Elastic has announced the availability of Elastic Workplace Search on Elastic Cloud, offering unprecedented deployment flexibility across major cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, and soon Azure. This allows users to choose their preferred cloud infrastructure, avoiding vendor lock-in and enabling them to leverage existing cloud agreements. Elastic Workplace Search, built on Elasticsearch, provides high performance and speed with low latency due to its global availability in 37 regions, ensuring efficient internal search capabilities. The deployment is simplified through Elastic Cloud’s management tools, offering easy scaling and resource-based pricing, which charges only for consumed resources, freeing users from traditional licensing models. Users can quickly initiate a free trial and expand their deployment without significant upfront investments.