Elasticsearch (Elastic Cloud) by Elastic
Managed Elasticsearch for full-text, vector and hybrid search over indexed documents.
Vector databases Official MCP server Open source
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Price
Free (open source)
you pay only for the compute it runs on
Free tier
Open source
SDK downloads
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npm @elastic/elasticsearch · PyPI elasticsearch
Pricing
| Free tier | — |
|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | — |
| Usage price | Serverless: Ingest as low as $0.14 per VCU per hour; Search as low as $0.09 per VCU per hour; Storage as low as $0.047 per GB retained per month |
| Good to know | Free trial available, no ongoing free tier. The standalone MCP server is deprecated in favor of the Agent Builder MCP endpoint (Elastic 9.2.0+ and Serverless). |
From the official pricing page, checked Oct 10, 2026. Prices change: confirm before you buy.
Use it from an agent
| MCP server | Official: https://github.com/elastic/mcp-server-elasticsearch |
|---|---|
| npm | npm install @elastic/elasticsearch |
| PyPI | pip install elasticsearch |
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