Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch is an open-source distributed search and analytics engine for applications involving speed, scale and AI.
What Elasticsearch is
Elasticsearch is an open-source distributed search and analytics engine for applications involving speed, scale and AI. It stores structured, unstructured and vector data in real time, with full-text, semantic and hybrid search plus filters, ranking and reranking. Its analytics engine aggregates and transforms high-cardinality data in real time, and geospatial tools cover distance, polygon and hexagonal analysis. Elasticsearch can run on premises, in the cloud, across clouds or as a managed serverless service. Elastic lists more than 350 integrations, with ingestion through Elastic Agent, connectors, APIs, language clients and Logstash; native cloud integrations are listed for AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. The query interface is REST. Self-managed pricing is based on node count and RAM used, while hosted and serverless offerings use resource- or usage-based pricing, with no specific prices listed here. The 99.95% monthly uptime SLA applies to Platinum and Enterprise subscription tiers on Hosted and Serverless.
Good
- Supports full-text, semantic and hybrid search.
- Stores structured, unstructured and vector data in real time.
- Offers on-premises, cloud and serverless deployment.
- Free plan and 14-day trial are listed.
Watch out
- Self-managed pricing depends on nodes and RAM.
- The 99.95% uptime SLA applies only to specified tiers.
Who it suits
Elasticsearch suits teams building search or analytics applications that need full-text, semantic or vector search. It also fits organisations choosing between self-managed, cloud-hosted and serverless deployment.
Verdict
Elasticsearch combines search, analytics and geospatial capabilities with several deployment models. Its pricing and support terms vary by offering and subscription tier.
Plans and prices
From Elasticsearch's own pricing page, checked 19 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Priced on request | Self-managed Elasticsearch and Kibana · Search and analytics capabilities · Vector search · Security features |
| Standard | $99 a month | 2 support contacts · 3-business-day target response time · As low as |
| Gold | $114 a month | 6 support contacts · As low as |
| Platinum | $131 a month | 8 support contacts · 99.95% monthly uptime SLA · As low as |
| Enterprise | $184 a month | Everything in Platinum · Searchable snapshots in cold and frozen tiers · Elastic Maps Server · Cross-cluster search with ES|QL · GPU inference with Elastic Inference Service · As low as |
| Elastic Cloud Serverless | — | Fully managed · Generally available on AWS, GCP, and Azure · Automatically scales with search and indexing load · Pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid; usage-based pricing |
| Self-managed Elasticsearch | Priced on request | Deploy anywhere: on-premises or private/public cloud · Customer manages infrastructure · License-based pricing; based on number of nodes and used RAM |
| Elastic Cloud Hosted | — | Managed hosting · AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba, and FedRAMP · 60 regions across AWS, Azure, and GCP · Pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid; resource-based pricing |
The facts
Each one read from Elasticsearch's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics
- Its analytics engine aggregates and transforms high-cardinality data in real time.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Cloud providers
- Elastic lists native cloud integrations for AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Data types
- It stores structured, unstructured, and vector data in real time.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- It can run on premises, in the cloud, across clouds, or as a managed serverless service.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Geospatial
- It supports geo-distance, polygons, and hexagonal spatial analytics.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Elastic describes 350+ integrations and supports ingestion through Elastic Agent, connectors, APIs, language clients, and Logstash.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Elasticsearch is an open source distributed search and analytics engine for speed, scale, and AI applications.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Search
- It supports full-text, semantic, and hybrid search with filters, ranking, and reranking.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security and compliance
- Elastic's Trust Center lists ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, SOC 2, SOC 3, TISAX, and HIPAA among its compliance standards.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Self-managed pricing
- Self-managed pricing is license-based on the number of nodes and RAM used.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Elastic Cloud Hosted and Serverless offer four support tiers depending on subscription tier.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Uptime SLA
- Elastic lists a 99.95% monthly uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise subscription tiers on Hosted and Serverless.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- Elastic says it builds Search, Observability, and Security solutions on the Elasticsearch foundation.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Founded
- 2012checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Mountain View, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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