Observability Apm · pricing · Updated September 2026
Elastic Observability pricing (2026)
Elastic Observability is usage-priced — charged per unit consumed rather than monthly as checked on 2026-09-03, read from Elastic Observability's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for Organizations already using Elasticsearch or Elastic SIEM wanting unified observability. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: usage-priced
- Free tier: No · 14-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Organizations already using Elasticsearch or Elastic SIEM wanting unified observability; Teams with extreme query performance and storage efficiency requirements; Regulated industries needing FedRAMP High, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 in one platform
As of · every figure below links to its source
Elastic Observability plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serverless Observability — Logs Essentials | usage-priced | — | custom | Usage-based, no fixed monthly floor. Ingest: as low as $0.07/GB. Retention: as low as $0.017/GB/month. Egress: 50 GB free then $0.05/GB. Prices effective November 1, 2025. | elastic.co |
| Serverless Observability — Complete | usage-priced | — | custom | Usage-based, no fixed monthly floor. Ingest: as low as $0.09/GB. Retention: as low as $0.019/GB/month. Egress: 50 GB free then $0.05/GB. Adds APM, profiling, synthetic monitoring, and full observability features beyond Logs Essentials. Prices effective November 1, 2025. | elastic.co |
| Hosted / Self-Managed | not priced monthly | — | custom | Resource-based pricing for Elastic Cloud Hosted or license-based for self-managed deployments. Prices vary by instance size, region, and commitment. Contact sales or use Elastic's cloud pricing calculator. | elastic.co |
Last verified 2026-09-03. Elastic main pricing page https://www.elastic.co/pricing/ fetched 2026-06-14 — returned deployment model overview without specific tier prices. Serverless Observability pricing page https://www.elastic.co/pricing/serverless-observability fetched 2026-06-14 provided ingestion/retention rates. Elastic uses fully usage-based serverless pricing or resource-based hosted pricing; no flat self-serve tiers with fixed USD amounts. HIPAA status could not be confirmed from public pages fetched; set to null. Re-verified 2026-09-03 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged.
Price changes
No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: OpenTelemetry (EDOT), Prometheus, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Logstash, Beats, Grafana, Jaeger.
Key features: 30x faster queries than Prometheus/Grafana and 2.5x less storage via columnar architecture; OpenTelemetry-first ingestion (EDOT) with native PromQL support for Prometheus compatibility; AI-native autonomous investigation agents for root cause surfacing and remediation; Unified logs, metrics, traces, and digital experience monitoring in one schema-agnostic platform; FedRAMP High and PCI DSS Level 1 — among the broadest compliance coverage in the APM space.
Plan limits: No free tier; 14-day free trial on Elastic Cloud; Serverless: no minimum spend; egress free up to 50 GB/month then $0.05/GB; Serverless ingest from $0.07/GB (Logs Essentials) or $0.09/GB (Complete); 450+ one-click integrations available across all deployment models.
Frequently asked questions
Does Elastic Observability support HIPAA?
Elastic Observability HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does Elastic Observability have a free plan?
Elastic Observability free tier: No; 14-day free trial.
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