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Anthropic AI for Science: free Claude API credits for research projects

Researchers at academic and nonprofit institutions can apply for free Claude API credits for high-impact scientific projects; Anthropic reviews applications monthly.

• Approval needed

Amazon Q Developer Free Tier: AI coding help with monthly limits at no cost

Amazon Q Developer has a perpetual Free Tier for AWS Builder ID and IAM users, with a monthly allowance of agentic requests in the IDE and CLI.

GitHub Student Developer Pack for verified students

Verified students get access to the Student Developer Pack, a collection of 80+ developer tools and resources from GitHub and partner companies, through GitHub Education.

• Student verification
• Approval needed

JetBrains Startup Program: 50% off IDEs, team tools and JetBrains AI

Privately owned startups founded within the last five years get 50% off up to 10 IDE subscriptions, 10 team or learning tool subscriptions and 10 JetBrains AI subscriptions over five years.

• Approval needed

GitHub Copilot Student: free Copilot plan for verified students

Students verified through GitHub Education can activate Copilot Student, a free Copilot plan that includes an allowance of GitHub AI Credits and most agent features.

• Student verification

Temporal Cloud for Startups: $6,000 in credits for a year

Funded startups that have raised $30M or less within the last 3 years can get $6,000 in free Temporal Cloud credits for one year on the Business plan.

• Approval needed

Modal Starter plan: $30 of free compute every month

Modal's Starter plan has no base fee and includes $30 of free compute each month for GPUs and CPUs, with usage above that billed pay-as-you-go.

Modal for Startups: free compute credits for VC-backed startups

Early-stage startups new to Modal that have raised from Modal's partner VCs, or more than $1M from any fund, can apply for a one-time grant of free compute credits.

• Approval needed

Vercel AI Gateway: $5 of free model credits every 30 days

Vercel accounts get $5 of AI Gateway credits every 30 days to try models from the gateway's catalog; the free credit stops once you buy AI Gateway credits.

LangSmith Developer plan: free for one seat with 5,000 traces a month

LangSmith's Developer plan is $0 for one seat and includes up to 5,000 base traces a month for tracing and evaluating LLM apps.

GitHub Copilot Free: 2,000 code completions a month at no cost

Copilot Free gives any GitHub user 2,000 code completions a month plus limited chat and agent usage, with access to models such as Haiku 4.5 and GPT-5 mini.

GitHub for Nonprofits: free GitHub Team plan or 25% off GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Verified nonprofits can get GitHub Team free, with unlimited private repositories and unlimited users, or 25% off GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

• Approval needed

Resend Free plan: 3,000 emails a month

Resend's Free plan includes 3,000 emails a month, up to 100 a day, at no cost.

Docker Desktop: free for small businesses, personal use, education and open source

Docker Desktop is free for small businesses (fewer than 250 employees and under $10 million in annual revenue), personal use, education and non-commercial open-source projects.

Docker-Sponsored Open Source program: free Docker Team for core contributors and no pull limits

Non-commercial open-source projects on Docker Hub can apply for Docker's DSOS program: a verified badge, no rate limits on their public images, Docker Scout on up to 100 repos, and a free one-year Docker Team subscription for core contributors.

• Approval needed

Sublime Text personal licence: $99 one-time, with 3 years of updates

A Sublime Text personal licence is a one-time $99 purchase that includes three years of updates and keeps working after that window ends.

DeepL API Developer plan: test the API free with 1,000,000 characters

DeepL's API Developer plan lets developers test the DeepL API for free, with a one-time total of 1,000,000 characters that does not reset.

Unity Student plan: free Unity Pro Editor for students 16 and older

Unity's free Student plan gives students 16 and older at an accredited institution the latest Unity Pro Editor for personal use.

• Limited regions
• Student verification

Algolia Startup Program: up to $10,000 in credits for 12 months

Young startups that are new to Algolia can get up to USD 10,000 in credits for Algolia's Grow Plan, usable for 12 months from acceptance.

• Approval needed
• New customers only

Vercel for Startups: up to $30,000 in Vercel credits for partner-backed startups

Startups affiliated with an approved Vercel Startups Partner can get up to $30,000 in credits on Enterprise terms for one year.

• Card required
• Approval needed

OpenAI for Startups: API credits for startups backed by partner VCs

Startups backed by a VC in OpenAI's partner network may get free API credits, rate limit upgrades and time with OpenAI's technical team, using a referral code from their investor.

PostHog for Startups: $50,000 in PostHog credits for 12 months

Startups under 2 years old that have raised less than $5m can apply for $50,000 in PostHog credits, valid for 12 months.

• Approval needed

Sentry for Startups: up to $5,000 in credits

Startups founded in the last 2 years that have raised less than $5M can apply for up to $5,000 in Sentry credits and priority support.

• Approval needed
• New customers only

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