diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/artifacts.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/artifacts.yml
index 7aacd8ad84d07..62b54b86a7c9b 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/artifacts.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/artifacts.yml
@@ -135,6 +135,32 @@ steps:
         - exit_status: '*'
           limit: 1
 
+  - command: KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE=8192 .buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/cloud.sh
+    label: 'Cloud Deployment - 8GB Kibana Node'
+    soft_fail:
+      - exit_status: 255
+      - exit_status: -1
+    agents:
+      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2404
+      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
+      provider: gcp
+      machineType: n2-standard-2
+    timeout_in_minutes: 60
+    if: "build.env('RELEASE_BUILD') == null || build.env('RELEASE_BUILD') == '' || build.env('RELEASE_BUILD') == 'false'"
+    retry:
+      automatic:
+        # Timeout and graceful shutdown | ecctl deployment create falure
+        - exit_status: 255
+          limit: 0
+
+        # Timeout and forced shutdown
+        - exit_status: '-1'
+          limit: 0
+
+        # Test failures
+        - exit_status: '*'
+          limit: 1
+
   - wait
 
   - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/publish.sh
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/cloud.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/cloud.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a9995013ec157..337065798fbed
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/cloud.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/artifacts/cloud.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ if [[ "${DRY_RUN:-}" =~ ^(true|1)$ ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE=${KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE:-2048}
+case "$KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE" in
+  1024|2048|4096|8192)
+    echo "--- Kibana node memory size: ${KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE}MB"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Error: KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE must be one of: 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192. Got: $KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
 echo "--- Push docker image"
 mkdir -p target
 
@@ -32,7 +43,13 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "--- Create deployment"
-CLOUD_DEPLOYMENT_NAME="kibana-artifacts-$TAG"
+BASE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME="kibana-artifacts"
+
+if [[ $KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE -ne 2048 ]]; then
+  CLOUD_DEPLOYMENT_NAME="$BASE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME-${KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE}mb-$TAG"
+else
+  CLOUD_DEPLOYMENT_NAME="$BASE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME-$TAG"
+fi
 
 LOGS=$(mktemp --suffix ".json")
 DEPLOYMENT_SPEC=$(mktemp --suffix ".json")
@@ -43,7 +60,8 @@ jq '
   .resources.kibana[0].plan.kibana.version = "'$FULL_VERSION'" |
   .resources.elasticsearch[0].plan.elasticsearch.version = "'$FULL_VERSION'" |
   .resources.enterprise_search[0].plan.enterprise_search.version = "'$FULL_VERSION'" |
-  .resources.integrations_server[0].plan.integrations_server.version = "'$FULL_VERSION'"
+  .resources.integrations_server[0].plan.integrations_server.version = "'$FULL_VERSION'" |
+  .resources.kibana[0].plan.cluster_topology[0].size.value = '$KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE'
   ' .buildkite/scripts/steps/cloud/deploy.json > "$DEPLOYMENT_SPEC"
 
 function shutdown {
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/cloud/build_and_deploy.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/cloud/build_and_deploy.sh
index 6b9dc143d8230..20a04d34f6441 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/cloud/build_and_deploy.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/cloud/build_and_deploy.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ export KBN_NP_PLUGINS_BUILT=true
 VERSION="$(jq -r '.version' package.json)-SNAPSHOT"
 ECCTL_LOGS=$(mktemp --suffix ".json")
 
+KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE=${KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE:-2048}
+case "$KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE" in
+  1024|2048|4096|8192)
+    echo "--- Kibana node memory size: ${KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE}MB"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Error: KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE must be one of: 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192. Got: $KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
 echo "--- Download Kibana Distribution"
 
 mkdir -p ./target
@@ -77,7 +88,8 @@ if [ -z "${CLOUD_DEPLOYMENT_ID}" ] || [ "${CLOUD_DEPLOYMENT_ID}" = 'null' ]; the
     .resources.kibana[0].plan.kibana.version = "'$VERSION'" |
     .resources.elasticsearch[0].plan.elasticsearch.version = "'$VERSION'" |
     .resources.enterprise_search[0].plan.enterprise_search.version = "'$VERSION'" |
-    .resources.integrations_server[0].plan.integrations_server.version = "'$VERSION'"
+    .resources.integrations_server[0].plan.integrations_server.version = "'$VERSION'" |
+    .resources.kibana[0].plan.cluster_topology[0].size.value = '$KIBANA_MEMORY_SIZE'
     ' .buildkite/scripts/steps/cloud/deploy.json > /tmp/deploy.json
 
   echo "Creating deployment..."
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/cloud/deploy.json b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/cloud/deploy.json
index 33ce6b752ad9d..19954f5a2de6b 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/cloud/deploy.json
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/cloud/deploy.json
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
               "instance_configuration_id": "gcp.kibana.n2.68x32x45",
               "zone_count": 1,
               "size": {
-                "value": 2048,
+                "value": null,
                 "resource": "memory"
               }
             }