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  "name": "Kibana",
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        "billing": "unknown",
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        "billing": "unknown",
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        "billing": "unknown",
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        "contactSales": true
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        "price": "Resource based pricing",
        "features": [
          "Full visibility and control over HW configuration, clusters size, node count, and versions",
          "Custom control over cluster capacity",
          "All solutions and platform capabilities",
          "Four support tiers, depending on the Elastic Cloud subscription tier",
          "99.95% Monthly Uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise subscription tiers"
        ],
        "isPopular": false,
        "priceMonthly": null
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      {
        "name": "Serverless",
        "price": "Usage based pricing",
        "features": [
          "Fully managed, just bring your data. Elastic manages all HW configuration, clusters size, node count, and versions.",
          "Automatically scales up and down based on search and indexing load to optimize performance",
          "Most solution and platform capabilities",
          "Notable upcoming features: traffic filtering, cross project search, and bring your own key",
          "Four support tiers, depending on the Elastic Cloud subscription tier",
          "99.95% Monthly Uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise subscription tiers"
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        "isPopular": false,
        "priceMonthly": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Self-managed",
        "price": "License based pricing",
        "features": [
          "Full control over deployment location, HW setup and configuration, orchestration, clusters size, node count, and versions",
          "Custom control over cluster capacity, storage-based autoscaling available in ECE and ECK",
          "All solutions and platform capabilities",
          "Two subscription tiers (Platinum and Enterprise) with identical support SLA"
        ],
        "isPopular": false,
        "priceMonthly": null
      }
    ],
    "currency": "USD",
    "hasFreeTier": false,
    "hasFreeTrial": true,
    "billingCycles": [
      "monthly",
      "yearly"
    ]
  },
  "costFacts": null,
  "pricesByRegion": null,
  "verdict": "Kibana's pricing is complex due to its resource-based, usage-based, and license-based models, making direct cost comparison difficult without specific usage data. It's best for organizations that prioritize control and scalability, and are willing to engage with sales for custom quotes.",
  "bestFor": "Large enterprises needing full control | Teams with fluctuating data loads | Organizations with specific compliance needs",
  "hiddenCosts": [],
  "recentChanges": [],
  "priceHistory": [],
  "partnerLink": false,
  "correction": "This price may be out of date. If the vendor's page differs, call report_issue with evidence_url and quote, or verify_price.",
  "provenance": {
    "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-10-05",
    "sourceUrl": "https://elastic.co/pricing",
    "confidence": "medium"
  },
  "source": "Toolradar",
  "citation": "Toolradar, verified 2026-10-05, https://toolradar.com/tools/kibana/pricing",
  "affiliateUrl": "https://toolradar.com/api/go/kibana?ref=mcp&key=json",
  "toolradarUrl": "https://toolradar.com/tools/kibana/pricing"
}