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layout: docs
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page_title: Get started
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description: >-
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Understand the difference between HCP Boundary, Boundary Enterprise, and Boundary Community Edition to determine which is best for your needs.
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---
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⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> **Documentation Update:** Product documentation previously located in `/website` has moved to the [`hashicorp/web-unified-docs`](https://github.com/hashicorp/web-unified-docs) repository, where all product documentation is now centralized. Please make contributions directly to `web-unified-docs`, since changes to `/website` in this repository will not appear on developer.hashicorp.com.
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# Get started
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This section walks through how to get started with Boundary. You’ll learn how
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Boundary provides secure access to private endpoints.
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There are three options to get started with Boundary:
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- **HCP Boundary** is a managed offering of Boundary that streamlines deployment and operations.
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HCP Boundary allows users to run their own
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worker proxies, preventing exposure of your network to HashiCorp or clients.
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HCP Boundary has features that are not available in the Community Edition of the product, as well as support.
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It has full feature-parity with Boundary Enterprise.
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Review the [Get
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started with HCP Boundary](/boundary/docs/getting-started/deploy-and-login) section to
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learn more.
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- **Boundary Enterprise** is a customer-hosted offering of Boundary with Enterprise support.
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It has full feature-parity with HCP Boundary.
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The Enterprise version is self-managed in your environment, making it the perfect choice for agencies that are not able to use SaaS products for compliance or regulatory reasons.
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The [Deploy Boundary](/boundary/docs/deploy/self-managed) section can help you build a self-managed production environment using Boundary Enterprise.
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- **Boundary Community Edition** is a free distribution of Boundary that users can run
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in their own environments. The [Dev Mode quick start](/boundary/docs/getting-started/dev-mode) section discusses running Boundary
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in Dev mode on your local machine, allowing you to get started with the Community Edition distribution quickly.
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We recommend you use the Boundary model that best meets your intended use case.
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If you’re not sure what’s best for you, we recommend reviewing the [Getting
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started with HCP Boundary](/boundary/docs/getting-started/deploy-and-login) section.
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## Key concepts
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Before getting started with Boundary, it's important to understand a few key concepts.
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Please consult any of the following Boundary concepts pages to familiarize yourself with Boundary's architecture and terminology:
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- [Auditing](/boundary/docs/concepts/auditing)
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- [Identity and access management](/boundary/docs/concepts/iam)
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- [Credential management](/boundary/docs/concepts/credential-management)
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- [Workers](/boundary/docs/concepts/workers)
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- [Aliases](/boundary/docs/concepts/aliases)
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- [Transparent sessions](/boundary/docs/concepts/transparent-sessions)
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