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Kibana pricing

Kibana has a free plan and paid plans. Starting price: From $0.09 per VCU-hour (Elastic Cloud Serverless search). Free plan: Yes, free Basic features when self-managed. Free trial: 14 days (Elastic Cloud).

Free plan + paidOpen sourceSelf-hostablePrices last checked Nov 1, 2026
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Kibana plans and prices

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Kibana pricing facts

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Starting price
From $0.09 per VCU-hour (Elastic Cloud Serverless search)
Checked Nov 1, 2026elastic.co(opens source in a new tab)
“Search* Per VCU per hour As low as $0.09”
Free plan
Yes, free Basic features when self-managed
Checked Nov 1, 2026elastic.co(opens source in a new tab)
“free Basic features of our software at no cost.”
Free trial
14 days (Elastic Cloud)
Checked Nov 1, 2026elastic.co(opens source in a new tab)
“We offer a free 14-day trial of Elastic Cloud that starts the moment you create a cluster.”

Kibana alternatives by price

Starting prices from each app's own site, ranked by our alternatives score.

AppPricingPriceFree plan
Grafana logoGrafanaOpen sourceFrom $19/month + usage10k metric series, 50 GB logs, 14-day retention
Graylog logoGraylogFree plan + paidFrom $15,000 a year (Graylog Enterprise)Yes, Graylog Open (self-managed)

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Kibana pricing: common questions

Is Kibana free?

Kibana has a free plan: Yes, free Basic features when self-managed. Paid plans add more.

How much does Kibana cost?

Starting price: From $0.09 per VCU-hour (Elastic Cloud Serverless search), according to elastic.co (checked Nov 1, 2026). Prices can vary by country and billing period.

Does Kibana have a free trial?

Yes: 14 days (Elastic Cloud).

What are free alternatives to Kibana?

Free or freemium alternatives include Grafana and Graylog. Open-source options: Grafana.