Back to School 2026 — Free Tools for Students

Starting a new semester? Grab these free developer tools, cloud credits, and professional software before classes begin. All verified and available for students with a .edu email.

81 deals available

$25/year

.tech Domains

Free .tech domain for 1 year via GitHub Education

🛠 DevStudents

$120/year

Adafruit

Free Adafruit IO+ for 1 year — IoT platform

🛠 DevStudents

60% off ($240/year savings)

Adobe Creative Cloud

60% student discount on all apps

🎨 DesignStudents

$80 value

Arduino

6 months Arduino Create Maker plan + hardware discounts

🛠 DevStudents

$120/year

Astah

1 year professional UML diagramming license

🛠 DevStudents

$150 value

Astra Security

6 months website security suite

🛠 DevStudents

$1,775+/year

Autodesk Education

Free access to AutoCAD, Maya, Fusion 360 & more

🎨 DesignStudents

$300/year

Axure RP

Free educational license for Axure RP

🎨 DesignStudents

$180/year

Bitbucket

Free academic license with unlimited private repos

🛠 DevStudents

$60 license

Bootstrap Studio

Free student license for responsive web design

🛠 DevStudents

$588/year

BrowserStack

Free Automate plan for 1 year via GitHub Education

🛠 DevStudents

$120/year

Canva for Education

Free Canva Pro for students and teachers

🎨 DesignStudents

$600+/year

Chaos V-Ray

Free student license for V-Ray rendering

🎨 DesignStudents

$120/year

Codecov

Free code coverage for public & private repos

🛠 DevStudentsOpen Source

$150/year

CodeScene

Free code analysis tool via GitHub Education

🛠 DevStudents

$500/year

Comet ML

Free ML experiment tracking for students & researchers

🤖 AIStudentsOpen Source

$100/year

ConfigCat

Free feature flag management for students

🛠 DevStudents

$120/year

Coveralls

Free unlimited code coverage for private repos

🛠 DevStudents

$480/year

Crowdin

Free Bronze plan for 12 months — localization platform

🛠 DevStudents

$1,900+/year

Datadog

Pro account + 10 servers for students

🛠 DevStudents

$229/year

DataGrip

Free database IDE for students

🛠 DevStudents

$180/year

DeepScan

6 months premium code analysis

🛠 DevStudents

$200+ credits

DigitalOcean

Free cloud credits via GitHub Education

🌐 CloudStudentsStartups

$60/year

Docker

Free Docker Pro for students & OSS

🛠 DevStudentsOpen Source

$500/year

Enscape

Free educational license for real-time 3D rendering

🎨 DesignStudents

50% off ($198/year savings)

Envato Elements

50% off unlimited creative assets for students

🎨 DesignStudents

$120/year

EverSQL

6 months SQL optimization for students

🛠 DevStudents

$144/year

Figma

Free Professional plan for students

🎨 DesignStudents

$100/year

GitHub Copilot

Free AI pair programming for students

🤖 AIStudentsOpen Source

$200+/year

GitHub Student Developer Pack

Free access to 100+ developer tools

🛠 DevStudentsOpen Source

$108/year

GitKraken

Free Pro suite for students

🛠 DevStudents

$1,188/year

GitLab for Education

Free Ultimate plan for students

🛠 DevStudents

$150 (6 months)

Gitpod

Free cloud IDE plan for students

🛠 DevStudents

$2,000+ credits

Google Cloud AI

AI/ML credits via Google Cloud programs

🤖 AIStartupsStudents

40% off

Grammarly

Discounted Premium for students

🤖 AIStudents

$12,000+/year

Gurobi

Free academic license for optimization solver

🛠 DevStudents

$156 credits

Heroku

Platform credits via GitHub Education

🌐 CloudStudents

$348/year

Honeybadger

Free Small plan for 1 year — error monitoring

🛠 DevStudents

$90 (3 months)

Icons8

3 months free access to icons, photos & illustrations

🎨 DesignStudents

$144/year

Iconscout

1 year free access to 6M+ design assets

🎨 DesignStudents

$649/year

JetBrains

All pro IDEs free for students & educators

🛠 DevStudentsOpen Source

$300/year

Kodika.io

6 months unlimited Pro plan for iOS development

🛠 DevStudents

$180/year

LambdaTest

Free 1-year Live plan for cross-browser testing

🛠 DevStudents

$200/year

LingoHub

Professional plan with 10K text segments

🛠 DevStudents

$1,500+/year

Lumion

Free educational license for 3D rendering

🎨 DesignStudents

$420/year

Mailgun

12 months free with 20,000 emails/month via GitHub Education

🛠 DevStudents

$500+ credits

Mapbox

5 GB storage for student map projects

🛠 DevStudents

$100 credits

Microsoft Azure for Students

$100 Azure credits without credit card

🌐 CloudStudents

$200+ credits

MongoDB Atlas

Free credits + MongoDB University for students

🛠 DevStudentsOpen Source

$30/year

Name.com

Free domain + Advanced Security SSL for 1 year

🛠 DevStudents

$25/year

Namecheap

Free .me domain + SSL certificate for 1 year

🛠 DevStudents

$100/year

Neve WordPress Theme

1 year free agency WordPress theme

🎨 DesignStudents

$200/year

Perplexity Pro

1 year free Perplexity Pro for students

🤖 AIStudents

$180/year

POEditor

1 year premium localization platform

🛠 DevStudents

$108/year

Polypane

Free browser dev tool for 1 year via GitHub Education

🛠 DevStudents

$228/year

PopSQL

Free Premium SQL editor for students

🛠 DevStudents

$144/year

Postman

Free Basic plan for students

🛠 DevStudents

$156/year

ProtoPie

Free educational license for students

🎨 DesignStudents

$2,310/year

PTC Creo

Free download of professional CAD software

🎨 DesignStudents

$500+/year

Qt

Free educational license for cross-platform development

🛠 DevStudents

$60/year

Railway

Free hosting for open source projects

🌐 CloudOpen SourceStudents

$288/year

Raygun

Error and performance monitoring for students

🛠 DevStudents

80% off ($795 vs $995)

Rhino 3D

80% off educational license for 3D modeling

🎨 DesignStudents

$120/year

Semaphore

Free CI/CD account with 25% institutional discount

🛠 DevStudents

$300/year

Shapr3D

1 year free Business plan for 3D CAD modeling

🎨 DesignStudents

$120/year

Sketch

Free license for students

🎨 DesignStudents

$840/year

Tableau

Free 1-year Tableau Desktop license for students

🛠 DevStudents

50% off

TablePlus

50% off for students with valid .edu email

🛠 DevStudents

$144/year

Tabnine

Free AI code completion for students

🤖 AIStudents

$120/year

Termius

Free Premium SSH client for students

🛠 DevStudents

$69/year

Tower Git

Free Git client license for students

🛠 DevStudents

$200/year

Transloadit

10 GB Startup plan for file processing

🛠 DevStudentsStartups

$2,040/year

Unity Student

Free Unity Pro license for students

🛠 DevStudents

Free

Unreal Engine

Free game engine for students

🛠 DevStudentsOpen Source

$600/year

Vaadin

Free Pro subscription for Java web development

🛠 DevStudents

$120/year

Vertabelo

Free database design tool for students

🛠 DevStudents

$5,999/year

Visual Studio Enterprise

Free Enterprise IDE for students via Azure Dev Tools

🛠 DevStudents

$192/year

Webflow

Free CMS site plan for students

🎨 DesignStudents

Free for academics

Weights & Biases

Free ML experiment tracking for academics

🤖 AIStudentsOpen Source

$30 license

Working Copy

Free Pro upgrade for iOS Git client

🛠 DevStudents

$150/year

Xojo

Free cross-platform IDE via GitHub Education

🛠 DevStudents

Frequently Asked Questions

What free tools should students get before the semester?

Start with the GitHub Student Developer Pack (100+ tools), JetBrains IDEs, Figma Pro, and cloud credits from AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Do I need a .edu email for student deals?

Most student programs require a .edu email or enrollment verification. Some use SheerID or ISIC cards as alternatives.

Can I keep these tools after graduating?

Most student licenses expire after graduation, but some like GitHub Pro and Notion offer transition plans. Cloud credits and one-time deals remain in your account.

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