# Elastic Cloud could be used directly on production?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-could-be-used-directly-on-production/89349>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 14, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-could-be-used-directly-on-production/89349 "2017-06-14T09:37:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ngbaoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@ngbaoan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ngbaoan)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-could-be-used-directly-on-production/89349/1 "2017-06-14T09:37:02Z")

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Hello guys  
I have some questions on Elastic Cloud:

1. with X-pack feature, Elastic Cloud could be used directly in Internet production ? or i need to keep it safe behind another services (firewall, VPN, etc, any kind of security) ?

2. can you tell me the different with subscription with Basic/Gold/Platinum/Enterprise (here: [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) ) when i used X-pack feature, does it mean that if i keep to use Elastic Cloud ($45/mo) after 14 days trial (here: [https://www.elastic.co/cloud/as-a-service/pricing](https://www.elastic.co/cloud/as-a-service/pricing)), i need to subscribe to pay for X-pack ? I got confused

thanks for answer

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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:** [June 14, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-could-be-used-directly-on-production/89349/2 "2017-06-14T09:42:46Z")

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1. We always enable the Security functionality with TLS and you should use that by customising the auth details.
2. The Premium (Gold/Platinum) offering provides access to our Support Engineering team with an SLA for response times.

If you use Elastic Cloud then you get access to the full functionality of X-Pack 🙂

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**Author:** ![ngbaoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@ngbaoan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ngbaoan)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-could-be-used-directly-on-production/89349/3 "2017-06-14T09:53:31Z")

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thanks for quick answer

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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 12, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-could-be-used-directly-on-production/89349/4 "2017-07-12T09:53:33Z")

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