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 - [Take5 – get 5 free nodes of Portainer Business for as long as you want them](https://portainer.io/pricing/take5)
 - [Portainer BE install guide](https://install.portainer.io)
 
-## Demo
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-You can try out the public demo instance: http://demo.portainer.io/ (login with the username **admin** and the password **tryportainer**).
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-Please note that the public demo cluster is **reset every 15min**.
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 ## Latest Version
 
 Portainer CE is updated regularly. We aim to do an update release every couple of months.