# Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud Introduces New Pricing With Reduced Costs **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [August 1, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-on-elastic-cloud-introduces-new-pricing-with-reduced-costs/142563 "2018-08-01T12:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elyssaemrich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elyssaemrich/32/91252_2.png) [@elyssaemrich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elyssaemrich)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-on-elastic-cloud-introduces-new-pricing-with-reduced-costs/142563/1 "2018-08-01T12:07:43Z")
**Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud Introduces New Pricing With Reduced Costs** Fresh features galore for Elasticsearch Service! Now with new hardware choices, more scalable deployment options, index lifecycle management for hot-warm architecture, and machine learning support. Plus, a reduced pricing model and a free tier. Please see our [announcement blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-service-on-elastic-cloud-introduces-new-pricing-with-reduced-costs). As part of these new changes, we want to give customers more visibility, transparency, and options in pricing. Here are the key changes in our new pricing model: - Effective today, a lower starting price of just USD$16.40 / month, down from USD$45 - Free tier to start gaining insights without breaking the bank - Straightforward, linear pricing for each stack component and underlying hardware configuration - New transparent snapshot storage and data transfer costs - Visibility into underlying cloud resources ---
**Author:** ![elyssaemrich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elyssaemrich/32/91252_2.png) [@elyssaemrich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elyssaemrich)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-on-elastic-cloud-introduces-new-pricing-with-reduced-costs/142563/2 "2018-08-01T12:10:57Z")
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**Author:** ![elyssaemrich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elyssaemrich/32/91252_2.png) [@elyssaemrich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elyssaemrich)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-on-elastic-cloud-introduces-new-pricing-with-reduced-costs/142563/3 "2018-08-23T19:36:52Z")
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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:** [November 4, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-on-elastic-cloud-introduces-new-pricing-with-reduced-costs/142563/4 "2022-11-04T05:31:01Z")