# Submit a free plan
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [9 Octubre, 2017 15:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690 "2017-10-09T15:31:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@romano97002](https://meta.discourse.org/u/romano97002)
#### Post date: [12 Octubre, 2017 13:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/24 "2017-10-12T13:18:34Z")
Hello and thank you for having answered me,
I will ask a friend or a relative to set up Discourse for me because the facility has complex area unfortunately.
I’ll let you know.
I would nevertheless have a question:
Once you have installed Discourse, is it easy to set up and moderate your community?
Could I also have a screen of the administration interface to see what it looks like?
Thank you in advance for your answer.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [12 Octubre, 2017 13:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/25 "2017-10-12T13:54:22Z")
> [@romano97002](#):
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> Once you have installed Discourse, is it easy to set up and moderate your community?
One of the easiest I’ve come across. There isn’t a slew of pages/navigation to jump through (_cough_ vBulletin _cough_), everything is neatly aligned and tucked away where you’d expect to find it. Dealing with Flags isn’t a time consuming task, same with Needs Approval Posts and Akismet.
> [@romano97002](#):
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> Could I also have a screen of the administration interface to see what it looks like?
Here you go
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### Author:  [@romano97002](https://meta.discourse.org/u/romano97002)
#### Post date: [15 Octubre, 2017 17:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/26 "2017-10-15T17:52:54Z")
Good evening and thank you for having answered me,
Okay.
Thanks a lot for the screens.
1. I have an idea in order to be able to propose a free plan proposing the hosting and the creation of its forum Discourse:
I suggest adding some ads on the forums having the free plan. People who would use Adblock, would see a message asking them to disable Adblock in order to access the forum. As long as they do not, they will not be able to access the forum.
Thus, this advertising could finance part of the work and allow you to propose a free plan with accommodation.
What do you think ?
1. Are there any free cloud services?
Thank you in advance for your answer.
Good night.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [15 Octubre, 2017 18:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/27 "2017-10-15T18:11:07Z")
> [@romano97002](#):
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> Una vez que hayas instalado Discourse, ¿es fácil configurar y moderar tu comunidad?
Podemos apoyarte a través del canal #Community Building aquí en meta si tienes preguntas sobre moderación.
> [@romano97002](#):
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> ¿Qué opinas?
No hay una hoja de ruta para un plan gratuito y no veo que esto vaya a cambiar. El problema no es monetizarlo, sino el tiempo y el esfuerzo que requiere el mantenimiento. Te hemos ofrecido todas las soluciones que hemos podido en este sentido y no creo que podamos ayudarte más.
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### Author:  [@Noah751](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noah751)
#### Post date: [15 Octubre, 2017 18:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/28 "2017-10-15T18:15:40Z")
People serve ads on their forum even when they’re paying for it, there is no free cloud services that use discourse as it requires lots of resources, as discourse takes alot to develop the developers need 💰 for more expansion. I’ll suggest you use phpbb or mybb as they’re free and there are alot of free services that use them!
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [15 Octubre, 2017 18:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/29 "2017-10-15T18:36:57Z")
> [@romano97002](#):
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> Thus, this advertising could finance part of the work and allow you to propose a free plan with accommodation.
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> What do you think ?
I think that if you want to you can go ahead and start that service!
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### Author:  [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)
#### Post date: [16 Octubre, 2017 03:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/30 "2017-10-16T03:13:14Z")
> [@romano97002](#):
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> What do you think ?
The discourse platform is about building quality discussions and communities against the backdrop of the modern internet.
Ads (along with signatures and so on) don’t add to discussion, so they are unlikely to make it into a roadmap anytime soon. There are free and ad supported forums abound on the internet, if free is your main need, Discourse is probably not the platform for you at this time.
I will say this much, paying for hosting is the easiest part of founding and growing a community in anything but outlier cases.
For 1-2 people, I’d suggest slack.
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### Author:  [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)
#### Post date: [16 Octubre, 2017 16:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/31 "2017-10-16T16:16:54Z")
> [@romano97002](#):
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> I suggest adding some ads on the forums having the free plan. (…)
> Thus, this advertising could finance part of the work and allow you to propose a free plan with accommodation
If you think that running ads on a forum can finance the costs of your hosting, why don’t you do that yourself? Why are you proposing that your hosting provider does this for you?
Just get paid hosting and pay for the hosting costs with your advertising revenue.
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### Author:  [@romano97002](https://meta.discourse.org/u/romano97002)
#### Post date: [19 Octubre, 2017 18:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/32 "2017-10-19T18:14:02Z")
Good evening and thank you for having answered me,
Okay.
I was able to install Discourse in local thanks to the site [bitnami.com](http://bitnami.com)
I’m currently testing Discourse.
I would nevertheless have a question:
How do you view the description of a link like this message:
> [@Submit a free plan](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/5):
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> Answered here What if none of these plans fit my budget? Good news! Discourse is, and will always be, 100% free and open source software. You can install it yourself on your own server, or for a flat one-time fee of $99, the community can install Discourse in the cloud for you. Please note that a $10/month hosting fee is still payable to the cloud provider (Digital Ocean), and that this option is completely self-support after the initial install. Click here to purchase a self-supported com…
Is it thanks to a plugin installed on this forum?
Thank you in advance for your answer and your help.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [19 Octubre, 2017 20:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/33 "2017-10-19T20:50:26Z")
bitnami installs Discourse in a way that is not supported. You probably cannot upgrade. You almost certainly cannot install a plugin.
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### Author:  [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)
#### Post date: [20 Octubre, 2017 02:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/34 "2017-10-20T02:25:01Z")
You are seeing a OneBox of the link. Some sites support it, other sites don’t. Depends on the site of the link.
And @pfaffman is right, try to get out of Bitnami. I went down the same road before. It is a very old version.
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### Author:  [@romano97002](https://meta.discourse.org/u/romano97002)
#### Post date: [31 Octubre, 2017 14:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/35 "2017-10-31T14:23:13Z")
Hello and thank you for answering me,
Okay.
Finally I tried to post another link and it worked.
Thank you for informing me.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [17 Diciembre, 2019 14:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/36 "2019-12-17T14:56:45Z")
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [17 Diciembre, 2019 20:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690/37 "2019-12-17T20:28:07Z")
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