# About commercial use of the free version **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-commercial-use-of-the-free-version/337410 **Category:** Elasticsearch **Created:** [July 3, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-commercial-use-of-the-free-version/337410 "2023-07-03T03:35:42Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb) #### Post date: [July 3, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-commercial-use-of-the-free-version/337410/2 "2023-07-03T03:47:09Z")
Yes wildcard type is included in Free and Basic. It is not clear what you mean by commercial use? I would suggest you taking a look at this post and read the license and FAQs etc. The Free and Basic version can be used for many use cases... There are exceptions you should read about them. > [@Free license limitation for MSP](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/free-license-limitation-for-msp/336129/4): > > Hi @Rsinsta Welcome to the community and your interest in the Elastic Stack First, you should review this carefully this is the official FAQ with respect to Elastic Licensing. and directly contact [elastic\_license@elastic.co](mailto:elastic_license@elastic.co) with any further questions on license use and contact sales [here](https://www.elastic.co/contact#sales) if you have licensing costs questions Some Key Sections are: Can you summarize what is allowed with the Elastic License 2.0? The [Elastic License 2.0](https://www.elastic.co/licensing/elastic-license) applies to our distribution and the source code of all … --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-commercial-use-of-the-free-version/337410)._