# Is dense\_vector field available in AWS Elasticsearch Service?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-dense-vector-field-available-in-aws-elasticsearch-service/243845
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 5, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-dense-vector-field-available-in-aws-elasticsearch-service/243845 "2020-08-05T10:06:47Z")
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### Author: ![taichi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/taichi/32/46431_2.png) [@taichi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/taichi)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-dense-vector-field-available-in-aws-elasticsearch-service/243845/1 "2020-08-05T10:06:47Z")

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I would like to use dense\_vector field ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/dense-vector.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/dense-vector.html)) while it seems to be contained in X-Pack.

Is it available in AWS Elasticsearch Service too?

P.S.  
I do not fully understand difference between ES OSS and Basic.  
Does AWS ES Service use OSS edition? (then it does not contain dense\_vector)  
[https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2020, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-dense-vector-field-available-in-aws-elasticsearch-service/243845/2 "2020-08-05T10:18:30Z")

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Yes, AWS Elasticsearch serviceis based on the OSS distribution so does not include X-Pack features. If you need this functionality [Elastic Cloud](https://www.elastic.co/cloud/) does come with X-Pack features.

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### Author: ![taichi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/taichi/32/46431_2.png) [@taichi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/taichi)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-dense-vector-field-available-in-aws-elasticsearch-service/243845/3 "2020-08-05T10:28:02Z")

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Thank you.  
I heard X-Pack is now OSS too ([https://www.elastic.co/blog/doubling-down-on-open](https://www.elastic.co/blog/doubling-down-on-open)).  
Still doesn't AWS ES contain `dense_vector` feature?

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-dense-vector-field-available-in-aws-elasticsearch-service/243845/4 "2020-08-05T10:34:14Z")

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As described in the blog post you linked to the code is open and available on GitHub, but is not licensed under an OSS Apache 2.0 license. X-Pack is therefore not OSS and not part of the OSS distribution. A lot of X-Pack features can be used for free with a Basic license if you have the default distribution while other features require a hoigher level commercial license.

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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: [September 2, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-dense-vector-field-available-in-aws-elasticsearch-service/243845/5 "2020-09-02T10:34:25Z")

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