# License violation message

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/license-violation-message/5907>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [July 9, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/license-violation-message/5907 "2018-07-09T14:26:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![jochen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jochen/32/8_2.png) [@jochen](https://community.graylog.org/u/jochen)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/license-violation-message/5907/2 "2018-07-09T14:34:49Z")

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> [@Graylog License](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-license/5383):
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> I’ve done some searching through the forums here and I couldn’t find out an answer to how licensing works. The [pricing](https://www.graylog.org/pricing) page is vague at best, stating “Graylog Enterprise is Free for Under 5 GB/day.” 5GB/day of what? Indexing I assume, but how is that measured when ElasticSearch is our indexing back-end. When do we need to pay to use graylog? If we stick with the open source version, what is the advantage of paying? Is it only for support? If I am indexing 100GB/day and don’t want support or oth…

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