# X-Pack License Requirement

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-license-requirement/115792>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 16, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-license-requirement/115792 "2018-01-16T21:50:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![niraj\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niraj_kumar/32/4130_2.png) [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-license-requirement/115792/1 "2018-01-16T21:50:43Z")

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Hi,

I am googling around the x-pack license thing and i seem to find it a bit confusing. My requirement is to use the feature to restrict user to a dashboard with a read only privilege and create superadmins which allows them to edit it. I was following a blog post on this [kibana-dashboard-only-mode](https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-dashboard-only-mode)

Do i need to purchase x-pack for this requirement what i have? Is there any alternative to this?

Regards  
Niraj

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-license-requirement/115792/2 "2018-01-17T06:05:55Z")

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_Dashboard Only Mode_ is built on top of X-Pack security roles, which require a Gold or Platinum license.

See [Subscriptions | Elastic Stack Products & Support | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) for details on what (high level) features are enabled by each license type.

> Is there any alternative to this?

Elastic Cloud provides most (\*) of the X-Pack features with pay-by-the-month options.  
[https://www.elastic.co/cloud/as-a-service](https://www.elastic.co/cloud/as-a-service)

(\*) There's a few things that aren't currently supported on cloud, such as custom realms, AD integration and Machine Learning, but we're working hard to make more of those options available to our Cloud customers.

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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:** [February 14, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-license-requirement/115792/3 "2018-02-14T06:06:34Z")

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