Elasticsearch

by Elastic · Data and analytics, Log management

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Plan or add-on	Usage-based
Elasticsearch Serverlesscompute and storage billed separately	$0.14 ingest[2] per ingest VCU / hour $0.09 search · $0.07 machine learning · $0.047 storage · $0.05 egress
Elastic Managed Large Language ModelAdd-on to all plans, per million tokens	$4.50 input[2] per million input tokens $21 output
Elastic Inference ServiceAdd-on to all plans, per million tokens	$0.08[2] per million tokens
WorkflowsAdd-on to all plans, per execution	Free[2]
Agent BuilderAdd-on to all plans, per execution	Free[2]
Cross-project searchAdd-on to all plans, per GB	$0.0023 storage[2] per GB retained in linked projects / month $0.05 egress

Priced as a share of spend: Standard (Limited support) (Free), Gold (Base support) (5% of charge), Platinum (Enhanced support) (10% of charge), Enterprise (Premium support) (15% of charge).

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What each plan includes

Elasticsearch Serverless
Free storage for vector profiles	50 GB [2]applies to vector search data
Uptime SLA	99.95 % monthly [2]

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Elasticsearch Serverless

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.14 per ingest VCU / hourstarting rate; compute for indexing data	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]
$0.09 per search VCU / hourstarting rate; compute for running queries	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]
$0.07 per machine learning VCU / hourstarting rate; compute for machine-learning jobs	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]
$0.047 per GB retained / monthstarting rate; vector search data gets 50 GB free	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]
$0.05 per GB transferred / monthstarting rate	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]

Elastic Managed Large Language Model

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$4.50 per million input tokens	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]
$21 per million output tokens	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]

Elastic Inference Service

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.08 per million tokensstarting rate; varies by model	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]

Workflows

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
Freefirst 10,000 executions	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]
$0.0108 per executionafter the free 10,000; starting rate	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]

Agent Builder

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
Freefirst 1,000 executions	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]
$0.025 per executionafter the free 1,000; every 50,000 input tokens counts as one more execution	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]

Cross-project search

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.0023 per GB retained in linked projects / monthstarting rate; data stored in linked projects	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]
$0.05 per GB transferred / monthdata pulled from linked projects	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]

Standard (Limited support)

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
Freeincluded with a Standard subscription	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]

Gold (Base support)

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
5% of chargeGold subscription, charged on top of usage	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]

Platinum (Enhanced support)

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
10% of chargePlatinum subscription, charged on top of usage	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]

Enterprise (Premium support)

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
15% of chargeEnterprise subscription, charged on top of usage	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [2]

About

Elasticsearch is Elastic's distributed search and analytics engine, sold as a managed service on Elastic Cloud Serverless and priced on usage.^[1] Compute is charged per virtual compute unit (VCU) per hour, at separate rates for ingest, search and machine learning, and storage is charged per gigabyte retained each month, with egress, AI add-ons and paid support on top.^[2]

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Sources

Elasticsearch Serverless pricing Vendor page.
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- [3] Captured 24 Sep 2026.

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