Every student discount, credit, freebie and free tool — sorted by category and country.
Cloud credits, developer tools and permanent free tiers — the category where students spend money without realizing free alternatives exist.
| Offer | What you get | Verify via | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐ Microsoft Azure for Students | $100/yr credit, no credit card (18+) | School email / proof | azure.microsoft.com/free/students |
| Google Cloud Skills Boost | 200 lab/training credits on request | School email / faculty form | cloud.google.com/edu/students |
| AWS Student Rewards | 12 mo Skill Builder + up to $30 credits + cert voucher | AWS Builder ID + student status | builder.aws.com |
| AWS Educate | Free training/labs (⚠️ no cloud credits since 2023) | Email + student status | aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate |
| NordVPN / Surfshark / NordPass | -75 to -80% | Student Beans | nordvpn.com · surfshark.com |
| Offer | What you get | Limits | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐ Oracle Cloud Always Free | ARM VMs (4 cores/24 GB), 2 databases — free forever | Capacity-limited regions; no time limit | oracle.com/cloud/free |
| AWS / GCP Free Tier | 12-month free tiers + always-free products | Usage caps per service; card required | aws.amazon.com/free · cloud.google.com/free |
| Docker Desktop | Free for personal/education use | Free under revenue/size limits | docker.com |
| Postman | Free plan | 3 users max on free plan | postman.com |
| Need | Service | Free tier limits | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontend hosting | Vercel Hobby · Netlify · Cloudflare Pages | Non-commercial use (Vercel) · 100 GB bandwidth · unlimited sites (CF) | vercel.com · netlify.com · pages.cloudflare.com |
| Serverless / edge | Cloudflare Workers · Deno Deploy | 100K req/day · free tier limits | workers.cloudflare.com · deno.com/deploy |
| Backend hosting | Render · Fly.io · Koyeb | Sleeps after idle · small allowance · 1 free service | render.com · fly.io · koyeb.com |
| Postgres | Supabase · Neon | 500 MB · 0.5 GB autoscale | supabase.com · neon.tech |
| MySQL / SQLite | Turso (libSQL) | Generous free quota | turso.tech |
| NoSQL / cache | MongoDB Atlas M0 · Upstash Redis · Firebase Spark | 512 MB · 10K cmd/day · Spark limits | mongodb.com · upstash.com · firebase.google.com |
| Object storage | Cloudflare R2 · Backblaze B2 | 10 GB, no egress fees · 10 GB | cloudflare.com/products/r2 · backblaze.com/b2 |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions | 2,000 min/mo private, unlimited on public repos | github.com/features/actions |
| Static sites | GitHub Pages · Codeberg Pages | 1 GB site, 100 GB/mo bandwidth | pages.github.com |
| Tunnels / webhooks | Cloudflare Tunnel · ngrok · Tailscale | Unlimited · 1 online endpoint · 100 devices | cloudflare.com · ngrok.com · tailscale.com |
| Transactional email | Resend · Brevo | 100/day · 300/day | resend.com · brevo.com |
| Error tracking | Sentry dev tier (Pack gives more → github-pack.md) | 5K errors/mo | sentry.io |
| Product analytics | PostHog | 1M events/mo | posthog.com |
| Password manager | ⭐ Bitwarden | Fully free (premium optional) | bitwarden.com |
| API testing | Hoppscotch · Bruno | Fully free, open source | hoppscotch.io · usebruno.com |
| Free APIs | Public APIs list | Varies per API | github.com/public-apis |
| Editor | ⭐ VS Code | Fully free | code.visualstudio.com |
💡 $0 stack recipe: Next.js on Vercel + Supabase + Cloudflare R2 + Resend + Sentry + a free .me domain from the Pack = a production app at zero cost.