# What is the difference between elastic and apache licensed version

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-elastic-and-apache-licensed-version/139015>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 7, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-elastic-and-apache-licensed-version/139015 "2018-07-07T13:48:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![varun1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3da27b/32.png) [@varun1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varun1992)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-elastic-and-apache-licensed-version/139015/1 "2018-07-07T13:48:00Z")

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what is the difference between Elasticsearch and Elasticsearch - OSS Only version ?

Is there any difference in the configuration ?

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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:** [July 7, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-elastic-and-apache-licensed-version/139015/2 "2018-07-07T15:14:25Z")

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OSS contains only Apache2 license code.  
The other version contains Apache2 and Elastic license code. The later contains X-Pack basically with a built-in basic license.

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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:** [August 4, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-elastic-and-apache-licensed-version/139015/3 "2018-08-04T15:14:27Z")

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