# Can a Platinum-Licensed Cluster's watcher query Basic-Licensed Clusters?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-a-platinum-licensed-clusters-watcher-query-basic-licensed-clusters/377044>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [April 11, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-a-platinum-licensed-clusters-watcher-query-basic-licensed-clusters/377044 "2025-04-11T14:18:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![yago82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yago82/32/97755_2.png) [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-a-platinum-licensed-clusters-watcher-query-basic-licensed-clusters/377044/1 "2025-04-11T14:18:37Z")

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Hello Elastic community,​

I'm exploring the possibility of setting up Watcher alerts on a Platinum-licensed Elasticsearch cluster that would query data from other Elasticsearch clusters operating under the Basic license.​

**Scenario:**

- We have a central Elasticsearch cluster with a Platinum license.​
- There are multiple remote clusters, each running under the Basic license.​
- The goal is for the central cluster to execute Watcher alerts based on queries to these remote Basic-licensed clusters.​

**Questions:**

1. Is it technically feasible for a Watcher on a Platinum-licensed cluster to query data from Basic-licensed clusters?​
2. Are there any licensing restrictions or technical limitations that would prevent this setup?​

Any insights or experiences shared would be greatly appreciated.​

Thank you in advance!

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**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:** [April 11, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-a-platinum-licensed-clusters-watcher-query-basic-licensed-clusters/377044/2 "2025-04-11T14:27:00Z")

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Hi @yago82  
In general we do not give license advice on a public forum, So please reach out to your Elastic team.

Here is a recent response to essentially the same question.

> [@Question about Cross Cluster Search and use of AI Assistant between clusters with different licenses](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-cross-cluster-search-and-use-of-ai-assistant-between-clusters-with-different-licenses/375212/2):
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> So I'm not your lawyer, I'm not a lawyer at all, and, as with all licensing questions, you need to contact support / your account team to get a definitive answer from your vendor (Elastic). Any other route (including listening to me) could either mean you're violating a license or you're spending more money than you have to. How I've seen these go in the past is that my commercial agreement includes a provision indicating that I am licensing a "project" for which I plan to leverage Elasticsear…