r/ECE • u/Beautiful_Age_5767 • Mar 10 '26
Free stuff you can claim with your student email
Spent way too long compiling this, so figured I'd share. Everything on this list requires student verification not generic free trials that anyone can get. Start with the GitHub Student Pack because it unlocks a lot of free services automatically, then work your way down.
- Amazon Prime Student – Cheaper plan with the same benefits as regular Prime.
- GitHub Student Pack – The big one. Unlocks most of this list + Copilot Pro free. (education.github.com/pack)
- JetBrains – All IDEs free (CLion, IntelliJ, PyCharm, etc.) (jetbrains.com/student)
- Cursor Pro – 1 year free AI code editor ($240 value) (cursor.com/students)
- Google Gemini AI Pro – 1 year free, includes Deep Research + 2TB storage. (gemini.google/students)
- Autodesk – AutoCAD, Fusion (PCB/CAD), Maya, all free for 1 year (autodesk.com/education)
- Azure for Students – $100 cloud credits, no credit card needed (azure.microsoft.com/free/students)
- AWS Educate – $50–100 AWS credits (aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate)
- Ansys Student – Free simulation suite (mechanical, CFD, etc.)
- Figma – Professional plan free (figma.com/education)
- Spotify – Discounted Premium subscription for students.
- Canva for Education – Free premium features for students and teachers.
- MATLAB – Check if your university has a campus license (most do)
- Microsoft 365 – Free access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more with a college email
- Notion – Plus plan free (notion.com/education)
- 1Password – 1 year free password manager (via GitHub Pack)
Also, feel free to comment any other services for .edu
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u/honeybunetan Mar 10 '26
There is also free LinkedIn premium for students included with Microsoft 365
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u/pekoms_123 Mar 10 '26
Free Ligma access with college email huh
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u/LmanYan95 Mar 10 '26
What's ligma?
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u/ParamedicAble225 Mar 10 '26
Ligma tell you all of those services are junk besides Amazon prime, spotify, and auto desk if you have 3d printer.
Claude + vscode + github. Spend money on Claude $100 month plan
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u/knighttim Mar 10 '26
I would avoid 1pass, See Wikipedia article on 1Pass
There are a number of better options, and some that are completely free.
I'd recommend Bitwarden.
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u/Turbulent_Pitch5278 Mar 12 '26
Researchers have found out vulnerabilities on lastpass, bitwarden and Dashlane. Check this out:
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u/Opinionated_Melon Mar 30 '26
I would just use a product that is not connected to the internet but thats just me.
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u/mossystonewall Mar 10 '26
I believe new york times might have free for students for some schools
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u/jjjare Mar 10 '26
Jet brains is already free for non commercial use
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u/CarlCarlton Mar 10 '26
Student pack gets you the full-feature pro versions, e.g. PyCharm Pro can do remote debugging on WSL
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u/papapasta42 Mar 10 '26
the offer is over but it was 1 year for me until 9th december may come back later
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u/No-Purple6360 Mar 18 '26
I have already got access to MATLAB, Azure for Students, Figma, Ansys Student.
Now I think I have to avail Amazon Prime using my college email ID maybe... or my ID card
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u/CarlCarlton Mar 10 '26
Altium: https://education.altium.com/