Building Apps & Websites student deals

Student deals on AI app builders, cloud hosting credits, managed backends, and API credits — everything between an idea and a deployed product. Most of it is free or credit-funded while you study.

Every deal, best claims first

Curated order
Apps & Sites Lovable Student Discount Verified students get one year of Lovable Pro for $12.50/month — half off the AI app builder's standard $25/month Pro… $25/mo $12.50/mo Coding YC AI Stack Students who attend a YC university event get the YC AI Stack: over $25,000 in free credits including $10K AWS, $10K… FREE Coding Manus Students, alumni, and staff from participating academic institutions can join the Manus Campus Program to earn 1,000… FREE Coding Kiro Students Verified students at 11 partner universities in the US and Canada get one year of free access to Kiro — equivalent to… $20/mo FREE for 12 mo Apps & Sites Google Cloud for Students Students get 200 free Google Skills credits for hands-on cloud labs, plus access to GCP credits through faculty-led… FREE Coding Replit Student Discount Students get 50% off the Replit Core plan, auto-applied at checkout with a valid .edu email. Build, deploy, and ship… $20/mo $10/mo Design Framer for Education A powerful no-code website builder that allows students to design and publish responsive websites using a canvas… $120/yr FREE Coding ChatGPT Codex for Students Verified university students in the US and Canada get $100 in free ChatGPT credits to use in Codex — OpenAI's coding… $100 FREE Apps & Sites Microsoft Azure for Students Full-time students at accredited institutions get $100 in Azure cloud credits for 12 months plus access to 25+ free… FREE Apps & Sites Cloudflare Student Discount Cloudflare Workers Paid plan FREE for 12 months (Reg: $5/month) for US students 18+ with verified .edu email. Includes… $5/mo FREE Apps & Sites MongoDB Atlas Through the GitHub Student Developer Pack, MongoDB gives students $50 in Atlas credits plus a free MongoDB… $50 free credits Apps & Sites Appwrite Verified GitHub Student Developer Pack members get free access to Appwrite's Education plan, which carries the same… $25/mo FREE Coding Replit for Educators Replit's educator program: free Replit for verified teachers, credits for their students, 1:1 onboarding with the… $20/mo FREE

Picking your app stack

  1. Prototype with an AI app builder. Prompt-to-app tools get you a working front end in an afternoon — free student plans make them the cheapest way to test an idea.
  2. One backend, not three. A managed backend covers auth, database, storage and functions in one free education plan — pick one and build everything on it.
  3. Claim cloud credits when you need them. Hosting credits usually run on a 12-month clock from the day you claim — start the timer when you have a project to deploy, not before.
  4. Building a startup? Look for the founder-oriented credit packs near the top of the list — they bundle serious credit across many tools, usually gated behind an application or an event.

How eligibility is checked here

.edu / student email ×7application form ×4GitHub Education ×3SheerID ×2event-gated ×1other checks ×1

Each row shows which check applies — most deals here run through SheerID, GitHub Education or a plain school email. Confirm eligibility on the official page before you sign up.

Building Apps & Websites deals, explained

This shelf is for students who ship: AI app builders that go from prompt to working product, browser IDEs, managed backends with auth and databases included, cloud hosting credits, and API credits for adding AI features to whatever you're building. Portfolio site, class project, or an actual startup — the tools are the same.

The pricing pattern here is free plans and credit grants rather than discounts. Cloud providers hand students real money to deploy with — typically on a 12-month expiry — and backend platforms unlock their pro tiers for education accounts. The catch to watch is the clock: credits you claim today and don't use are credits wasted, so claim them when a project is ready to go live.

Every deal is checked before it's listed, and each deal page shows the last-check date, the claim steps, and the fine print — commercial use, team size and renewal rules differ between education plans. The official page linked from each deal is the final word when terms change.

Before you sign up

Are the cloud credits actually free, or do they charge me later?
The credits themselves are free for students. Some platforms still ask for a payment method at signup and start billing once credits run out or expire — the fine-print panel on the deal page flags it where that's the case.
Do the credits expire?
Usually yes — most run out 12 months after you claim them, used or not. Claim credits when you have something to deploy, and check the deal page for the exact window.
Can I host a commercial project on a student plan?
It varies. Some education plans are coursework-only, others don't restrict what you build. Check the fine print on the deal page before you launch anything that earns money.
What happens to my app when the free year ends?
Plans usually downgrade to a free tier rather than delete anything, but limits change — fewer resources, slower builds. Re-confirming your student status usually restores the education plan if you're still enrolled.
I'm building a startup, not a class project. Is this shelf still for me?
Yes — founder-focused packs with larger credit bundles are listed here too. They're usually gated behind an application or a student-founder event, which the deal page spells out.
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