name: Elastic API Plans
specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Elastic
providerId: elastic
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Search
  - Observability
  - Security
description: 'Elastic Cloud deployment options: Hosted (resource-based), Serverless (usage-based), Self-managed
  (license-based).'
sources:
  - https://www.elastic.co/pricing
plans:
  - id: elastic-hosted
    name: Elastic Cloud Hosted
    type: usage-based
    description: Resource-based pricing. Standard, Gold, Platinum, Enterprise tiers.
    entries:
      - label: Hardware (per hour)
        name: hardware
        type: metered
        metric: hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: varies
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Standard
      - name: Gold
      - name: Platinum
      - name: Enterprise
      - name: Multi-cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  - id: elastic-serverless
    name: Elastic Serverless
    type: usage-based
    description: 'Usage-based: Search, Observability, Security projects with VCU + storage.'
    entries:
      - label: VCU per hour
        name: vcu
        type: metered
        metric: VCU-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: varies
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Storage GB
        name: storage
        type: metered
        metric: GB-month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: varies
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Auto-scaling
      - name: Search/Observability/Security solutions
      - name: Pay only for active usage
  - id: elastic-self-managed
    name: Self-Managed
    type: enterprise
    description: License-based for on-prem.
    entries:
      - label: Annual license (custom)
        name: license
        type: subscription
        metric: year
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Standard / Gold / Platinum / Enterprise
      - name: On-prem deployment
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - metered
  - subscription
  units:
  - compute
  - data
  - period
  plans:
  - name: Elastic Cloud Hosted
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - compute
    periods:
    - per-use
  - name: Elastic Serverless
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - compute
    - data
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Self-Managed
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - year