# Alternative to Watcher in ES Kibana (7.2.0) **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [November 19, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-watcher-in-es-kibana-7-2-0/208405 "2019-11-19T00:21:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kjain14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/db5fbb/32.png) [@kjain14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kjain14)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-watcher-in-es-kibana-7-2-0/208405/1 "2019-11-19T00:21:36Z")
Hi, Please tell me whether Watcher feature ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.2/watcher-create-threshold-alert.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.2/watcher-create-threshold-alert.html)) is available in Kibana in ES Open Source (7.2.0). If not, whether there is an another plugin which is open-source and can be installed in ES Kibana (7.2.0) and perform similar to Watcher feature? Please let me know if you need more information. Thanks, Karan ---
**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-watcher-in-es-kibana-7-2-0/208405/2 "2019-11-19T03:49:47Z")
hi there Watcher- Alerting feature comes with Gold + license levels. [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) Unfortunately we cannot suggest any external plugin for your use. If you have more questions please revert. Also please see if you can use our cloud subscription . [https://info.elastic.co/elasticsearch-service-trial-14d.html?utm\_expid=.TeFXinUiTceae9Lep0zv9g.1&utm\_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elastic.co%2Fguide%2Fen%2Fcloud%2Fcurrent%2Fec-getting-started-trial.html](https://info.elastic.co/elasticsearch-service-trial-14d.html?utm_expid=.TeFXinUiTceae9Lep0zv9g.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elastic.co%2Fguide%2Fen%2Fcloud%2Fcurrent%2Fec-getting-started-trial.html) Thanks Rashmi ---
**Author:** ![gabriel\_tessier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gabriel_tessier/32/27911_2.png) [@gabriel\_tessier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gabriel_tessier)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-watcher-in-es-kibana-7-2-0/208405/3 "2019-11-19T04:15:30Z")
Hi, @kjain14 Here a list of similar tools but may not cover all the watcher features: I never tried any of this one and not sure that it will work with your elastic version and may work with any future version: I think the most advanced but last commit is from end of September, with ~100 pull requests \<--- maybe lead dev are less active, but have lot of users > **[Yelp/elastalert](https://github.com/Yelp/elastalert)** > > Easy & Flexible Alerting With ElasticSearch. Contribute to Yelp/elastalert development by creating an account on GitHub. I couldn't found back but there's a fork with a kibana interface and may not sure that it work with your version. This one is very young and have small or nearly no community, if you need support it may be hard... > **[opendistro-for-elasticsearch/alerting](https://github.com/opendistro-for-elasticsearch/alerting)** > > Open Distro for Elasticsearch Alerting Plugin. Contribute to opendistro-for-elasticsearch/alerting development by creating an account on GitHub. There a comparison here with more details and comments: > **[Elastic Stack (X-Pack) Alternatives: Free, Open Source, Commercial &...](https://sematext.com/blog/x-pack-alternatives/#toc-elasticsearch-alerting-former-watcher-alternatives-3)** > > You love X-Pack, but not its price? Discover good X-Pack alternatives for each component, we got free, open source, commercial & cloud services options (2019) Or if you have small needs you can check here: > **[Elasticsearch Alerts: 1 day hack to create “watcher” like alerting...](https://medium.com/@seti321/elasticsearch-alerts-1-day-hack-to-create-watcher-like-alerting-open-source-tool-in-node-js-ea1d79888abc)** > > The ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash , Kibana) are great tool to collect and analyze data from various sources. Making use of this data requires often alerting mechanisms to notify users about… Depends on your needs and skill you can choose any of the listed solution or as @rashmi said check the cloud solution. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-watcher-in-es-kibana-7-2-0/208405/4 "2019-12-17T04:15:32Z")
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