title: @0x_kaize: Almost everything is free, and some offer crazy discounts. You can become a stud...
author: 0x_kaize
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published: 2026-03-13T18:40:35+00:00
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Almost everything is free, and some offer crazy discounts. You can become a student, study, and use
Almost everything is free, and some offer crazy discounts. You can become a student, study, and use all the services without even attending classes.
Absolutely everyone gets annoyed at having to pay subscription fees to use one service or another. No one wants to do it, but they have to.
More than $10,000 a year for that? That's crazy.
Here is the list.
The King of Subscriptions
1. GitHub Student Developer Pack is the undisputed king of student subscriptions:
One application
One verification
100+ tools unlocked
Every other student subscription saves you money on one thing. The GitHub Student Developer Pack builds your entire development environment for free.
GitHub student developer pack
Dev & IDEs
2. Cursor Pro: 1 year
3. Copilot: free via GitHub Education
4. JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm…)
5. JetBrains Space Pro: via GitHub
6. Replit Pro: via GitHub Pack
7. GitKraken: via GitHub Pack
8. Postman Student Expert
Cursor provides a free pro version for students
Cloud & Hosting
9. AWS Educate: free labs + credits
10. Microsoft Azure: $100 credits
11. Google Cloud: student credits
12. DigitalOcean: $200 credits via GitHub Pack
13. Oracle Cloud: free tier forever
14. Heroku: credits via GitHub Pack
15. Vercel Pro: via GitHub Pack
16. Netlify: via GitHub Pack
17. Railway: student discount
18. Cloudflare Pro: via GitHub Pack
Azure gives students $100 for storage
Databases
19. MongoDB Atlas: $50 credits + free certification
MongoDB provides students with $250 to use its databases
Design
20. Figma: free Education plan
21. Canva: free Pro via Education
22. Sketch: 50% discount
23. Autodesk (AutoCAD, Maya…): 1 year free
24. Miro: free Education plan
25. Blender: completely free
The King of Design offers students free access
Learning
26. Educative: 6 months free via GitHub Pack
27. LinkedIn Learning: free via university
28. Coursera: financial aid available
29. edX: free course audits
30. Udemy: free courses periodically
31. Pluralsight: student plan
32. IBM SkillsBuild: free
33. Meta Blueprint: free certifications
34. Microsoft Learn: free
35. Google Developer Student Clubs: free access
36. Hack The Box: student labs
37. TryHackMe: student plan
38. Kaggle: free
39. LeetCode: student discount
40. HackerRank: free certifications
41. Red Hat Developer: free subscription
42. SAP Learning Hub: student access
On Coursera, students can take many courses for free
Domains & SSL
43. Namecheap: free domain + SSL via GitHub Pack
44. Free .me domain: via GitHub Pack
45. Let's Encrypt: free SSL forever
Students can host their websites completely free of charge
Productivity
46. Notion: free Pro for students
47. Microsoft 365 Education: free
48. Grammarly EDU: via university
49. Obsidian: free for students
50. Todoist Pro: discount via Student Beans