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
51. Evernote: student discount
52. Linear: student plan
53. ClickUp: free Education plan
54. Asana: student access
55. Airtable: free Education workspace
56. Loom: free Education plan
Full access to Notion's features
Communication
57. Zoom: free Education plan via university
58. Slack: free Education plan
I don't know who uses this, but so be it
Music & Media
59. Spotify: \~50% student discount
60. Apple Music: student discount
61. YouTube Premium: student discount
A very affordable YouTube Premium subscription
Deals & Marketplaces
62. Amazon Prime: 6 months free
63. Apple Education Pricing: discounts on Mac & iPad
64. Samsung Student Store: device discounts
65. UNiDAYS: discounts at 1000+ brands
66. Student Beans: student discounts worldwide
Big discounts on Apple products for students
AI Tools
67. Perplexity Pro: student discount
68. Google Gemini: via Google One Education
69. OpenAI API Credits: via partner student programs
One of the best AI tools, almost free
Payments & DevOps
70. Stripe: no fees on first $1,000 via GitHub Pack
71. Nvidia: student resources & credits
72. Intel Developer Zone: free access
This is just a short list of what students can get for free.
You save over $10,000 a year on all of this.
You don't have to be a student. You might have a friend who can give you access, or if you are a student, you can resell all these subscriptions at a lower price and make some money.