# Is the Index Lifecycle Management a free or paid feature? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\ **Created:** [May 18, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-index-lifecycle-management-a-free-or-paid-feature/305113 "2022-05-18T23:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Swapnil\_Nawale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/swapnil_nawale/32/23260_2.png) [@Swapnil\_Nawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Swapnil_Nawale)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-index-lifecycle-management-a-free-or-paid-feature/305113/1 "2022-05-18T23:21:04Z")
I am trying to assess the cost impact of using Index Lifecycle Management. According to [Subscriptions | Elastic Stack Products & Support | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions), it seems to be a free feature but the same page shows "Configurable retention policy" as the paid feature. Are there any features of Index Lifecycle Management that do not come with a free and basic license? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-index-lifecycle-management-a-free-or-paid-feature/305113/2 "2022-05-18T23:24:39Z")
It's free. The item you are referring to relates to Stack monitoring. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-index-lifecycle-management-a-free-or-paid-feature/305113/3 "2022-06-15T23:25:36Z")
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