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$600+ IN CREDITS
Free Cloud Credits for Students
Deploy apps, run databases, and learn cloud infrastructure with free credits from major providers.
Total Available Credits
$100
Azure
$200
DigitalOcean
$312
Heroku
$50
Google Cloud
Microsoft Azure for Students
Best option - No credit card required
What You Get
- ✓$100 credit for Azure services
- ✓65+ always-free services
- ✓Azure DevOps (5 users, unlimited repos)
- ✓Virtual machines, databases, AI services
Requirements
- • School-issued email (.edu or institutional)
- • 12 months duration
- • Renewable annually while enrolled
- • No credit card needed
DigitalOcean
Via GitHub Student Developer Pack
Prerequisite: You need the GitHub Student Developer Pack first.
What You Get
- ✓$200 platform credit
- ✓Droplets (VPS hosting)
- ✓Managed Kubernetes
- ✓Managed databases
Requirements
- • GitHub Student Pack required
- • 1 year duration
- • Credit card for verification (not charged)
Heroku
Via GitHub Student Developer Pack - 24 months!
Prerequisite: You need the GitHub Student Developer Pack first.
What You Get
- ✓$13/month for 24 months ($312 total)
- ✓Dynos (app hosting)
- ✓Heroku Postgres database
- ✓Easy deployment from GitHub
Requirements
- • GitHub Student Pack required
- • Must be 18+ years old
- • 24 months duration (doubled from 12!)
- • Credits don't roll over monthly
Google Cloud for Students
Teaching Credits via faculty
What You Get
- ✓$50/student via Teaching Credits
- ✓200 Skills training credits
- ✓Compute Engine, Cloud Functions
- ✓BigQuery, Cloud Storage
Requirements
- • School-issued email required
- • Teaching Credits distributed by faculty
- • 12 months from redemption
- • GPUs require quota requests
⚠️ Note About AWS Educate
AWS Educate no longer provides promotional cloud credits to individual students. The program now focuses on educational content and sandboxed labs only. For actual AWS infrastructure, use the standard AWS Free Tier with a personal account.