A curated list of discounts and free programs for student developers — focused on AI and vibe coding tools.
Last updated: 2026-08-06
- Vibe Coding & AI App Builders
- AI Coding Tools
- AI Assistants & Education Plans
- Developer Tools
- Cloud
- Collaboration
- Design
- Productivity
- Contributing
Legend: 🎓 requires student/academic verification · 🆓 free for everyone
- 🎓 Replit Student Discount - 50% off the Replit Core plan ($10/month) for students, including full AI credits for Replit Agent to build and deploy apps from natural language. Verify with a .edu email.
- 🎓 Lovable for Students - 50% off the Lovable Pro plan ($12.50/month) for up to 12 months. Available to students at accredited universities worldwide; verify with a university email or student ID. Must be activated from the Free plan and cannot be reactivated once cancelled.
- 🎓 Bolt.new Education Discount - 50% off Bolt Pro for university and higher-education students (teachers get Pro for free). Verify via SheerID to receive a coupon code; K-12 is not eligible.
- 🎓 v0 for Students (Vercel) - 1 year of v0 Premium for free — Vercel's AI app builder that generates full-stack apps from prompts. Limited to partner schools (Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Waterloo, and more); sign up with a school email.
- 🆓 GitHub Copilot Free - AI coding assistant from GitHub. The free plan includes 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month; students verified through the GitHub Student Developer Pack get GitHub Copilot Pro for free.
- 🆓 Cursor Free Plan - AI-powered code editor based on VS Code. The free plan includes 50 premium AI requests per month and multi-file editing in a familiar environment.
- 🎓 Zed Education - 1 year of Zed Pro for free for university students aged 18+, including $10/month in AI token credits and unlimited edit predictions. Requires a GitHub account at least 30 days old and a university email; converts to the Free plan after 1 year.
- 🎓 OpenAI Codex Student Credits - $100 worth (2,500 credits) of ChatGPT credits usable with Codex, OpenAI's coding agent. Valid for 12 months after issue, one per person. Available to degree-seeking university students in the US and Canada; verify via SheerID.
- 🎓 Kiro for Students - AI coding assistant from AWS supporting code generation, debugging, and optimization, with strong AWS service integration. Students at verified schools receive 1,000 free credits per month for 1 year. Currently rolling out starting with 11 US universities; students at other schools can join the waitlist.
- 🆓 Continue.dev - Open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs. Connect your own API key to use a wide range of LLMs without limits — a good fit for students who want AI coding without recurring costs.
- 🎓 ChatGPT Edu - OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu is designed for universities and higher education institutions, offering students and faculty GPT-4o access, enterprise-grade security, higher message limits, and tools for data analysis, tutoring, and research. Institutions can deploy it campus-wide at an affordable price.
- 🎓 Claude for Education - Anthropic's Claude for Education provides a version of Claude specialized for higher education, including Learning mode for guided study, API credits for student projects, and partnerships with numerous universities. Institutions can contact Anthropic for campus-wide access.
- 🎓 Gemini for Students - Google offers eligible university students up to 12–15 months of Google One AI Premium (including Gemini Advanced) for free, with the latest models, 2TB of storage, NotebookLM Plus, and Deep Research. Student status is verified via SheerID.
- 🎓 Perplexity Education Pro - 50% off Perplexity Pro ($10/month) for university students, faculty, and staff, including education features such as Learn Mode. Verify via SheerID.
- 🆓 Visual Studio Community - Free integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft, available to students, open-source contributors, and individual developers. The GitHub Student Developer Pack also includes 1 year of Visual Studio Enterprise for free.
- 🎓 JetBrains Free Educational Licenses - Free access to professional development tools such as IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and PhpStorm. Verify with a school email to receive a 1-year license, renewable for free while enrolled.
- 🎓 GitHub Student Developer Pack - Over $100,000 worth of developer tools and services for students, including GitHub Pro, GitHub Copilot, JetBrains IDEs, and Canva. Open to students aged 13 and up.
- 🎓 Unity Student Plan - Free access to the Unity Pro game development platform for students, including real-time rendering and multiplayer features.
- 🆓 Unreal Engine for Students - Epic Games' program allowing students to use Unreal Engine free of charge for educational purposes — learning game development, building projects, and creating interactive experiences.
- 🆓 Docker Desktop - Free for personal use, students, and small teams (fewer than 25 people). Supports container-based development environments and Docker Hub access.
- 🎓 AWS Educate - Resources and tools from Amazon Web Services for students and educators to learn cloud computing, including $100 in AWS credits, a Starter Account, learning paths, a job board, and AWS certification prep.
- 🎓 Microsoft Azure for Students - $100 credit and 12 months of free access to Azure services, including virtual machines, storage, and databases. Verify with a school email.
- 🎓 Google Cloud for Students - Free access to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resources for students: credits ($50–$300), free Qwiklabs hands-on labs, plus compute, storage, machine learning, and data analytics to explore and experiment with cloud technologies.
- 🎓 Atlassian for Education - Free access to Atlassian's development and collaboration suite — Jira, Confluence, Trello, and Bitbucket — for educational institutions. Students use these tools through their institution's license.
- 🎓 Adobe Creative Cloud for Students - 60% discount on the Creative Cloud suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and more) for students enrolled at accredited educational institutions.
- 🎓 Figma for Education - Free Figma Professional plan for students and teachers, with unlimited team projects and 3,000 monthly AI credits (usable with Figma Make). Figma and FigJam are design and collaboration tools used by professional designers and engineers.
- 🎓 Notion for Students and Educators - Free Plus plan for students and educators. Notion is an all-in-one productivity tool for note-taking, task management, and wikis. Sign up with a school email.
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