# Is watcher a free feature or does it cost?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-a-free-feature-or-does-it-cost/33751
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [November 4, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-a-free-feature-or-does-it-cost/33751 "2015-11-04T14:36:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Avinash\_Pandey1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@Avinash\_Pandey1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Avinash_Pandey1)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-a-free-feature-or-does-it-cost/33751/1 "2015-11-04T14:36:32Z")

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Is watcher a free feature or does it cost? If it costs what is the pricing model?

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### Author: ![skearns](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/skearns/32/125945_2.png) [@skearns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skearns)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-a-free-feature-or-does-it-cost/33751/2 "2015-11-04T14:56:41Z")

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Hi Avinash,

When you install Watcher it comes with a 30-day built-in trial license. To use it in production, a subscription is required. The subscriptions also include Shield, Marvel and access to our support team. You can learn more here:

[https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)

Thanks,  
Steve

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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: [July 6, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-a-free-feature-or-does-it-cost/33751/3 "2017-07-06T13:48:15Z")

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