# Entitlements

Entitlements control the availability of certain features dependent on the current plan. Entitlements are managed at the **instance** level.

Some definitions:

- `Plan`: A plan is a tier of features. Examples: `oss`, `cloud:team`, `self-hosted:enterprise`.
- `Entitlement`: An entitlement is a feature that is available to a instance. Examples: `search-contexts`, `billing`.
