# Shield cost

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-cost/42139>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 18, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-cost/42139 "2016-02-18T12:11:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![chenbe2204](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@chenbe2204](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenbe2204)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-cost/42139/1 "2016-02-18T12:11:40Z")

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Hi ,

If I installed shield version 1.3.2 on my server , Is is free of charge ?  
Is the license permanent or temporary ?

BR,  
Chen

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-cost/42139/2 "2016-02-18T12:48:42Z")

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The license is free for evaluation for 30 days. After this an [Elastic subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) is required in order to use Shield.

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**Author:** ![chenbe2204](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@chenbe2204](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenbe2204)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-cost/42139/3 "2016-02-18T13:01:26Z")

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Thanks 🙂

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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 5, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-cost/42139/4 "2017-07-05T23:15:17Z")

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