# Free trial

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Your **60-day free trial** starts as soon as you [create an account](https://www.infobip.com/docs/essentials/getting-started/create-an-account). A countdown displays how many days remain in your trial.

After the free trial ends, you cannot send traffic or use any remaining free units unless you [upgrade to a paying account](https://www.infobip.com/docs/essentials/getting-started/paying-account). Adding funds to your account during the trial **automatically transitions** your account from free trial to a paid plan.

To remove trial limitations and send messages without restrictions, **add a payment** to your account balance. The account balance functions as a prepaid wallet for numbers and message traffic. Any unused free units remain available after you add funds.

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## Products included in the free trial [#products-included]

When you start your free trial, you can use the following products for testing:

- **Channels** that you selected
- [People](https://www.infobip.com/docs/people)
- [Broadcast](https://www.infobip.com/docs/broadcast)

To use Infobip's customer engagement solutions, refer to the [Products](https://www.infobip.com/docs/essentials/getting-started/products) page.

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## Free trial limitations

The free trial includes the following limitations:

- **Trial duration**: 60 days from account creation.
- **Message limits**: Up to 100 messages per channel to your verified number (varies by channel).
- **Recipient restrictions**: You can only send messages to the phone number and email addresses verified during sign-up. Phone number verification is limited to **1 number** for free trial accounts.
- **Test sender only**: You must use a predefined Infobip test sender. The test sender is a shared number or alphanumeric identifier (for example, `InfoSMS`, `ServiceSMS`, `DemoCompany`, or a number like `447xxxxxx`) that varies by location and channel. The test sender is removed once you reach the free message limit for a channel.
- **Sender limitations**: The verified number and email addresses are recipients only, not senders. You can only send test messages from the test sender to verified recipients.

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## Add more channels

You can add additional channels to your trial account at any time.

1. Select **+ Add channel**.
2. If the channel you want is listed, select it and click **Add channel**.
3. If the channel is not listed, select **Contact us**.
4. You will be redirected to the **Available channels** tab.
5. Find the channel you want to add and select **Request channel**, either from the channel tab or from the upper-right corner of the page.
6. Complete the request form and select **Submit request**.

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