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uPortal, unlike our competitors, is 100% free open source software managed by Jasig. Our community has access to all releases of the uPortal software with absolutely no costs. uPortal continuously evolves through contributions from its global community and is supported by resources, grants, donations, and membership fees from academic institutions, commercial affiliates, and non-profit foundations. For more information, see <link to real open source>
Higher Education Focus
uPortal is built by the higher education community making the software stand out as the leading enterprise portal framework for higher education. Because uPortal's design considers the unique and often complex use cases of the academic institution, uPortal continues to be a widely used open source portal solution with numerous successful deployments.
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You can also take advantage of paid support, custom development and training available through commercial partnerssolution providers. For more resource and support information, see <link to community> and <link to solution partners>.