# Is Elasticsearch paid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 11, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elasticsearch-paid/329759 "2023-04-11T15:03:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adzik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@adzik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adzik)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elasticsearch-paid/329759/1 "2023-04-11T15:03:41Z")
Hello, I have an ecommerce app and I would like to utilize Elasticsearch to search my products by customers. Do I need to buy a license in this case? I just want to make sure ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_S](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_s/32/98686_2.png) [@Mark\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_S)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elasticsearch-paid/329759/2 "2023-04-11T15:10:55Z")
no, it is open-source and free under Apache License 2.0. The paid versions include additional features and support beyond the open-source Elasticsearch (eg machine learning) - NOTE: This is NOT correct - it was true until version 7.11 see bellow leandrojmp's answer ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elasticsearch-paid/329759/3 "2023-04-11T15:36:52Z")
> [@Mark\_S](#): > > no, it is open-source and free under Apache License 2.0. This is not correct, Elasticsearch is not open-source and is not under Apache License since version 7.11. It is under the Elastic license which has a free tier called _Basic_ , you can check the differences between the free tier and the paid ones on this [link](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions). ---
**Author:** ![adzik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@adzik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adzik)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elasticsearch-paid/329759/4 "2023-04-11T16:42:38Z")
It look like there it's not quite free. But I think for my needs it should be enough. I test my ecommerce app on host platform which not support Elasticsearch. Solution it would be install ES on nearby enviroment (VPS - for example) which could be connected with my app. But it could be bad for efficiency. Other solution - deploy ecommerce app with data base and ES on one VPS platform. ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elasticsearch-paid/329759/5 "2023-04-11T17:08:24Z")
> [@adzik](#): > > It look like there it's not quite free. As mentioned, there are free (_Basic_) features and paid features, you need to check the subscription page to see if what you need to do requires a paid license or not. But you can do a lot of things with the free license. ---
**Author:** ![adzik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@adzik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adzik)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elasticsearch-paid/329759/6 "2023-04-11T17:18:33Z")
Ok, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elasticsearch-paid/329759/7 "2023-04-11T17:52:54Z")
I agree you can do lot and lot with basic free license ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elasticsearch-paid/329759/8 "2023-05-09T17:53:49Z")
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