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* Click "Save" at the top of the panel.


## Semi-automated Nightscout setup
## Nightscout as a paid SaaS (Software as a Service)

Fellow looper Martin Schiftan offered a semi-automated Nightscout setup for many years free of charge. As number of users increased so did cost and therefore he had to start asking a small fee starting October 2021 - starting at €4,17 per month.
While Nightscout is an free open source software which you can download yourself free of charge you need

**Benefits**
* You can install Nightscout with a few clicks and use it directly.
* Reduction of manual work as Martin tries to automate the administration.
* All settings can be made via a user-friendly web interface.
* The service includes an automated basal rate check using Autotune.
* The servers are located in Germany and Finland.
1. a cloud service provider to host your own nightscout instance

<https://ns.10be.de/en/index.html>
1. invest time to setup your nightscout instance and MongoDB and

An alternative would be <https://t1pal.com/> - starting at $11,99 per month.
1. operate your nightscout instance which can be as easy as updating from time to time the nightscout instance or much more complex if errors occur.

An alternative can be to pay for these SaaS services and get rid of these tasks.

Here you find a randomly ordered list of possible service providers.
We will not recommend any of them but we want to give new users a place to jump to their web site and inform themself!

| [![ns.10be.de](../images/ns.10be.de-logo_halb_klein.jpg)](https://ns.10be.de/en/index.html) | [![T1Pal](../images/t1_pal_bear_bw.png)](https://t1pal.com/) |
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