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 -  **Developer and DevOps friendly.** Extensive event logging and distributed tracing enables developers to monitor the sytem in real-time, simplifying troubleshooting and auditing. Extensions and integrations are facilitated by a flexible plug-in architecture.  
 
-We provide a fully managed deployment for testing, academic, and personal use. Sign up for a `FEDn Studio account <https://fedn.scaleoutsystems.com/signup>`__  and take the `Quickstart tutorial <https://fedn.readthedocs.io/en/stable/quickstart.html>`__ to get started with FEDn. 
+FEDn is free forever for academic and personal use / small projects. Sign up for a `FEDn Studio account <https://fedn.scaleoutsystems.com/signup>`__  and take the `Quickstart tutorial <https://fedn.readthedocs.io/en/stable/quickstart.html>`__ to get started with FEDn. 
 
 Features
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