# Marvel basic still free with X-Pack?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-basic-still-free-with-x-pack/42190
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring
**Created:** [February 18, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-basic-still-free-with-x-pack/42190 "2016-02-18T20:04:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@warp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warp)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-basic-still-free-with-x-pack/42190/1 "2016-02-18T20:04:49Z")
Now that marvel is going to merge with Shield 6 & Co into X-Pack, will there still be a free basic version of Marvel, or will there be a free basic version of X-Pack ?
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### Author:  [@skearns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skearns)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-basic-still-free-with-x-pack/42190/2 "2016-02-21T19:19:46Z")
Yes, the free Basic license will still enable the same Monitoring functionality in X-Pack that you have with Marvel today.
When we update the subscriptions page to describe X-Pack for v5, we will include a very clear description of what capabilities are enabled with which license level.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-basic-still-free-with-x-pack/42190/3 "2017-07-06T13:45:13Z")