firedac not available in rad studio - delphi

i have downloaded the rad studio from the following link:
https://www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/start-for-free
now my problem is that i want to set up a mysql connection via firedac, tutorials say that i must use the TFDConnection component, but i cannot find that in my tool pallet. i think my studio version does not support firedac.
how do i get firedac available in my rad studio?

Just in case this could help some people, i had a similar problem : no fireDAC available, even after activating architect trial licence.
The problem was i had 2 coexisting RAD studio versions : i installed RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo starter and then RAD Studio 10.1 Berlin Architect Trial.
Though there were 2 distinct licences, it seems the 10.1 only accessed the tools supplied with the starter edition.
Uninstalling both and reinstalling only 10.1 Architect Trial solved the problem.

Firedac is only available in the Architect, Enterprise and Professional versions
https://www.embarcadero.com/docs/rad-studio-feature-matrix.pdf
See page 17

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http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36824
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