Elastic AI

The AI layer of the Elastic Stack, with semantic search (ELSER), native vector search, RAG playground and AI Assistant; usage-based billing by compute, storage and inference tokens.

Free accessFree plan

Paid fromElastic Cloud Serverless (Search)Ingest compute from $0.14/VCU-hour, ML compute from $0.07/VCU-hour

At a Glance

Elastic AI is an AI tool for Localization, search & APIs (category: Development & Code). Free access: Free plan. Documented: 1 plan with prices and limits.

Category: Localization, search & APIs
Paid from: from 0.09 $ / VCU-Stunde (Search-Compute) / Use-based, billed monthly (Elastic Cloud Serverless (Search))
Free Option: Free plan
Plans: 1
Sources: 3 verified sources
Website: elastic.co (opens in a new tab)

Category: Development & Code · Localization, search & APIs

Features

Semantic search with ELSER and native vector search in the Elastic Stack
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) playground and AI Assistant
Agent Builder with 1,000 free executions per month
Usage-based billing by compute, storage and inference tokens
Workflows with a free allowance and a scalable Inference Service

Prices and plans

Tier	Price	Period	What you get
Elastic Cloud Serverless (Search)	from 0.09 $ / VCU-Stunde (Search-Compute)	Use-based, billed monthly	Ingest compute from $0.14/VCU-hour, ML compute from $0.07/VCU-hour Storage & retention from $0.047/GB/month; 50 GB storage for vector profiles included free Egress from $0.05/GB Elastic Managed LLM (AI Playground, Agent Builder, AI Assistant): $4.50 per 1M input tokens, $21 per 1M output tokens Elastic Inference Service from $0.08 per 1M tokens (model-dependent) Workflows: 10,000 executions/month free, then from $0.0108/execution; Agent Builder: 1,000 executions/month free, then from $0.025/execution

Prices per vendor, excl. taxes/VAT where applicable.

Limits

Serverless bills compute, storage, egress, and AI usage separately. Elastic lists $4.50 per million input tokens and $21 per million output tokens for Managed LLM; Workflows and Agent Builder each start with a monthly allowance. Elastic says it does not use customer data to train its own AI models or third-party models used through Managed LLM. Separately connected third-party models have their own data terms.

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FAQ

Is Elastic AI available for free?

Yes. A permanently free plan is published, not a time-limited trial.

Where is the vendor of Elastic AI based?

Elastic is based in the USA. Regardless of that location, data processing and privacy terms are governed by the vendor's own contract.

What plans does Elastic AI offer?

The catalog documents one plan with price, billing period, and included features.

Is Elastic AI currently available?

Elastic AI is still active. Search AI is Elastic's AI layer on the Elastic Stack: semantic search, vector database, RAG playground, AI Assistant and agentic workflows for search, observability and security. Available as an open-source core (self-hosted), Elastic Cloud Hosted, or serverless.

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Sources

All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

https://www.elastic.co/search-ai
https://www.elastic.co/pricing/serverless-search
https://www.elastic.co/trust/ai-data-faq

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