In September 2017, Elastic announced the general availability of its Elasticsearch product on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), expanding its hosting options in four regions: US West (Oregon), US Central (Iowa), Europe (Belgium), and Europe (Frankfurt). This partnership combines Google's prominence in internet search with Elastic's popular open-source, distributed search engine, enabling users to deploy, manage, and scale Elasticsearch clusters on GCP efficiently. Elastic Cloud on GCP differentiates itself with unique features such as X-Pack, technical support from Elastic engineers, one-click upgrades, 30-minute snapshots, and custom plugin support. The subscription starts at $45 per month, with options to upgrade to premium plans, and Elastic plans to further expand into more GCP regions and enhance its offerings.