[Elastic Managed LLMs](kibana://reference/connectors-kibana/elastic-managed-llm.md) are available in {{kib}} deployments and serverless projects with an appropriate [subscription or feature tier](https://www.elastic.co/pricing). They provide immediate access to generative AI features without requiring any setup or external model integration.  

Elastic Managed LLMs are available out-of-the box. They do not require manual configuration or API key management. Alternatively, you can configure and use third-party LLM connectors, such as OpenAI, Azure, or Amazon Bedrock.

To learn more about security and data privacy, refer to [Elastic Managed LLMs](kibana://reference/connectors-kibana/elastic-managed-llm.md) which provides details on the models.

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Using Elastic Managed LLMs incurs additional costs. Refer to [{{ecloud}} pricing](https://www.elastic.co/pricing/serverless-search) for more information.
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