# Does not using -oss flavour means i have to pay for elasticseach?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-using-oss-flavour-means-i-have-to-pay-for-elasticseach/178953
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 29, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-using-oss-flavour-means-i-have-to-pay-for-elasticseach/178953 "2019-04-29T14:16:09Z")
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### Author:  [@elk11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elk11)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-using-oss-flavour-means-i-have-to-pay-for-elasticseach/178953/1 "2019-04-29T14:16:09Z")
I'm upgrading elk stack from 5.x to 7.0 and i saw that now there are two flavors of docker images.
I'm confused which one to use. I disabled xpack in my current ELK stack. So should i go with non-oss flavor and disable the xpack feature or just use oss flavor and avoid configuring/disabling paid services.
(I'm guessing it's better to go with oss flavor but I'm afraid i might lose some functionality)
Thanks for the help!
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-using-oss-flavour-means-i-have-to-pay-for-elasticseach/178953/2 "2019-04-29T14:33:58Z")
The default distribution comes with some X-Pack features enabled through a free licence which does not require registration.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-using-oss-flavour-means-i-have-to-pay-for-elasticseach/178953/3 "2019-04-29T20:16:52Z")
See [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions/](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions/) for more information.
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### Author:  [@elk11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elk11)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-using-oss-flavour-means-i-have-to-pay-for-elasticseach/178953/4 "2019-04-30T20:00:00Z")
Thanks for the reply. i got the picture.
I had one more doubt. Do i have to do anything extra to be able to use those extra features in basic flavor? (I'm talking about elastic license here) Because i have read [https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/open](https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/open) that basic flavor needs apache 2.0 + elastic license.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-using-oss-flavour-means-i-have-to-pay-for-elasticseach/178953/5 "2019-04-30T20:09:56Z")
The default distribution of all our downloads includes X-Pack and includes a free license for all the basic features.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-not-using-oss-flavour-means-i-have-to-pay-for-elasticseach/178953/6 "2019-05-28T20:09:57Z")
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