In an effort to reduce data transfer and storage (DTS) costs for Elastic Cloud users, new features introduced in version 7.15.0 aim to make billing more predictable by minimizing network traffic through data compression and the use of snapshot storage. These enhancements, enabled by default, are particularly beneficial for users with heavy-indexing needs, as they address the previously unpredictable DTS consumption aspect of billing. The updates include compressing inter-node indexing traffic with the lz4 algorithm and utilizing snapshot storage for data relocation and recovery, significantly lowering inter-node data transfer by over 70%. Elastic Cloud's pricing model is based on three dimensions: deployment capacity, data transfer, and storage, with the largest portion of costs typically attributed to inter-node traffic. The new features, available to all subscription levels, promise substantial savings for large deployments and are designed to enhance performance while reducing costs.