Student & Personal Freebies

Free Student & Personal Benefits

Paid software and subscriptions that students — and in many cases anyone — can legitimately use for free. This page lists only official application pages, and every link was checked as of August 2026. No trials, no discounts: free only.

Official application pages only Free only — no paid discounts
Contents
  1. Student-verified benefits
  2. Free for everyone
  3. Verification tips
  4. FAQ

Benefits that need student verification

A school email address unlocks most of these. Click a card to open the official application page.

🎒GitHub Student Developer Pack
You get: Dozens of paid dev tools incl. Copilot Pro
One student verification unlocks GitHub Pro, Copilot Pro, linked JetBrains and Unity verification, domains and dozens of paid tools for as long as you are enrolled. The single best starting point for student developers.
School email or proof of enrollment Apply →
🧠JetBrains 학생 라이선스
You get: All Products Pack incl. IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
The full paid JetBrains suite (IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, PyCharm Pro, CLion and more) free while you study. No school email? Verification via the GitHub Student Pack works too.
School email or GitHub Pack / renew yearly Apply →
📝Notion 교육 요금제
You get: Education plan with paid personal features
Sign up with a school email and Notion applies its Education plan with paid personal features for free. One of the most-used student perks for notes, assignments and portfolios.
School email Apply →
🎨Figma 교육 플랜
You get: Figma & FigJam Professional features
Figma gives students and educators its paid Professional features for free. Once approved, use it without limits for team projects and coursework.
Student/educator verification (approval) Apply →
📊Microsoft 365 Education
You get: Word, Excel, PowerPoint (web; desktop varies by school)
With a school email you can instantly check eligibility for free Microsoft 365 Education. Web Office is standard, and many schools include the desktop apps.
School email Apply →
🕹️Unity Student Plan
You get: Paid-tier Unity plan for students
Unity's student plan, verified through the GitHub Student Pack, grants paid-tier features (splash screen removal, pro collaboration) for free. Essential for game-dev students.
Verified via GitHub Student Pack Apply →

Free for everyone — no verification

No student status needed. Free or open-source editions of paid-grade tools.

💻Visual Studio Community
You get: Full Visual Studio IDE
The full-featured edition of Visual Studio, free for individual developers, learning and open source. The standard way into C#, game (Unity) and Windows app development.
Free for individuals, learning, OSS Get it →
📈Tableau Desktop Public Edition
You get: Tableau desktop data-viz tool
Tableau for Students used to be a 1-year student license; as of the 2026 revamp it is now the free Public Edition. Anyone can get it, no enrollment check, no renewal (non-commercial use).
Free for everyone, non-commercial, no renewal Get it →
🎬DaVinci Resolve
You get: Pro-grade video editing & color grading
The free edition of an editor used in film and TV. No watermark — cutting, grading and audio included, so paid editors become optional for YouTube or coursework videos.
Everyone (free edition) Get it →
🧊Blender
You get: Full 3D modeling & animation suite
An open-source suite covering the entire 3D pipeline from modeling to animation and rendering. Free even for commercial work — the long-standing standard for learning 3D.
Everyone (open source) Get it →
🎮Godot Engine
You get: Open-source game engine
A game engine with zero royalties and zero subscription. Light and especially strong for 2D — the lowest-friction way to start making games.
Everyone (open source) Get it →
🖌️Krita
You get: Digital painting & illustration
An open-source painting app that stands in for paid tools. Brushes, layers, even animation — plenty for getting started with tablet drawing.
Everyone (open source) Get it →
📹OBS Studio
You get: Game streaming & screen recording
The de-facto standard open-source tool for Twitch/YouTube streaming and screen capture. Gameplay, lectures, presentation videos — one tool covers it all.
Everyone (open source) Get it →

Verification & usage tips

🎓 Your school email is the master key

Most benefits verify you through a university email address. Set up your school mailbox before anything else — and grab what you need before you graduate and the address expires.

🧾 No school email? Documents work

GitHub accepts an enrollment certificate or student ID photo instead of a school email. Approval can take a few days, and the GitHub verification then unlocks JetBrains and Unity as well.

🔁 Mind the renewal cycle

JetBrains and several others require re-verification every year. Note the expiry mail — renewing is usually one click while you are still enrolled.

⚠️ Most licenses are non-commercial

Student and free personal editions generally exclude commercial work. If a project starts making money, check the license terms and switch to a proper plan.

FAQ

Usually yes — most programs accept anyone who can prove current enrollment, including graduate students. Each vendor decides its own rules, so check the application page.
Some programs, like the GitHub Student Developer Pack, accept an enrollment certificate or student ID instead. Verifying GitHub first is efficient because JetBrains and Unity can piggyback on it.
When your verification lapses the benefit ends or converts to a paid plan; your data itself is normally kept. Some licenses obtained while enrolled remain usable for learning purposes — check each vendor's terms.
Mostly no — student and free personal editions are for learning and personal use. Open-source tools like Blender, Godot, Krita and OBS are exceptions with no such restriction.

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