Free AI for students: every brand, compared
Every student offer for ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude and other paid AI plans, with how you verify, whether a card is needed, and what happens when it ends.
Best current offers
Every student offer
14 of 20
| Brand and plan | Free for | Verify with | Card | At the end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google: Google AI Pro United States | 12 months | SheerID | Yes | Auto-bills $19.99/mo |
| Google: Google AI Plus India | 12 months | SheerID | Yes | Auto-bills ₹399/mo |
| Google: Google AI Plus Worldwide | 12 months | SheerID | Yes | Auto-bills |
| Mistral: Le Chat Pro (Education) Worldwide | 12 months | School email | Yes | Auto-bills $14.99/mo (US) |
| Google: YouTube Premium + Google AI Pro United States, Worldwide | While eligible | SheerID | Yes | Auto-bills $19.99/mo (US) |
| GitHub: Copilot student plan Worldwide | While eligible | GitHub Education | No | Unknown |
| Perplexity: Education Pro (discounted Perplexity Pro) + Comet United States | Not stated | SheerID | Yes | Auto-bills $10/mo |
| Microsoft: Microsoft 365 Personal at 50% off United States, United Kingdom, Canada | While eligible | See the offer | Yes | Auto-bills $9.99/mo (US) |
| Anthropic: Claude for Education United States, United Kingdom | While eligible | Through your school | No | Unknown |
| OpenAI: ChatGPT Edu United States | Until Jul 31, 2029 | Through your school | No | Unknown |
| Google: Gemini + NotebookLM Worldwide | While eligible | See the offer | No | Reverts to free |
| Microsoft: Copilot Chat Worldwide | While eligible | See the offer | No | Reverts to free |
| Canva: Canva Pro-level features Worldwide | While eligible | See the offer | No | Reverts to free |
| OpenAI, Google, Microsoft: Teachers: paid ChatGPT or Google Gemini; students: the ITI learning app Estonia | While eligible | See the offer | No | Reverts to free |
- Google: Google AI Pro · United States
Auto-bills $19.99/mo12 monthsverify: SheerIDcard: yes
- Google: Google AI Plus · India
Auto-bills ₹399/mo12 monthsverify: SheerIDcard: yes
- Google: Google AI Plus · Worldwide
Auto-bills12 monthsverify: SheerIDcard: yes
- Mistral: Le Chat Pro (Education) · Worldwide
Auto-bills $14.99/mo (US)12 monthsverify: School emailcard: yes
- Google: YouTube Premium + Google AI Pro · United States, Worldwide
Auto-bills $19.99/mo (US)while eligibleverify: SheerIDcard: yes
- GitHub: Copilot student plan · Worldwide
Unknownwhile eligibleverify: GitHub Educationcard: no
- Perplexity: Education Pro (discounted Perplexity Pro) + Comet · United States
Auto-bills $10/monot statedverify: SheerIDcard: yes
- Microsoft: Microsoft 365 Personal at 50% off · United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Auto-bills $9.99/mo (US)while eligibleverify: See the offercard: yes
- Anthropic: Claude for Education · United States, United Kingdom
Unknownwhile eligibleverify: Through your schoolcard: no
- OpenAI: ChatGPT Edu · United States
Unknownuntil jul 31, 2029verify: Through your schoolcard: no
- Google: Gemini + NotebookLM · Worldwide
Reverts to freewhile eligibleverify: See the offercard: no
- Microsoft: Copilot Chat · Worldwide
Reverts to freewhile eligibleverify: See the offercard: no
- Canva: Canva Pro-level features · Worldwide
Reverts to freewhile eligibleverify: See the offercard: no
- OpenAI, Google, Microsoft: Teachers: paid ChatGPT or Google Gemini; students: the ITI learning app · Estonia
Reverts to freewhile eligibleverify: See the offercard: no
How student verification works
- SheerID (Google, OpenAI)
- You verify on the vendor's offer page. SheerID may check school records, ask you to sign in through your school, or ask for a document. The email you give SheerID can differ from your account email, so stay signed in to the account you want the offer on.
- GitHub Education (Copilot)
- Apply for GitHub Education as a student aged 13 or older on a degree or diploma course. GitHub re-checks eligibility every month.
- School email (Mistral and others)
- Some vendors accept only an institutional email address, not a personal one, a student ID or a letter.
- Through your school (Claude for Education, ChatGPT Edu)
- These are bought by the university for everyone on campus. You sign in with your university email; if your school has no plan, there is no individual way in.
Brands with no individual student offer
Claude (Anthropic): no student discount on Claude Pro. Anthropic says it does not offer standard discounted pricing for its paid plans. Students get Claude only through a university plan: Claude for Education.
Questions
- Which AI subscriptions are free or discounted for students right now?
- Google Google AI Pro (12 months); Google Google AI Plus (12 months); Google Google AI Plus (12 months); Mistral Le Chat Pro (Education) (12 months); Google YouTube Premium + Google AI Pro (while eligible); GitHub Copilot student plan (while eligible); Perplexity Education Pro (discounted Perplexity Pro) + Comet (not stated); Microsoft Microsoft 365 Personal at 50% off (while eligible); Anthropic Claude for Education (while eligible); OpenAI ChatGPT Edu (until jul 31, 2029); Google Gemini + NotebookLM (while eligible); Microsoft Copilot Chat (while eligible); Canva Canva Pro-level features (while eligible); OpenAI, Google, Microsoft Teachers: paid ChatGPT or Google Gemini; students: the ITI learning app (while eligible).
- Do student offers need a payment card?
- 7 of the 14 live student offers ask for a card at sign-up. Each offer page says which.
- What happens when a student offer ends?
- 7 auto-bill unless you cancel, 4 return to the free plan with no charge, and the rest don't say in their official terms.
- Is there a ChatGPT student discount?
- Yes: ChatGPT Edu through Cal State University in United States, free until Jul 31, 2029; the official terms don't say what happens after.
- Does Claude have a student discount?
- Not for individuals. Anthropic says it does not offer standard discounted pricing for its paid plans, including Pro. Students get Claude free only where their university has a Claude for Education plan.
- Is Claude in the GitHub Student Developer Pack?
- No. The pack lists no Anthropic or Claude offer (83 offers on Oct 19, 2026); its AI offers are Copilot Student, Microsoft 365 with Copilot, Notion's extra AI responses, Camber and Deepnote. Anthropic doesn't discount Claude Pro, so students get Claude free only where their university has a Claude for Education plan.
- How do I verify that I'm a student?
- Google and OpenAI use SheerID, which may check school records, ask you to sign in through your school, or ask for a document. GitHub uses GitHub Education. Mistral checks an institutional email. University-wide plans (Claude for Education, ChatGPT Edu) use your campus sign-in.
AI developer tools for students and researchers
Agent builders and machine-learning tools with a free plan for students, educators or researchers, and what happens when it ends.
Dify Professional (yearly), 12 months via Dify Education Verified · Worldwide
Reverts to freeverified Nov 2
Forge Pro (academic license), while eligible via Forge academic plan · Worldwide
At the end: unknownverified Oct 19
Free academic access, while eligible via Comet academic plan · Worldwide
At the end: unknownverified Oct 25
US$200 a month toward any Langfuse Cloud plan via Langfuse research grant · Worldwide
At the end: unknownverified Oct 19
No student offer
- LangSmith: no student or education plan; the free Developer plan has up to 5,000 base traces a month for one seat.
- Hugging Face PRO: no student discount on PRO ($9 a month). Universities can buy Academia Hub, from 250 seats.
- Pinecone: no student program; the free Starter plan holds up to 2 GB and 5 indexes, and requests stop at the monthly limit until you upgrade.
- OpenRouter: no student program; 25+ free models at 50 requests a day, or 1,000 a day once you've bought 10 credits.
- Helicone: lists a free tier "for most students and educators", but you ask through a contact form and no terms are published. Its site now says "Helicone is no longer part of Mintlify. Details to come soon."
GitHub Student Developer Pack
The pack bundles a few AI offers, led by Copilot Student. Not in it: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Cursor.