# Can we use basic license of kibana in our product?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-basic-license-of-kibana-in-our-product/212899>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** license\
**Created:** [December 23, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-basic-license-of-kibana-in-our-product/212899 "2019-12-23T22:57:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![tae\_won\_Han](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tae_won_han/32/54333_2.png) [@tae\_won\_Han](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tae_won_Han)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-basic-license-of-kibana-in-our-product/212899/1 "2019-12-23T22:57:26Z")

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Hi. We want to use canvas of Kibana as visualization tool in our product.  
We just want to canvas to visualize but should we buy gold license?  
Is there other way to only use canvas without buying gold license?

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-basic-license-of-kibana-in-our-product/212899/2 "2019-12-24T02:58:45Z")

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We cannot answer legal questions about licensing here.

Per the terms of the [Elastic license](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt):

> If You have any question as to whether a specific SaaS Offering constitutes a Prohibited SaaS Offering, or are interested in obtaining Elastic's permission to engage in commercial or non-commercial distribution of the Elastic Software, please contact [elastic\_license@elastic.co](mailto:elastic_license@elastic.co)

If you wish to redistribute a version of Kibana that includes Canvas, or use it within a hosted (SaaS) product, or have any other questions about licensing, please use the email address above.

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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 21, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-basic-license-of-kibana-in-our-product/212899/3 "2020-01-21T03:06:04Z")

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