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Elastic Observability pricing

Elastic sells Elasticsearch-based search, observability and security software, including log analytics, as cloud or self-managed products.

Log management softwareSelf-serve + sales
Visit Elastic ObservabilityPrices checked Oct 29, 2026

How much does Elastic Observability cost?

PriceNot publishedElastic Observability asks you to contact sales.
Free plan
Not stated
Free trial
Free trial available, no credit card required; length not stated
Enterprise
Contact sales
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In your favor

  • Free trial. Free trial available, no credit card required; length not stated

How you buy and get started

Self-serve + salesButtons on their site: Start free trial, Contact sales, Try now, Get in touch
Sign up
Free trial signup, no credit card required
"Start a free trial now, no credit card required."
Setup
Not stated
When sales steps in
Not stated
Support
Four support tiers for Elastic Cloud, depending on subscription tier
"Four support tiers, depending on the Elastic Cloud subscription tier"

What Elastic Observability does

Elastic offers log analytics inside its observability product, built on the Elasticsearch search and analytics engine. It can be run on Elastic Cloud Serverless, Elastic Cloud Hosted, or self-managed.

Good for
Teams that want to centralize and search large volumes of logs, with the option to run it in the cloud or on their own infrastructure.
Main product
Elastic Observability (log analytics on Elasticsearch)
Also includes
Log analytics, Elasticsearch search and analytics engine, Kibana (Discover, Dashboards), AI SRE agents, Infrastructure monitoring, App performance monitoring
Public API
Not stated
MCP server
Not stated
  • Live tailNot stated
  • Full-text log searchNot stated
  • Log-based alertingNot stated
  • Configurable retentionNot stated
  • SSO and role-based accessNot stated
  • Self-hosted optionRun locally, via Kubernetes, or your own orchestration
  • OpenTelemetry supportNot stated
  • AI log analysis assistantCentralize and analyze logs using Search AI to detect, investigate, and remediate incidents

The same 8 checks appear on every tool in Log management software. Each tick quotes the vendor's own site.

Security and your data

QuestionTheir answerWhere it says so
Trains AI on your data?Not stated
HIPAA (signs a BAA)Not stated
SOC 2Not stated
GDPRNot stated
CCPANot stated
PCINot stated
ISO 27001Not stated
Single sign-onNot stated
Trust centerTrust center linked in footer"Trust center"pricing

Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.

Every plan

No prices are published on Elastic Observability's pricing page.

Fine print

Billing increment
Not stated
Billed beyond usage
Not stated
Contract
Hosted and Serverless: pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid
"Pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid"
Refunds
Not stated
Auto renew
Not stated
Price change notice
Not stated

"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.

About the company

Legal name
elasticsearch B.V.
Customers
"75% of the Fortune 100 choose Elastic"
their claim

Elastic Observability alternatives

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Questions

Is Elastic Observability free?

There's no free plan. Free trial: Free trial available, no credit card required; length not stated.