# Downloading shield

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downloading-shield/36760>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [December 9, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downloading-shield/36760 "2015-12-09T15:35:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Hilal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hilal/32/7684_2.png) [@Hilal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hilal)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downloading-shield/36760/1 "2015-12-09T15:35:16Z")

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how can I download shield? Is it free or not?

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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:** [December 10, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downloading-shield/36760/2 "2015-12-10T03:37:28Z")

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You can get it here - [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/)

It's free for use for 30 days, after that you need a support subscription to continue use.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downloading-shield/36760/3 "2017-07-06T13:47:29Z")

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