# What is difference in Basic and open source type license?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-difference-in-basic-and-open-source-type-license/184313>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** license\
**Created:** [June 5, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-difference-in-basic-and-open-source-type-license/184313 "2019-06-05T09:00:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![sanntosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@sanntosh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sanntosh)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-difference-in-basic-and-open-source-type-license/184313/1 "2019-06-05T09:00:15Z")

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What is difference between Basic and Open Source type license ? Why Basic license when Open Source is there ? Can we deploy commercially using open source license ? And will security be free with that starting 7.1.1 even with Open source or with Basic only?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-difference-in-basic-and-open-source-type-license/184313/2 "2019-06-05T09:33:44Z")

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While the code for X-Pack is available in a public repository, [we do not claim that it is "Open Source"](https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/open). See [Subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) about the different features available.

The default distribution of Elasticsearch includes all of X-Pack, but the default license is "basic".

You can activate a free trial of the commercial features via Kibana (Management -\> License) or via [the API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/6.7/license-management.html).

The basic license gives you access to many features including some security features like TLS, file based authentication, role based access.

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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 3, 2019, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-difference-in-basic-and-open-source-type-license/184313/3 "2019-07-03T09:40:52Z")

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