# ECE licensing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-licensing/352005>\
**Category:** Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)\
**Created:** [January 29, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-licensing/352005 "2024-01-29T14:52:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kaismax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@kaismax](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kaismax)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-licensing/352005/1 "2024-01-29T14:52:04Z")

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Hello Elastic Team,  
if I buy X ERU of Enterprise licenses,  
Are the Proxy, Controllers.. going to consume License or only the Allocators will consume it.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-licensing/352005/2 "2024-01-29T15:10:52Z")

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Hi @kaismax

Yes, the proxies and controllers consume a portion of the ERUs.

Please contact Elastic sales for any further questions. They can answer your technical questions as well.

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**Author:** ![kaismax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@kaismax](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kaismax)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-licensing/352005/3 "2024-01-29T18:20:05Z")

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thanks @stephenb

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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:** [February 12, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-licensing/352005/4 "2024-02-12T18:20:28Z")

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