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Free AI tiers students can claim right now
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GitHub
Free access to GitHub Copilot and its premium features (Copilot Student plan).
ElevenLabs
$0/month. 10k credits per month. Includes: Text to Speech, Speech to Text, Sound Effects, Voice Design, Music, Productions, Image, and 3 projects in Studio. About 10 concurrent requests; 128 kbps audio quality; 74 languages; 2 custom voice slots.
Google Gemini
Eligible US students get 12 months of Google AI Pro free (valued at $19.99/month) + 4x higher usage limits + unlimited uploads of class materials
OpenAI
4 free monthly billing periods of ChatGPT Plus (about $80 in value); no long-term student discount; ChatGPT Edu is the institutional edition
Perplexity
Pro subscription at the student price of $10/month (standard $20/month) — note: no longer free, now half price