| AWS HealthScribeAmazon Web Services | Signs a BAA | AWS accounts with the AWS BAA accepted (US East, N. Virginia) |
| Google Cloud Vertex AI (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform)Google Cloud | Signs a BAA | Google Cloud customers (Agent Platform / Vertex AI, GA services) |
| OCI Generative AIOracle | Signs a BAA | OCI customers with an executed Oracle BAA |
Listed tools offer a BAA on at least one plan according to their own published terms. A BAA alone doesn’t make your use HIPAA compliant: you still need the right plan, configuration and policies. Not legal advice.