# Is watcher free for now?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [May 21, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054 "2015-05-21T03:27:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@kitex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kitex)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054/1 "2015-05-21T03:27:43Z")
Can I use watcher beta for free forever?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054/2 "2015-05-21T04:03:20Z")
Watcher has a 30 day trial license included when you first install it.
After that, Watcher will no longer execute your watches, however they will not be deleted and any history is also saved.
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### Author:  [@kitex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kitex)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054/3 "2015-05-22T03:47:20Z")
thanks.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054/4 "2015-05-24T02:01:32Z")
Just to clarify my last comment;
Watcher will continue executing watches, but no actions will be fired. The watch history will continue being updated.
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### Author:  [@heuschrecke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/heuschrecke)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054/5 "2015-07-17T20:41:27Z")
What will cost the watcher product later?
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### Author:  [@skearns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skearns)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054/6 "2015-07-18T00:46:34Z")
Hi Michael,
Watcher is included in our Gold and Platinum subscriptions. In addition to Watcher, they also include Shield, Marvel, and our consultative support, where we can help with architectural guidance, sizing recommendations, upgrade planning, optimization of queries and tuning for indexing based on your environment, etc, etc. We try to do everything we can to ensure your success, 🙂
If you'd like more details on pricing of the subscriptions, send me a PM with your contact info, and I'll connect you with someone who can help.
Thanks,
Steve
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### Author:  [@heuschrecke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/heuschrecke)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054/7 "2015-07-18T20:02:24Z")
Thanks for your reply, but the support plan pricing is currently too much for use ;( We got an offer between 25.000$ and 30.000$ per year (For just 5 Nodes). We ask 2 months ago, because we wanted to use shield.
cheers,
michael
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### Author:  [@paulina](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paulina)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054/8 "2015-07-28T04:13:25Z")
Hi Steve,
I would like to use the Watcher for non-commercial application into our intranet.
In that case, is it possible to use a Watcher as a free?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054/9 "2015-07-28T04:19:18Z")
Watcher is not free, so this is not possible sorry.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-watcher-free-for-now/1054/10 "2017-07-06T13:49:11Z")