# What's the difference between the marvel basic vs subscription licenses?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-the-marvel-basic-vs-subscription-licenses/33421>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\
**Created:** [October 30, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-the-marvel-basic-vs-subscription-licenses/33421 "2015-10-30T23:03:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![bennett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bennett/32/4903_2.png) [@bennett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bennett)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-the-marvel-basic-vs-subscription-licenses/33421/1 "2015-10-30T23:03:30Z")

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Hi,

I was just wondering what features are disabled on the basic license version of the marvel app/plugin. I can't find any documentation saying what you get with basic vs what you get with a subscription.

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-the-marvel-basic-vs-subscription-licenses/33421/2 "2015-11-02T00:35:44Z")

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Hi Bennett,

We'll be updating the documentation to make the difference more clear very soon.

The primary difference today is multi-cluster support, which is available only with a subscription. The basic license enables the rest of Marvel functionality for free, for both production and development use.

I hope that helps!  
Steve

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**Author:** ![baud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/baud/32/10129_2.png) [@baud](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/baud)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-the-marvel-basic-vs-subscription-licenses/33421/3 "2016-04-12T14:53:09Z")

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@skearns Could you give us the link to this documentation, please?

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**Author:** ![ttonyyao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ttonyyao/32/30654_2.png) [@ttonyyao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ttonyyao)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-the-marvel-basic-vs-subscription-licenses/33421/4 "2016-04-20T18:02:49Z")

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I'm interested on the detail as well, hope someone can answer this.

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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, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-the-marvel-basic-vs-subscription-licenses/33421/5 "2017-07-06T13:44:04Z")

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