Elastic Launches Cross-Project Search to Unify Serverless Data Queries
Event summary
- Elastic Cloud Serverless now supports cross-project search (CPS), enabling queries across multiple serverless projects without moving data.
- CPS allows teams to query across regions, cloud providers, and project types while maintaining data isolation and compliance.
- The feature is generally available as of September 17, 2026, with support for up to 100 linked projects by default.
- Cross-cluster search (CCS), a similar capability in Elastic Cloud Hosted, is used by over 80% of large ECH customers.
- Acumen Cyber, a security engineering firm, highlights CPS's ease of configuration and ability to segregate customer data.
The big picture
Elastic's cross-project search addresses the growing need for unified data visibility in distributed cloud architectures. As organizations increasingly adopt multi-cloud and hybrid environments, the ability to query across projects without moving data becomes critical. This launch positions Elastic to compete more effectively in the cloud data management space, particularly against vendors offering single-cloud solutions or requiring complex federated query setups.
What we're watching
- Adoption Pace
- The pace at which enterprises adopt CPS to unify serverless data queries across distributed architectures.
- Competitive Response
- How competitors in the cloud data management space respond to Elastic's CPS feature.
- Operational Efficiency
- Whether CPS can significantly reduce the operational overhead of managing distributed data environments.
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