Elastic Cloud Enterprise

Spec sheet

Purpose

Elastic Cloud Enterprise is a self-managed solution for deploying, orchestrating, and managing Elasticsearch clusters at scale.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Integrations

For deployments on version 8.0 and later, users can add a combined APM Server and Fleet Server.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Founded

2012Read 28 Sep 2026 · elastic.co

Authentication and access

ECE supports platform role-based access control and external authentication providers including Active Directory, LDAP, and SAML.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Availability

ECE supports high availability through multiple Availability Zones, data replication, and automated restore and snapshot.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Cloud providers

For public cloud deployments, Elastic lists Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Cluster management

ECE automates cluster provisioning, scaling, and upgrades.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Deployment locations

ECE can be deployed on public or private clouds, virtual machines, or on-premises.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Elastic Stack components

ECE deployments can include Elasticsearch and Kibana, with optional services such as APM and Fleet.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Encryption

ECE encrypts network traffic by default, but does not provide encryption at rest out of the box; hosts and snapshot targets must be configured for it.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

FIPS support

FIPS compliance is not officially supported or validated for ECE and is not recommended for production environments.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Intended use

Elastic describes ECE as useful for hosting sensitive data on an internal network, reusing on-premises infrastructure, and centrally managing deployments across teams or geographies.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Management interface

ECE provides a web interface and API for creating and managing clusters.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Notable limitation

ECE does not support running a specific cluster on entirely dedicated hardware separate from other clusters.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Operating systems

ECE installation guidance names Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04, RHEL 8, 9, and 10, Rocky Linux 8 and 9, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 and 15.Read 3 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Plans and prices

Every Elastic Cloud Enterprise plan and price →

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