Every student discount, credit, freebie and free tool — sorted by category and country.
| Offer | What you get | Verify via | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐ Figma Education | Pro features + FigJam, 1 yr renewable | School email / SheerID | figma.com/education |
| Miro Education | Free 2 yrs | School email | miro.com/education-whiteboard |
| Lucidchart / Lucidspark | Free | School email | lucidchart.com |
| Axure RP | Free 1 yr renewable | SheerID | axure.com/edu |
| Sketch | Free 1 yr (Mac only) | SheerID | sketch.com/education |
| Tableau Public Edition | Free (dataviz) | — | tableau.com/academic/students |
| Adobe Creative Cloud student | ~-60-70% first year | SheerID / school email | adobe.com |
| ⭐ Unity Student Plan | Unity Pro free + Odin Inspector + Synty assets | GitHub Pack / SheerID | unity.com/products/unity-student |
| ⭐ Autodesk Education | AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Maya, Revit, 3ds Max, Inventor… free 1 yr renewable | SheerID | autodesk.com/education |
| Ansys Student | Free simulation suite (Mechanical, CFD, Discovery…) | — | ansys.com/academic/students |
| SOLIDWORKS for Students | Design Standard free + CSWA/CSWP certs | School email | solidworks.com/product/students |
| Solid Edge Student | Free (Siemens) | — | solidedge.siemens.com |
| MATLAB Campus-Wide | Free if your campus has a license, else ~$119/yr | School email | mathworks.com |
| Maxon One (Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Redshift) | Near-free student license | SheerID | maxon.net |
| Offer | What you get | Limits | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐ Affinity (Designer/Photo/Publisher) | Full suite free for everyone (owned by Canva) | Fully free | affinity.serif.com |
| Unreal Engine | Full game engine | Free; royalties above revenue threshold | unrealengine.com |
| Blender | Full 3D suite | Fully free | blender.org |
| DaVinci Resolve | Pro video editing, full free version | Studio features locked | blackmagicdesign.com |
| Photopea | Online Photoshop-compatible editor | Free w/ ads | photopea.com |
| Canva free tier | Design tool (⚠️ Canva Education is K-12 only) | Free tier limits | canva.com |
| Godot Engine | Open-source game engine | Fully free | godotengine.org |
| Xcode / Swift Playgrounds | Apple dev tools | Fully free | developer.apple.com |
| Excalidraw / draw.io | Diagrams | Fully free | excalidraw.com · drawio.com |
| Krita / GIMP / Inkscape | Open-source painting, photo & vector editors | Fully free | see productivity.md |
⚠️ Canva Education is for primary/secondary schools only — university students should use Affinity (free) or Figma Education instead.