# May I know the watcher is a free tool or should be paid with the subscription?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/may-i-know-the-watcher-is-a-free-tool-or-should-be-paid-with-the-subscription/43143>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [March 1, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/may-i-know-the-watcher-is-a-free-tool-or-should-be-paid-with-the-subscription/43143 "2016-03-01T17:57:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![shilong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@shilong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shilong)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/may-i-know-the-watcher-is-a-free-tool-or-should-be-paid-with-the-subscription/43143/1 "2016-03-01T17:57:49Z")

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May I know the watcher is a free tool or should be paid with the subscription?

Thanks!

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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:** [March 1, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/may-i-know-the-watcher-is-a-free-tool-or-should-be-paid-with-the-subscription/43143/2 "2016-03-01T18:23:49Z")

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Watcher is included in our subscriptions. You can read more about what they include here:

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

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**Author:** ![shilong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@shilong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shilong)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/may-i-know-the-watcher-is-a-free-tool-or-should-be-paid-with-the-subscription/43143/3 "2016-03-01T18:59:07Z")

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Thanks you! Now I know how it works .

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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, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/may-i-know-the-watcher-is-a-free-tool-or-should-be-paid-with-the-subscription/43143/4 "2017-07-06T13:46:46Z")

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