# Having our own Elastic search DB, if we want to use Kibana for Production MS use , do we need a license still? **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-our-own-elastic-search-db-if-we-want-to-use-kibana-for-production-ms-use-do-we-need-a-license-still/376839 **Category:** Kibana **Tags:** kql-kibana-query-language **Created:** [April 6, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-our-own-elastic-search-db-if-we-want-to-use-kibana-for-production-ms-use-do-we-need-a-license-still/376839 "2025-04-06T10:07:12Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios) #### Post date: [April 6, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-our-own-elastic-search-db-if-we-want-to-use-kibana-for-production-ms-use-do-we-need-a-license-still/376839/2 "2025-04-06T11:01:27Z")
Welcome to the community. It depends what is a purpose of your Elastic deployment. If you want to use for internal use like monitoring own logs by using the basic license, without any charge to anyone it's free. > The license allows the free right to use, modify, create derivative works, and redistribute, with three simple limitations: > > - You may not provide the products to others as a managed service > - You may not circumvent the license key functionality or remove/obscure features protected by license keys > - You may not remove or obscure any licensing, copyright, or other notices Check [FAQ](https://www.elastic.co/licensing/elastic-license/faq) or [the software licensing FAQ](https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing) and [features per the subscription model](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions). Also check [the discussion](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/free-license-limitation-for-msp/336129). --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-our-own-elastic-search-db-if-we-want-to-use-kibana-for-production-ms-use-do-we-need-a-license-still/376839)._