Software Deals

Affinity: free with a Canva account

Canva makes the full Affinity design app free for everyone with a Canva account, including Canva Free users; Canva paid plans add Canva AI tools inside Affinity.

Sketch Education plan: free Workspace with 50 GB storage for students and teachers

Eligible students and teachers get a free Sketch Workspace with 50 GB of storage and an Editor seat for the Mac app, for as long as Sketch is part of their studies or teaching.

• Student verification

Riverside Free plan: 2 hours of multi-track recordings, up to 720p

Riverside's Free plan lets you try 2 hours of multi-track recordings with separate audio and video tracks, at up to 720p video quality, with a Riverside watermark.

Restream Free plan: stream to 2 channels at once

Restream's Free plan lets you stream to two channels at the same time from Restream Studio (in 720p) or OBS, with Restream branding on the stream.

Canva Education: free premium features for K-12 teachers and their students

Canva Education is free for K-12 teachers, their students and qualified school districts; teachers verify their status and invite their students.

• Student verification

Microsoft 365 for business: free 30-day trial

Organizations can try Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium, Microsoft Defender for Business or Microsoft 365 Apps for business free for one month.

Google Workspace 14-day free trial for up to 10 users

New Google Workspace sign-ups start with a 14-day free trial for up to 10 users; the payment method isn't charged until the trial ends.

Zoom Basic free plan: meetings up to 40 minutes with up to 100 participants

Zoom's free Basic plan lets you host unlimited meetings for up to 100 participants, with each meeting limited to 40 minutes.

Trello Free plan: up to 10 collaborators per Workspace

Trello's Free plan is free for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace, with unlimited cards and up to 10 open boards per Workspace.

Airtable Free plan: 1,000 records per base and up to 5 editors

Airtable's Free plan allows 1,000 records per base and up to 5 collaborators with Editor or Creator permissions, plus unlimited read-only collaborators.

Mailchimp Free plan: up to 250 contacts and 500 email sends per month

Mailchimp's Free plan includes up to 250 contacts and 500 email sends per month, with a daily limit of 250 sends.

Brevo Free plan: 300 emails per day and storage for up to 100,000 contacts

Brevo's Free plan includes 300 email sends per day and storage for up to 100,000 contacts, with marketing automation for up to 2,000 contacts.

Kit Free plan: email marketing for up to 10,000 subscribers

Kit (formerly ConvertKit) offers a Free plan for up to 10,000 subscribers with unlimited forms, landing pages and email broadcasts.

Buffer Free plan: up to 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts each

Buffer's Free plan lets you connect up to 3 social channels and keep 10 scheduled posts per channel, up to 30 in total.

Ahrefs Free (Ahrefs Webmaster Tools): free Site Audit and Site Explorer for sites you verify

Ahrefs' free account gives site owners free Site Audit, Site Explorer and Web Analytics for websites they verify, with no credit card or trial period.

• No credit card

JetBrains Student Pack: free access to all JetBrains IDEs for verified students

Full-time students in a program lasting one year or more can get free access to all JetBrains IDEs after verifying their student status. The licence is renewed each year.

• No credit card
• Student verification

Figma for Education: free Figma access for verified students and educators

Students and educators in a classroom, from high schools to universities and select bootcamps, can get free Figma access after verifying with a school-issued email.

• Student verification

Cloudflare Workers Free plan: 100,000 requests per day

Cloudflare's Workers Free plan includes 100,000 requests per day with 10 ms of CPU time per invocation, and requests to static assets are free and unlimited.

Autodesk Education plan: free one-year access for eligible students and educators

Eligible students and educators get free, one-year, single-user access to Autodesk software for educational purposes, renewable while they remain eligible.

• Student verification

Figma code layers: generating and editing code uses no AI credits (through November 4)

During the open beta of code layers in Figma Design, generating and editing code inside a code layer does not use AI credits through November 4; after that, code layer tasks use AI credits like other agentic AI features.

GitHub Education for teachers: free GitHub Team

Verified educators can apply through GitHub Education for free GitHub Team, which allows unlimited users and private repositories, alongside classroom and community resources.

• Approval needed

Google Cloud Free Tier: 20+ products with monthly free usage

Google Cloud offers free monthly usage of more than 20 products, up to set limits. This usage is not deducted from the $300 trial credit.

Notion for Startups: up to 6 months of the Business Plan free

New, non-paying startups can get up to 6 months of Notion's Business Plan, including Notion AI, at no cost. The length depends on whether the startup applies through a Notion partner.

• Approval needed
• New customers only

Atlassian for Startups: Premium cloud products free for 12 months

Eligible startups can use the Premium edition of Atlassian cloud products such as Jira and Confluence for $0 for 12 months, for up to 50 users.

• Approval needed
• New customers only