Developer Discounts & Free Tiers
Curated discounts, free tiers, and startup credits for developers. Cloud credits, free tools, SaaS deals, and education offers.
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS Activate
Up to $100k in AWS credits for startups. Apply through the AWS Activate program with your startup details.
Google Cloud for Startups
Over $2,000 in Google Cloud credits for eligible startups. Apply through the Google for Startups program.
Microsoft for Startups (Azure)
Up to $150k in Azure credits plus free access to Microsoft tools. Apply through the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub.
DigitalOcean Hatch
$200 in infrastructure credits for startups. Apply through the Hatch startup program with your company details.
Cloudflare
Generous free tier including CDN, DNS, DDoS protection, and Workers. Available to everyone, just sign up.
Vercel
Free hobby tier with hosting, edge functions, and serverless deployments. Sign up with your personal account.
Netlify
Free starter tier with hosting, forms, identity, and serverless functions. Available to everyone.
Railway
$5 per month in free usage for deploying apps, databases, and services. Sign up with GitHub.
Render
Free tier for web services, static sites, and databases. Available to everyone, just create an account.
Fly.io
$5 per month in free resource allowance for running apps close to users globally. Sign up for free.
Hetzner
Affordable VPS starting from €3.79/mo with excellent price-to-performance ratio. Available to everyone.
Oracle Cloud
Always-free tier including 2 AMD VMs, 200GB block storage, and more. Sign up with any account.
Developer Tools
JetBrains
All JetBrains IDEs free for open source maintainers and students. Apply with your project URL or .edu email.
GitHub Pro
Free GitHub Pro for students via the GitHub Student Developer Pack. Sign up with a .edu email address.
GitKraken
Free GitKraken Pro for students and open source developers. Apply through the GitHub Student Developer Pack or with your OSS project.
VS Code
Completely free and open source code editor from Microsoft. Available to everyone.
Postman
Free tier for API testing, documentation, and collaboration. Sign up with any account.
Docker Desktop
Free for personal use and small businesses (under 250 employees). Download and sign up.
Sublime Text
Free unlimited evaluation period with full functionality. Available to everyone, license optional.
HTTPie
Free for personal use. A user-friendly HTTP client for API testing and debugging. Just download and use.
Warp
Free modern terminal for individual developers with AI-powered features. Download and sign up.
Zed
Free high-performance code editor built in Rust with real-time collaboration. Available to everyone.
SaaS & APIs
Stripe
No monthly fees — only pay per transaction (2.9% + 30¢). Sign up and start accepting payments immediately.
Twilio
$15 in free trial credits for SMS, voice, and messaging APIs. Sign up with any account.
SendGrid
100 emails per day free forever. Sign up and start sending transactional or marketing emails immediately.
Algolia
Free tier with 10,000 search requests per month. Sign up and integrate search into your app.
Auth0
Free up to 25,000 monthly active users. Sign up and add authentication to your app in minutes.
Supabase
Free tier with Postgres database, authentication, storage, and edge functions. Sign up with GitHub.
Neon
Free tier for serverless Postgres with autoscaling and branching. Sign up with any account.
PlanetScale
Free hobby database with serverless MySQL and branching workflows. Sign up and create your first database.
MongoDB Atlas
Free 512MB shared cluster forever. Sign up and deploy a managed MongoDB database in minutes.
Upstash
Free tier for serverless Redis and Kafka with pay-per-request pricing. Sign up and start using immediately.
Resend
100 emails per day free with a developer-friendly email API. Sign up and start sending.
Sentry
Free developer plan with 5,000 errors per month for error tracking and performance monitoring. Sign up for free.
LaunchDarkly
Free up to 1,000 monthly active users for feature flags and experimentation. Sign up and start flagging.
Education
GitHub Student Developer Pack
Massive bundle of free developer tools, credits, and services. Sign up with a .edu email and verify student status.
JetBrains Student License
All JetBrains IDEs free while you are a student. Apply with your .edu email or ISIC card.
Notion (Education)
Free Plus plan for students and educators. Sign up with a .edu email to unlock unlimited blocks and file uploads.
Figma (Education)
Free Figma Professional plan for students. Verify your student status to unlock unlimited projects and features.
Canva (Education)
Free Canva Pro for K-12 teachers and students through Canva for Education. Sign up with your school account.
1Password (Student)
Free 1Password through the GitHub Student Developer Pack. Activate via your GitHub Student account.
Namecheap (Student)
Free .me domain for one year for students. Verify your student status through the GitHub Student Developer Pack.
Microsoft Azure for Students
$100 in Azure credits for students without a credit card. Sign up with a .edu email address.
DigitalOcean (Students)
$200 in credits for students via the GitHub Student Developer Pack. Activate through your GitHub Education account.
Frontend Masters (Student)
Free 6-month access to all courses for students. Sign up with a valid .edu email address.
Domains & Hosting
Cloudflare Registrar
Domain registration at wholesale cost with no markup. Available to everyone with a Cloudflare account.
Namecheap
Affordable domain registration with frequent promotions. Free .me domain for students via GitHub Student Pack.
GitHub Pages
Free static site hosting directly from your GitHub repository. Available to everyone with a GitHub account.
Vercel (Hosting)
Free hosting for hobby projects with automatic deployments from Git. Sign up and deploy in seconds.
Netlify (Hosting)
Free hosting tier with continuous deployment, forms, and serverless functions. Sign up and connect your repo.
Deno Deploy
Free tier with 100,000 requests per day for edge-deployed apps. Sign up with your GitHub account.
Surge.sh
Free static web publishing with a single command. Install the CLI and deploy instantly.
Design
Figma
Free starter tier with up to 3 projects. Available to everyone, sign up with any account.
Canva
Free tier with access to thousands of templates and design tools. Sign up with any account.
unDraw
Free open-source illustrations that you can customize and use in any project. No account required.
Heroicons
Free MIT-licensed SVG icons by the makers of Tailwind CSS. No account required, just use them.
Lucide
Free open-source icon library with consistent and customizable SVG icons. No account required.
Phosphor Icons
Free flexible icon family with 6 weights and multiple formats. No account required.
Coolors
Free color palette generator for creating beautiful color schemes. Available in browser, no account needed.
Penpot
Free open-source design and prototyping platform. Self-host or use the free cloud version.
Collaboration
Notion
Free personal plan with unlimited pages and blocks. Sign up with any account.
Slack
Free tier with 90-day message history and basic integrations. Available to everyone.
Discord
Completely free for communities with voice, video, and text chat. Popular for developer communities.
Linear
Free for small teams with up to 250 issues. Sign up and start tracking issues immediately.
Excalidraw
Free open-source whiteboard tool for sketching diagrams. Available in browser, no account required.
Loom
Free starter plan with up to 25 videos and 5-minute recording limit. Sign up with any account.
Miro
Free tier with 3 editable boards for visual collaboration and brainstorming. Sign up with any account.
AI
GitHub Copilot
Free for verified students, teachers, and open source maintainers. Apply through GitHub Education or your OSS project.
Claude
Free tier available with access to Claude AI for conversation and coding assistance. Sign up at claude.ai.
ChatGPT
Free tier available with access to GPT models for conversation and coding help. Sign up at openai.com.
Cursor
Free tier with 2,000 completions per month in an AI-powered code editor. Download and sign up.
OpenAI API
$5 in free credits for new accounts to use GPT and other models via the API. Sign up at platform.openai.com.
Anthropic API
Free tier credits for new accounts to use Claude models via the API. Sign up at console.anthropic.com.
Hugging Face
Free inference API and model hosting for thousands of ML models. Sign up and start experimenting.
Replicate
Free tier for running open-source ML models in the cloud. Sign up with GitHub and start predicting.
Codeium
Free AI code completion for individuals with support for 70+ languages. Install the extension and sign up.
Tabnine
Free basic AI code completion with short code completions. Install the plugin and start coding.