# Can I use elastic search freely in Azure?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-elastic-search-freely-in-azure/211061
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** docker
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-elastic-search-freely-in-azure/211061 "2019-12-09T07:25:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Croos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/croos/32/29489_2.png) [@Croos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Croos)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-elastic-search-freely-in-azure/211061/1 "2019-12-09T07:25:44Z")

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Hi, I'm working on a E-commerce system using Microservices architecture with .NetCore and planned to host in Azure using Docker and Kubernetes. Can I use ElasticSearch without any costing for my project?

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-elastic-search-freely-in-azure/211061/2 "2019-12-09T07:44:58Z")

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You can use Elasticsearch Basic or OSS for free.  
Because you are going to run on Azure, I'd highly recommend trying out [cloud.elastic.co](http://cloud.elastic.co) which runs on Azure. We will manage everything for you.

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### Author: ![Croos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/croos/32/29489_2.png) [@Croos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Croos)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-elastic-search-freely-in-azure/211061/3 "2019-12-09T07:50:28Z")

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Thanks @dadoonet . What about the cost of the cloud?

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-elastic-search-freely-in-azure/211061/4 "2019-12-09T08:05:49Z")

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Have a look at: [https://cloud.elastic.co/pricing](https://cloud.elastic.co/pricing)

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2020, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-use-elastic-search-freely-in-azure/211061/5 "2020-01-06T08:09:08Z")

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