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title: zer0dev pricing
description: zer0dev is free for students; no paid tiers.
canonical: https://zer0dev.vercel.app/pricing.md
last-updated: 2026-09-18T07:27:28.814Z
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# zer0dev pricing

zer0dev is **free for students**. There are no paid plans, subscriptions, or per-report fees. This is not a company product — it is a tool built by Alejandro Loaiza (ale-cx) to help high school and college students govern IDE agent sessions.

## Who can use it

| Audience | Access | Cost |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Students | Sign in with a `.edu` school email | Free |
| Non-students (testing) | Contact the author on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zer0dev/) | Free by request |

New accounts need a school email that ends in .edu.

## What is included (no payment)

- Hosted boot, skills, and kernel law over HTTP
- Self-serve install keys (`zd_live_*`) after sign-in
- Audit Done Gate, telemetry, and optional MCP tools
- Student accounts use `/boot` as the sandbox/test entry (same host, no separate billing tier)

## What we do not sell

- No enterprise tier
- No usage-based billing
- No contact-sales flow

Machine-readable onboarding: https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/public/onboarding

Auth guide for agents: https://zer0dev.vercel.app/auth.md