# Elastic Stack commercial usage

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-commercial-usage/87358>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 28, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-commercial-usage/87358 "2017-05-28T08:20:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Schakron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Schakron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Schakron)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-commercial-usage/87358/1 "2017-05-28T08:20:58Z")

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Hi,

First of all I want to say "GREAT WORK" to the elastic team.

Secondly I have a licencing question.  
Is the whole elastic stack available for creating a commercial product on base of it?

I am thinking about providing its great functionality for a specific use case.

Thank you and Cheers!

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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:** [May 28, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-commercial-usage/87358/2 "2017-05-28T08:29:40Z")

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The open source is limited by the apache licensing, which is pretty permissive. The X-Pack can be distributed with appropriate commercial licensing.

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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:** [June 25, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-commercial-usage/87358/3 "2017-06-25T08:30:12Z")

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