Elasticsearch

Web · Linux · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

One barScore 5.4

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely2 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Elasticsearch is ranked #24 of 32 in spatial databases on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. A free trial is offered.

Elasticsearch plans and pricing

All plans

Self-managed Elasticsearch Not published License-based pricing; based on number of nodes and used RAM Deploy anywhere: on-premises or private/public cloud · Customer manages infrastructure elastic.co · 30 Sept 2026

Elastic Cloud Serverless Not published Pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid; usage-based pricing Fully managed · Generally available on AWS, GCP, and Azure · Automatically scales with search and indexing load elastic.co · 30 Sept 2026

Elastic Cloud Hosted Not published Pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid; resource-based pricing Managed hosting · AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba, and FedRAMP · 60 regions across AWS, Azure, and GCP elastic.co · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on spatial databases

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $99/mo
Primary search mode: hybrid
Vector search: Yes
Faceted search: Yes
Deployment: both
Query interface: REST

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The record

Purpose: Elasticsearch is an open source distributed search and analytics engine for speed, scale, and AI applications.
Data types: It stores structured, unstructured, and vector data in real time.
Search: It supports full-text, semantic, and hybrid search with filters, ranking, and reranking.
Analytics: Its analytics engine aggregates and transforms high-cardinality data in real time.
Geospatial: It supports geo-distance, polygons, and hexagonal spatial analytics.
Integrations: Elastic describes 350+ integrations and supports ingestion through Elastic Agent, connectors, APIs, language clients, and Logstash.
Cloud providers: Elastic lists native cloud integrations for AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
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.
Support: Elastic Cloud Hosted and Serverless offer four support tiers depending on subscription tier.
Uptime SLA: Elastic lists a 99.95% monthly uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise subscription tiers on Hosted and Serverless.
Self-managed pricing: Self-managed pricing is license-based on the number of nodes and RAM used.
Company: Elastic says it builds Search, Observability, and Security solutions on the Elasticsearch foundation.
Founded: 2012
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Mountain View, California, United States

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Sources

elastic.co/elasticsearch/· checked 30 Sept 2026
elastic.co/integrations/· checked 30 Sept 2026
elastic.co/trust/· checked 30 Sept 2026
elastic.co/pricing/· checked 30 Sept 2026
elastic.co/about/· checked 30 Sept 2026