# Hosted Elasticserach in GCP managed by Elastic

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hosted-elasticserach-in-gcp-managed-by-elastic/258363>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 11, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hosted-elasticserach-in-gcp-managed-by-elastic/258363 "2020-12-11T04:46:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shalinicts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shalinicts/32/81251_2.png) [@Shalinicts](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shalinicts)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hosted-elasticserach-in-gcp-managed-by-elastic/258363/1 "2020-12-11T04:46:59Z")

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What are the key features of Hosted Elastic Stack in GCP (Managed ElasticSearch in GCP) [https://www.elastic.co/google-cloud](https://www.elastic.co/google-cloud)  
Where is the Elastic indices getting stored ?What is the level of access ELK developer has on Elastic SaaS implementation.Any advantages/disadvantages or recommendations to use this to store data which should be compliant and secured.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hosted-elasticserach-in-gcp-managed-by-elastic/258363/2 "2020-12-11T06:25:31Z")

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> [@Shalinicts](#):
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> What are the key features of Hosted Elastic Stack in GCP (Managed Elasticsearch in GCP) [Elasticsearch and Kibana on Google Cloud | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/google-cloud)

[Cloud by Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/cloud) is one way to have access to **all features** , all managed by us. Think about what is there yet like Security, Monitoring, Reporting, SQL, Canvas, Maps UI, Alerting and built-in solutions named [Observability](https://www.elastic.co/observability), [Security](https://www.elastic.co/security), [Enterprise Search](https://www.elastic.co/enterprise-search) and what is coming next 🙂 ...

> [@Shalinicts](#):
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> Where is the Elastic indices getting stored ?

On disk.

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> What is the level of access ELK developer has on Elastic SaaS implementation.

If you go to [cloud.elastic.co](http://cloud.elastic.co) you have 14 days for free to test that. No credit card required. You will feel like if it is running at home but in the cloud with all the benefits.

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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:** [January 8, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hosted-elasticserach-in-gcp-managed-by-elastic/258363/3 "2021-01-08T06:25:42Z")

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