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Commitments and Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
Cloud Hosting Commitments
The table below reflects the Company’s future minimum purchase obligations relating to non-cancelable agreements for cloud hosting as of April 30, 2025 (in thousands):
Years Ending April 30,Purchase Obligations
2026$219,170 
2027213,776 
2028141,033 
2029130,000 
2030108,333 
Total$812,312 
Actual timing may vary depending on services used and total payments under these capacity commitments may be higher than the total minimum depending on services used.
Other Purchase Commitments
The Company has future purchase obligations related to general corporate services, subscription software, and sales and marketing contracts. As of April 30, 2025, the Company had purchase commitments of $73.2 million related to these contracts, primarily due within the next twelve months.
Letters of Credit
The Company had a total of $2.9 million in letters of credit outstanding in favor of certain landlords for office space as of April 30, 2025.
Legal Matters
From time to time, the Company has become involved in claims and other legal matters arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company investigates these claims as they arise. Although claims are inherently unpredictable, the Company is currently not aware of any matters that, if determined adversely to the Company, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
On February 11, 2025, an alleged shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against the Company and one of its executive officers, Ashutosh Kulkarni, as well as a former executive officer of the Company, Janesh Moorjani, on behalf of a putative class of shareholders of the Company who purchased or otherwise acquired the Company’s ordinary shares during the period from May 31, 2024 to August 29, 2024. The complaint, captioned “In re Elastic N.V. Securities Litigation” alleges that the defendants made materially false and misleading statements and omitted material information about the Company’s business and financial results during the foregoing period in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Exchange Act Rule 10b-5, which allegedly resulted in artificially inflated prices of the Company’s shares. The complaint states that plaintiffs seek damages and attorneys’ fees and costs. The Company intends to defend this case vigorously. At this early state of the proceedings, the Company can neither predict the ultimate outcome of the litigation nor estimate any range of possible losses.
The Company accrues estimates for resolution of legal and other contingencies when losses are probable and reasonably estimable.
Indemnification
The Company enters into indemnification provisions under its agreements with other companies in the ordinary course of business, including business partners, landlords, contractors and parties performing its research and development. Pursuant to these arrangements, the Company agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and reimburse the indemnified party for certain losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party as a result of the Company’s activities. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these agreements is not determinable. The Company to date has not incurred costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements. As a result, the Company believes the fair value of these agreements is not material. The Company maintains commercial general liability insurance and product liability insurance to offset certain of the Company’s potential liabilities under these indemnification provisions.
In addition, the Company indemnifies its officers, directors and certain key employees against certain liabilities that may arise as a result of their affiliation with the Company. To date, there have been no claims under any indemnification provisions.
Gain Contingencies
From time to time the Company may realize a gain contingency, although recognition will not occur until cash is received or the gain is deemed as realizable. In connection with a favorable settlement of a legal claim, the Company recognized a gain of $0.4 million and $10.4 million included in other income, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the years ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.