Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud has introduced a new pricing model aimed at reducing costs and increasing transparency and flexibility for its users. Starting at $16.40 per month, the revised pricing is significantly lower than the previous $45, making it easier for users to adopt the service. The new model separates charges for data transfer, snapshot storage, and deployment costs, offering a more straightforward, linear pricing structure that scales with the size and number of availability zones. A new free allowance includes 1 GB Kibana and machine learning instances, alongside a certain amount of free snapshot storage and data transfer, to help users start without incurring extra costs. Existing Standard monthly customers will automatically benefit from the new reduced pricing, while annual customers will continue to receive credits based on their agreements. The changes also provide more transparency regarding the underlying cloud resources used in deployments, allowing users to choose specific instance configurations on AWS and Google Cloud Platform.