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Google AI Pro vs AI Plus for Students: Which Country Gets What
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 Codex for Students: $100 in Credits for US and Canada
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.
Windsurf Is Now Devin Desktop: Is There a Student Discount?
Windsurf's editor page now redirects to Devin Desktop, which lists no student price. Here is what a student can claim for coding instead.
Student Discounts and Cheaper Plans in India: What Works Right Now
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.
ChatGPT Plus for US Students: $0 for 4 Months, Claim by October 31
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.
A Good AI Stack on a Student Budget
How to combine official student offers, cheaper tiers and pay-as-you-go APIs into an AI setup that fits a student budget.
Student Plans That Renew at Full Price (and How to Avoid the Surprise)
Which student offers charge you after the promo, which just downgrade, and how to cancel each one before the first bill lands.
Not a US Student? What Actually Works
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.
Every AI Student Discount We Could Confirm
Ten AI tools, checked on their official pages: which have a real student offer, who qualifies, and what you pay once it ends.
AI Coding Tools That Dropped Their $0 Plans in 2026 (And What Still Works)
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.
Cursor's Student Year of Pro Is Gone. Here's What Actually Still Works
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.
Google AI Pro for College Students: How to Claim It and the Auto-Renewal Trap
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.
DeepSeek's New Peak-Hour API Pricing: How to Cut Your Bill in Half
DeepSeek quietly replaced flat API pricing with peak and off-peak rates on August 16. Here's the new price table, a timezone conversion guide, and how to time your calls to cut costs in half.
How to Cut Your AI Agent's API Bill: Token Compression, Smart Routing, and When a Gateway Pays for Itself
Two real levers cut an AI agent's API bill: token compression and smart routing. Here's what free self-hosting (LiteLLM) vs. a paid gateway (Cohesor) actually costs.
GitHub Copilot Pricing 2026: Every Plan and the New AI Credits System
GitHub Copilot's June 2026 move to usage-based AI Credits changed what Free, Pro, Pro+, Max, and Business actually include, and developers are not happy about how fast the credits disappear.
Perplexity Pro for Students in 2026: What Education Pro Gets You
Perplexity's Education Pro plan gets verified students 50% off Pro and a free first month. Here's what's actually included and how to claim it safely.
ChatGPT Plus vs Claude vs Perplexity: 2026 Comparison
ChatGPT Plus, Claude, and Perplexity each cost about $20/month and win a different job. We compare their free tiers, value, and best use cases for 2026.
Student Software Discounts: The Complete 2026 Guide
Students can unlock dozens of premium apps free or heavily discounted just by verifying a school email. Here's the complete 2026 list — AI, productivity, design, learning, and developer tools — with exactly how to claim each and which are truly free versus discounted.