ELK Stack pricing
12 plans read from elastic.co
BasicPrice not published Self-managed Elastic Stack features Read 21 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Logs EssentialsPriced on request Pay for usage; ingest is measured per GB50 GB egress freeElastic Observability Serverless usage-based pricing. Read 27 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Complete$0.09 a month Pay for usage; ingest is measured per GB50 GB egress free Read 21 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Standard$99 a month As low as; based on cloud production configuration120 GB storage · 2 zonesBased on cloud production config, 120 GB storage / 2 zones; instance type usage-based pricing. Read 27 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Gold$114 a month As low as; based on cloud production configuration120 GB storage · 2 zonesEverything in Standard plus reporting, third-party alerting actions, Watcher, and multi-stack monitoring. Read 27 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Platinum$131 a month As low as; based on cloud production configuration120 GB storage · 2 zonesEverything in Gold plus advanced security, machine learning, cross-cluster replication, and enhanced support. Read 27 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Enterprise$184 a month as low as $184 per month120 GB storage · 2 zonesEverything in Platinum plus searchable snapshots, SAML SSO, Elastic Workflows, AI features, and premium support. Read 27 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Basic (self-managed)Free Free and open; self-managedFree Basic features · no listed price for paid self-managed licensing Read 29 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Elastic Cloud hostedPriced on request Resource-based; pay as you go monthly or prepaidCost depends on deployment components, instance sizes, cloud provider, region, availability zones, snapshots, and data transfer Read 29 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Elastic Cloud ServerlessPriced on request Usage-based; pay as you go monthly or prepaidAvailable in AWS, GCP, and Azure; pricing is usage based Read 29 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Self-managed paid subscriptionsPriced on request Contact sales for pricingLicense-based on node count and RAM used · Platinum is for existing customers only · Gold is discontinued Read 29 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Observability CompletePriced on request as low as $0.09 per GB ingested for logs and tracesElastic Observability Serverless usage-based pricing. Read 27 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
In short
- ELK Stack has a free plan (Basic).
- A free trial is offered.
- Paid plans published: 7, from $0.09 a month.
- 5 plans are priced on request (Logs Essentials, Elastic Cloud hosted, Elastic Cloud Serverless, Self-managed paid subscriptions, Observability Complete).
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud Logging | $0.01/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Grafana Loki | $19/mo | Yes | No |
| ClickStack | $53/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Amazon CloudWatch Logs | $0.03/mo | Yes | No |
| Grafana Cloud Application Observability | $0.03/mo | Yes | No |
| SolarWinds Loggly | $79/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Sumo Logic | — | Yes | Yes |
| HyperDX | $20/mo | Yes | Yes |