Elastic Cloud
The Elastic Cloud is the recommended option for both development and production. You can sign up for a free 14-day trial at https://cloud.elastic.co.
If you just signed up for an Elastic Cloud trial account, you will be asked to create a Serverless project or a deployment as part of your onboarding.
If you need to create a new fully managed project on a paid account, follow these instructions:
Navigate to your Elastic Cloud home page.
Click Create project.
Select your project type: Elasticsearch
Enter a name for your fully managed Elasticsearch project.
Select your project configuration.
Select your preferred cloud provider and region.
Click Create project.
If you need to create a new deployment on a paid account, follow these instructions:
Navigate to your Elastic Cloud home page.
Click Create deployment.
Enter a name for your new deployment.
Select your preferred cloud provider and region.
Select your desired hardware profile and version, or use the suggested defaults if unsure.
Click Create deployment.
To learn how to find your Cloud ID and create an API key, check out this tutorial.