Standard
from, per month, reference configuration
Annual cost at 200 seats
€212,544
Engineering & Cloud
Elastic Cloud Pricing (November 2026)
List prices, licensing model, add-on modules and every price change we hold, compiled from Elastic Cloud's own published pricing page.
- Last updated 4 November 2026
- Source: www.elastic.co ↗
- Reviewed by a Najar expert*
Elastic Cloud starts at from, per month, reference configuration on Standard. It is licensed per seat, with the seat type deciding the rate, and there is no free plan. Pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid; no discount percentage is published.
Starting price
€88.56*from, per month, reference configurationLicensing model
Per seat, by typeProvisioned resources (instance usage, storage, zones)Free tier
Nono trial publishedElastic Cloud plans & pricing
List pricing published by Elastic Cloud. Quote-only tiers are shown as such; we do not estimate them.
Gold
from, per month, reference configuration
Annual cost at 200 seats
€244,752
Platinum
from, per month, reference configuration
Annual cost at 200 seats
€281,232
Enterprise
from, per month, reference configuration
Annual cost at 200 seats
€395,016
Elastic Cloud plan comparison
What changes as you move up a tier, and what each step actually unlocks.
| Feature | Standard | Gold | Platinum | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| List price | €88.56* | €101.98* | €117.18* | €164.59* |
| Billing period | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Pricing model | from, per month, reference configuration | from, per month, reference configuration | from, per month, reference configuration | from, per month, reference configuration |
| User limit | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| What it adds | Entry hosted tier from $99 per month on the reference configuration of 120 GB storage across 2 zones, with instance usage priced on top. Includes the Elasticsearch datastore, vector and semantic search, dashboards and Limited Support (web only, 2 contacts). | From $114 per month on the same reference configuration of 120 GB storage across 2 zones. Adds reporting, third-party alerting actions, Watcher and multi-stack monitoring, with Base Support: business-hours phone and web, 6 contacts. | From $131 per month on the same reference configuration of 120 GB storage across 2 zones. Adds machine learning, cross-cluster replication and advanced security features, with Enhanced Support: 24/7/365 phone and web, 8 contacts, and a 99.95% monthly uptime SLA. | From $184 per month on the same reference configuration of 120 GB storage across 2 zones. Adds searchable snapshots in cold and frozen tiers, SAML SSO and Agent Builder, with Premium Support: 24/7/365 phone and web, 8 contacts, urgent target response in 30 minutes, and a 99.95% monthly uptime SLA. |
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Licensing model, how Elastic Cloud invoices
The mechanics behind the sticker price: what you are actually charged for, and what triggers an increase.
True billing unit
Provisioned resources (instance usage, storage, zones) monthly or annual billing
Resource-based hosted subscription tiers from $99 per month, plus usage-based Serverless
Model type
Per seat, by typeResource-based hosted subscription tiers from $99 per month, plus usage-based ServerlessSeat increments
Single seatsn/a: not priced per seatAnnual vs monthly
No published discountPay as you go (monthly) or prepaid; no discount percentage is published.Guests & externals
Not publishedNot published- StructuralResource-based hosted pricing
The hosted starting prices assume a reference production configuration of 120 GB storage across 2 zones. The bill follows the instance types, storage and zones you provision, so a larger cluster costs more than the headline figure.
- LicenceSubscription tier
On the same reference configuration, Gold starts at $114, Platinum at $131 and Enterprise at $184 per month, against $99 for Standard. Machine learning and cross-cluster replication start at Platinum; searchable snapshots in cold and frozen tiers and SAML SSO start at Enterprise.
- MeteredServerless compute and storage
Serverless meters ingest from $0.14 per VCU per hour, search from $0.09 and machine learning from $0.07, with storage from $0.047 per GB retained per month and egress from $0.05 per GB. Ingest and retention are measured on uncompressed, normalised, enriched data, which is larger than raw size.
- FeeServerless support percentage
Standard support on Serverless is Limited and free. Gold, Platinum and Enterprise support are charged as 5%, 10% and 15% of the total charge, so the cost rises with usage.
- MeteredSynthetic Monitoring
Browser tests cost $0.0123 per test run. Lightweight tests cost $28.00 per location per month per Elastic Stack, for up to 1k simultaneous test runs. Private-location tests carry no execution charge.
Elastic Cloud price change history
Every list-price and packaging change we hold. This page snapshots published prices on each check, so changes accumulate here over time.
No changes recorded yet. The first check was 4 November 2026.
Elastic Cloud pricing FAQ
How much does Elastic Cloud cost?
Elastic Cloud Hosted starts from $99 per month on Standard, $114 on Gold, $131 on Platinum and $184 on Enterprise, based on 120 GB storage across 2 zones. Instance usage is priced on top, so real cost depends on cluster size. Serverless is usage-based and the page states no minimum spend.
How does Elastic Cloud charge?
Hosted is resource-based and Serverless is usage-based; both can be paid as you go (monthly) or prepaid. Serverless meters ingest and search per VCU per hour, where a VCU has 1 GB RAM, and storage per GB retained per month.
Does Elastic Cloud have a free plan?
No free hosted tier is published. The Serverless page mentions a free trial without stating its length, and gives free allowances for Workflows and Agent Builder executions.
What does Elastic Cloud cost with support and add-ons?
On Serverless, Gold, Platinum and Enterprise support add 5%, 10% and 15% of the total charge. Synthetic Monitoring browser tests cost $0.0123 per test run. A 99.95% monthly uptime SLA applies to the Platinum and Enterprise hosted tiers.
Elastic Cloud alternatives & competitors
Priced like-for-like on the cheapest published paid tier.
| Vendor | Starts at | Licensing model | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Datadog | €13.42 per host / month, billed annually | Per host / month, billed annually or on-demand; free for up to 5 Basic hosts | Pricing → |
 New Relic | €8.95 per full platform user / month, first user | Per full platform user / month plus data ingest per GB beyond 100 GB free each month | Pricing → |
 Algolia | €0.43 per 1,000 additional search requests / month, billed monthly | Pay per 1,000 search requests and records above monthly allowances; billed monthly on Grow and Grow Plus | Pricing → |
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* Prices marked * are converted from the vendor's published US list price at the ECB reference rate of Invalid Date, because Elastic Cloud does not publish a EUR price. Converted figures are indicative: vendors set regional prices commercially, not by exchange rate, so your quote may differ.
Compiled by an automated agent from Elastic Cloud's published pricing page on 4 November 2026, and reviewed by a Najar expert. Vendors change packaging without notice and regional pricing differs, so check the source before you budget or sign. Figures exclude tax. No affiliation with Elastic Cloud.