# Create alert for notification if using free version

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-alert-for-notification-if-using-free-version/283764>\
**Category:** Elastic Observability\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [September 9, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-alert-for-notification-if-using-free-version/283764 "2021-09-09T11:14:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-alert-for-notification-if-using-free-version/283764/3 "2021-09-10T01:56:44Z")

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@afan

Actually with the Basic / Free version only the following actions are available.

Kibana Actions: Index and Logging

If you want to send email alerts that requires a commercial license.

See License features matrix here

> **[Subscriptions | Elastic Stack Products & Support | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)**
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> See subscription levels, pricing, and tiered features for on-prem deployments of the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch Kibana, Beats, and Logstash), Elastic Cloud, and Elastic Cloud Enterprise.

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