specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Elasticsearch (Elastic)
providerId: elasticsearch
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 and Observability
  - Cloud
  - Multi-Service
description: Elasticsearch (Elastic) is a multi-product platform — pricing is per-service. This artifact
  catalogs the major service families and points to the vendor's pricing calculator. For detailed per-service
  rates, use the vendor pricing pages directly.
sources:
  - https://www.elastic.co/pricing
  - https://focus.finops.org/
plans:
  - id: elasticsearch-platform-overview
    name: Platform Pricing Overview
    type: enterprise
    description: Per-service pay-as-you-go + reserved/committed-use discounts.
    entries:
      - label: Per-service rates
        name: varies
        type: metered
        metric: varies
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: see vendor pricing calculator
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Elasticsearch Service
      - name: Kibana
      - name: Logstash
      - name: Beats
      - name: APM
      - name: Synthetics
      - name: Security (SIEM, Endpoint)
      - name: Maps
      - name: Canvas
      - name: Stack Monitoring
  - id: elasticsearch-committed-use
    name: Committed Use / Reserved
    type: enterprise
    description: 1-year and 3-year commitments offer 30-72% discount over on-demand.
    entries:
      - label: Annual commitment (custom)
        name: annual
        type: subscription
        metric: year
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Reserved Instances / Savings Plans / Committed Use Discounts
      - name: Volume discounts
      - name: Negotiated enterprise agreements
  - id: elasticsearch-free-tier
    name: Free Tier / Trial
    type: freemium
    description: Most platforms offer a free tier or starting credits.
    entries:
      - label: Free tier (varies)
        name: free
        type: quota
        metric: service
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 12-month free trial allowances
      - name: Always-free quotas
      - name: New account credits
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - free
  - negotiated
  - subscription
  units:
  - negotiated
  - object
  - period
  plans:
  - name: Platform Pricing Overview
    access: enterprise
    model: negotiated
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    periods:
    - per-use
  - name: Committed Use / Reserved
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - year
  - name: Free Tier / Trial
    access: freemium
    model: free
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - object
    periods:
    - month