Student life is not easy these days. Money evaporates and it costs to make ends meet as soon as you buy something. But on the internet you can find some other relief for your wallet. Specifically, free services for students and / or subscriptions with discounts for students . In this way you can consume music, use software or work on your student homework for free or with a discount to save a few euros.
Tuition, student flat rent, books, internet connection … All expenses accumulate and increase the bill . And even if you combine studies with work, any help is welcome to balance your accounts. That is why free on the internet is so successful . And if it's not free, no one is bitter about a good discount. Let's see a selection of discounts for students and free services if you are pursuing higher education.
Spotify Premium
As a student, you can enjoy Spotify Premium for a month for free and then enjoy it at a reduced price of € 4.99 per month. Keep in mind that the price of the Spotify Premium subscription is € 9.99 per month. A good saving for those who want to listen to music with the best possible quality.
Goodbye to ads, offline mode, the highest audio quality available and a catalog that grows daily. All this at almost half the price just for being a student. The only requirement? “Offer available only for students from accredited higher education centers. Offer not available for those who have already tried Premium ”. The conditions here.
Apple Store for Education
Do you need a new Mac to take notes? Or an iPad to save class notes? Apple offers student discounts on these two products and their accessories at its Apple Store for Education . First, check if you meet the requirements: “students enrolled or admitted to a university, parents who make purchases for university students and teachers or other personnel in the education sector.” You can check it in this link.
Although a Mac or an iPad are relatively expensive devices, after a while you will have amortized their cost thanks to their durability . In addition, with this discount of up to 10% you can buy them cheaper and amortize them before .
Apple Music + Apple TV +
If you want to enjoy the best music with the Apple Music catalog and you are a student, you are in luck. “All students enrolled in universities and higher education centers can subscribe to Apple Music with a monthly discount for a maximum period of 48 months.” Come on, if you are higher education student you will have a discount for 4 years . Specifically, it will cost you € 4.99 per month. Its normal price is € 9.99 per month.
To request it, click the button Get a student subscription that you will find in the Apple Music for students link I put before. If you meet the requirements, you can sign up for the service at a reduced price . But there is more. In addition to Apple Music , as a student you will be able to enjoy the catalog of series, movies and documentaries from Apple TV + . A two-in-one discount.
Microsoft Office 365
In a previous article we saw that Microsoft offers free Office for students, teachers and education professionals. The requirement? That your educational center (college, institute, university) is part of the Microsoft education program.
The free services included Office 365 Education are the tools Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Outlook, etc. In addition to using these online applications, you can install them on your computer. As well as having free space for your documents in the Microsoft cloud.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Students and teachers can benefit from offers and discounts for students of Adobe Creative Cloud , the cloud service under subscription of software such as Photoshop, Illustrator or Acrobat Pro. In addition to the free trial you will benefit of a discount of more than 65% .
Adobe Creative Cloud costs € 60.49 per month. As a student or teacher, you will pay € 19.66 per month for one year. From now on, € 30.24 per month. In return, you will have access to more than 20 applications for PC, Mac, smartphones and Web and 100 GB of cloud storage . Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, etc.
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HP Student Laptops
In the HP Store for Students you will find discounts and offers for students throughout the year. At the time of this writing, there were discounts of up to 30% for HP brand laptops.
According to its page, “by registering on our website for students you can get discounts and exclusive offers every week”. The discounts are for students of secondary education and university . In addition to laptops, you will also find desktops, printers and ink.
Amazon Prime Student
Amazon Prime for students. Or Amazon Prime Student . This college student discount offers Amazon Prime at half price. That is, if any neighbor's child pays € 36 per year, you as a student will pay € 18 per year. And try it for 90 days.
If € 36 a year is not enough, € 18 is practically a gift. Amazon Prime includes Prime Video, Twitch Prime, Prime Music, 1, 2, or 3 day free package delivery and additional discounts. For example, discounts on devices Microsoft Surface or a 10% discount on the Amazon Fashion section .
YouTube Premium: YouTube + YouTube Music
More discounts for students. If you consume YouTube content, be it videos or music, you can subscribe to YouTube Premium for a small price just for being a student. Videos and songs without ads, offline and in the background for a monthly subscription .
The individual account is € 11.99 per month. The family one (5 members), € 17.99 per month. And if you are a student, after the trial month, you will pay only € 6.99 per month. You just have to check if you meet the requirements and benefit from the discount. Verification of whether you are a student must be renewed once a year.
Vimeo
The best alternative to YouTube to upload and publish your videos is Vimeo . And if you are a student, here you have a good discount. For half the price. Vimeo paid subscriptions, Vimeo Plus and Vimeo Pro , offer more storage space, 5 GB and 20 GB per week respectively, support for 4K and HDR and other additional functions.
Its price is $ 7 per month for Vimeo Plus and $ 20 per month for Vimeo Pro. But if you are a student, you will pay $ 3.50 and $ 10 respectively. The discount is official, but it is managed by the discount portal Student Beans .
