Question about Basic Free Account

#1

I have worked on some teaching/classes material around the subject of software, etc…
Inside the materials, A.I. is one of the subjects, besides being just a tiny portion of the whole, and only at a very conceptual level… BUT, important topic anyway…
It is all very, very, very basic stuff, easy concepts, general high level views, ideas…

I am including a slide here, just to reinforce the idea that I will be talking about A.I., but it will be very superficial… it is just enough to be the “first hands-on step” into the matter… (kindergarten stuff)

[slide]
Johann_Sperl_Kindergarten_MINI

Because it is based on simple ideas/concepts, I am considering teaching the basics of Edge Impulse Platform as a way to start with AI… it does make matters simple enough to justify its usage…

Before starting (teaching it), I need to ask some questions here regarding the BASIC FREE account…

a) Does the Basic Free Account is a permanent feature of EI, in other words, it will continue to be so?

b) I am seeing a msg regarding the Free Account, limiting it in terms of processing-time of some sort… how exactly it works?
An account, or a project is subject to some limit-of-processing, when that time is reached, the project or account goes on “hold”?
Or, it is a limit to the amount of processing-time that a project can use for free, when we invoke some function?

I don’t have anything complex or elaborated in mind, so, limitations on the free account should not affect what I am thinking…
I am new to EI, so, to have a fully clear picture of the situation may require some time playing with it…
To make my decision, at least I need to know if the Basic Free Account is a basic free feature, that will remain, and free, or it is now some kind of ‘try out, time limited’ offer… I am hoping for the former, but if it is more the latter (tryout), then it will affect my thinking about to include it as part of my material or not…

Thank you very much in advance,
Valter

#2

Hi @alkorisedge

Awesome you are considering using our platform for your teaching, many universities are already doing this. So you can rest assured these users will remain well supported.

a) The free tier will remain as a permanent feature, we have a large community of users in this group. The changes we have made are to give a trial of our enterprise features, so users and companies in that category can scale their project accordingly.

b) Training times and enterprise features are something that small scale usage and students will likely not notice.

Hope this clarifies, and if you wish to share a deck of the slides with me for review please do. I will send you my email.

Best

Eoin

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#3

@Eoin, thanks for the reply.
YES, this is the answer I was hoping for…
I am already putting some time on EI because I think the platform is a good choice to tell people, especially in regards with its simplicity aspect…
A.I., in my opinion, is just at the beginning, and complexity and thus, confusion can hold people back, that is where tools like EI can make a difference…

[Slides]
The majority of what doing will be open, if not a totality, and I will share with all here some of the material…
My approach differs a little bit from bizz and universities alike, since I am focusing the effort on COMMON CITIZENS, so I think it is also a good thing for Edge Impulse to have such approach/effort too, therefore by using EI, I am counting on benefiting from the tool, but also, I think my little effort can add something to the whole… I hope so…
I will share here more slides/things about it, because I think the approach has not being done yet, and can add value to the entire platform…

I sorry to have asked the question, but I was in need of being sure about it… now I am.

Regards, thanks again,
Valter

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