# Do i need the license for xpack features such as machine learning?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-the-license-for-xpack-features-such-as-machine-learning/143013>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-machine-learning\
**Created:** [August 4, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-the-license-for-xpack-features-such-as-machine-learning/143013 "2018-08-04T10:20:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![alizadehei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@alizadehei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alizadehei)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-the-license-for-xpack-features-such-as-machine-learning/143013/1 "2018-08-04T10:20:39Z")

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hello,  
on this page:

> **[Doubling Down on Open
	  	 | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/blog/doubling-down-on-open)**
>
> I am excited to announce that we will be opening the code of our X-Pack features - security, monitoring, alerting, graph, reporting, dedicated APM UIs, Canvas, Elasticsearch SQL, Search Profiler, Grok...

  
It has been said that You have opened the code of X-Pack features such as machine learning, But on this page:  
[https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions#request-info](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions#request-info)  
you say that use of machine learning features requires licensing.

Now, is using the xpack features (Especially machine learning) free?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-the-license-for-xpack-features-such-as-machine-learning/143013/2 "2018-08-04T10:24:28Z")

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Open does not mean free. As the article mentions;

> All free features are included and enabled by default and will never ‘expire’, and **commercial features are opt-in via a trial license**. The license for free features never expires,you no longer need to register to use these capabilities.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-the-license-for-xpack-features-such-as-machine-learning/143013/3 "2018-10-29T22:04:22Z")

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