# What is the price of Elasticsearch licence **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** license\ **Created:** [June 11, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-price-of-elasticsearch-licence/275636 "2021-06-11T03:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sudo-ranjith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sudo-ranjith/32/89146_2.png) [@sudo-ranjith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sudo-ranjith)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-price-of-elasticsearch-licence/275636/1 "2021-06-11T03:10:55Z")
Hello Folks, I have planned to setup ELK stack on-premise, I checked [Subscriptions | Elastic Stack Products & Support | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions), they have mentioned Basic - free and open 2. I would like to know is really Elasticsearch license is free? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/6/06b46a7c872d81ff6538545b0f8dc68c6c4fee09.png) I would like to access these features from ES, ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/9/c95d5083fa75dbe78f7a50baaf935890c20f5969.png) ---
**Author:** ![parthmaniar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@parthmaniar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parthmaniar)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-price-of-elasticsearch-licence/275636/2 "2021-06-11T03:51:35Z")
Elastic stack has awesome free features. There were licensing changes recently. I suggest reading this blog to help yourself: [Introducing Elastic License v2, simplified and more permissive; SSPL remains an option | Elastic Blog](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-license-v2) As far the features you've highlighted they are free. ---
**Author:** ![sudo-ranjith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sudo-ranjith/32/89146_2.png) [@sudo-ranjith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sudo-ranjith)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-price-of-elasticsearch-licence/275636/3 "2021-06-11T05:29:40Z")
Thanks @parthmaniar , I read the blog you suggested. From this blog I came to there will be no problem for self-manages customers. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/2/32a4b231524a0270dffe0bc21655c9d6cd94a333.png) If it is free, I would like to know how can I get this license. I mean, I have already installed ELK in my machine when I tried to create security features like enabling roles I need to get Elastic license instead of ES basic license. could you please help me in this. ---
**Author:** ![parthmaniar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@parthmaniar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parthmaniar)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-price-of-elasticsearch-licence/275636/4 "2021-06-11T06:38:45Z")
Hi @sudo-ranjith You don't need to "get" the license. It is part of the binary (installer) files. So for example if you want the V2 open licenses download from here 🙂 [Download Elastic Products | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/) If you want purely open source code here: [Past Releases of Elastic Stack Software | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases#elasticsearch-oss) (OSS) I hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![sudo-ranjith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sudo-ranjith/32/89146_2.png) [@sudo-ranjith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sudo-ranjith)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-price-of-elasticsearch-licence/275636/5 "2021-06-11T06:43:58Z")
@parthmaniar I have downloaded Version: 7.12.1 like the same link you sent, then downloaded for my Windows 64 bit ZIP file. In this If I want to enable roles in security feature, should I have Elasticsearch license? ---
**Author:** ![parthmaniar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@parthmaniar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parthmaniar)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-price-of-elasticsearch-licence/275636/6 "2021-06-11T07:01:51Z")
Yes there is nothing additional from `licensing` point. You need to do configuration: [Built-in roles | Elasticsearch Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/built-in-roles.html) Also this should help: 1. [Security & Users | Elastic App Search Documentation [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/current/security-and-users.html) 2. [Kibana role management | Kibana Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-role-management.html) 3. [Create or update roles API | Elasticsearch Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/security-api-put-role.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-price-of-elasticsearch-licence/275636/7 "2021-07-09T07:02:28Z")
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