# Evaluating Entreprise plugins with Free Trial

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/evaluating-entreprise-plugins-with-free-trial/11808>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** kong-gateway\
**Created:** [August 22, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/evaluating-entreprise-plugins-with-free-trial/11808 "2023-08-22T08:06:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/evaluating-entreprise-plugins-with-free-trial/11808/1 "2023-08-22T08:06:39Z")

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Hello

For internal evaluation, I am trying to prototype a setup of a self-hosted Kong Gateway, which will also use several enterprise plugins.  
For that, I subscribed to the Free Trial, which is only valid for 14 days.  
I hoped that I could get hold on a temporary license key that I could use in my local prototype, running entirely on ‘kind’. I thought this license key can enable enterprise plugins on my local Manager.

For now on, I just assumed this was possible, but now I am having doubts after scouring the official documentation, testing a few local calls to the admin API that did not work and scouring this Forum. I may have missed out what the “free trial” provides.

Is that actually possible to succeed in my goals ? If so, how can I do ?

Thanks a lot for any pointers.