# Kibana Alerts vs Watcher

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alerts-vs-watcher/256551>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [November 24, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alerts-vs-watcher/256551 "2020-11-24T17:29:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![fran6ssl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fran6ssl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fran6ssl)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alerts-vs-watcher/256551/1 "2020-11-24T17:29:17Z")

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Hi,

I would like to know what is included with Kibana Alerts in the Basic Plan ?  
I need to setup email alerts when certain conditions are met.  
For exemple, send an email when

- a new log entry exists where the user has locked his account
- a new document has been added  
...

Is that supported with Kibana Alerts ? What is the difference between Kibana Alerts and the Watcher feature ? The Watcher does not seem to be included in the Basic Plan.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![ylasri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ylasri/32/86120_2.png) [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alerts-vs-watcher/256551/2 "2020-11-24T17:35:56Z")

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The Basic Subscription (Free) include Kibana Alerting framework with 2 actions : Index & Logging, check it here : [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)  
Any other action like email, slack, webhook, .... require at least a gold license

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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Mueller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/patrick_mueller/32/109425_2.png) [@Patrick\_Mueller](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Patrick_Mueller)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alerts-vs-watcher/256551/3 "2020-11-26T05:31:57Z")

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The differences between Watcher and Kibana alerting is noted in the docs, here:

> **[Alerting and Actions | Kibana Guide \[7.10\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/alerting-getting-started.html#alerting-concepts-differences)**

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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:** [December 24, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alerts-vs-watcher/256551/4 "2020-12-24T05:32:04Z")

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