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Notes on paying less for the tools you already use: official deals, cheaper plans, student discounts and the catches that come with them. Dated, and taken down when they stop being true.
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Google's student plan is AI Pro in the US and AI Plus in India, the UK and Germany. What each includes, what it costs after a year, and how to claim before December 31.
OpenAI gives verified university students in the US and Canada $100 in Codex credits. Who qualifies, how to claim, and what the credits can and can't do.
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Windsurf's editor page now redirects to Devin Desktop, which lists no student price. Here is what a student can claim for coding instead.
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Google AI Plus for a year, Cursor Start in rupees, and the yearly plans that save the most in INR. Plus the US offers that won't work for you.
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ChatGPT Plus is $0 for four monthly billing periods for eligible US students, then $20/month. Who qualifies, how to claim before October 31, and when to cancel.
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How to combine official student offers, cheaper tiers and pay-as-you-go APIs into an AI setup that fits a student budget.
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Which student offers charge you after the promo, which just downgrade, and how to cancel each one before the first bill lands.
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Which student offers cover India, the UK, the EU and the rest of the world, how verification works, and when your local price beats a student deal.
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Ten AI tools, checked on their official pages: which have a real student offer, who qualifies, and what you pay once it ends.
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Four AI coding tools quietly shut down their free tiers in 2026. Here's the exact timeline for Tabnine, Augment Code, Gemini Code Assist, and Sourcegraph Cody, plus what to switch to.
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Cursor's student discount closed to new signups in June 2026, and GitHub Copilot's free tier for students got capped the same season. Here's what's actually still real.
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Google opened a student offer on August 19 giving US college students a free year of Google AI Pro and international students a free year of AI Plus. Here's what each tier actually includes, how to sign up, and the auto-renewal date you need to track.
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