# Why is subscription not mentioned in X-Pack introduction page?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-subscription-not-mentioned-in-x-pack-introduction-page/131529>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 11, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-subscription-not-mentioned-in-x-pack-introduction-page/131529 "2018-05-11T18:32:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Justin\_Wells](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@Justin\_Wells](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Wells)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-subscription-not-mentioned-in-x-pack-introduction-page/131529/1 "2018-05-11T18:32:33Z")

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Hate to post a complaint here to start, but I'm really frustrated that I just now discovered that X-Pack requires a subscription to use some features. It almost feels like a "bait and switch". I would like to kindly request that the documentation clarify this up front. Trying to automate X-pack security setup is a hugely frustrating task to begin with, and finding out after the fact that the features I'm setting up require a budget I might not have really turned me off your product.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-subscription-not-mentioned-in-x-pack-introduction-page/131529/2 "2018-05-12T03:42:32Z")

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Thanks for the feedback, I have pinged a few people internally about this.

You can see the full breakdown here - [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)

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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:** [June 9, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-subscription-not-mentioned-in-x-pack-introduction-page/131529/3 "2018-06-09T03:42:46Z")

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