# 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")
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### 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, 1:08pm 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/376839/5 "2025-04-06T13:08:20Z")

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I share the same opinion as The Jedi Leandro.

There is [another topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-basic-elasticsearch-for-commercial-use/319710) which more clearly handle your case.

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