
A freebie is a student goddess, to which students cry out on the eve of the exam, instead of preparing for it. But despite the fact that the session is far away, Her Majesty a freebie can make herself known even now and be useful. And in this case we are talking about tools available to students for free.
MicrosoftMicrosoft has a program called DreamSpark, according to which some paid products are available to students completely free of charge.
Basic set includes:
- Windows server
- Windows embedded
- Visual studio professional
- Free registration in the Windows Store and Marketplace
- Expressions
- SQL Server
The extended subscription in addition to the above allows you to get:
- Windows client
- Visual studio premium
- Visual studio ultimate
- Visio
- Project
- Onenote
- BizTalk Server
- SharePoint Server
You can view the offer
here .
There is also a separate tariff plan for 4 years for
office 365 for students .
GithubThe other day GitHub announced the Student Developer Pack program. It includes:
- Atom - Text editor of the 21st century. In general, it is free, but is on the list.
- Bitnami - Install cloud applications in one click (Business 3 plan for a year, the usual cost of $ 49 per month)
- Crowdflower - Crowdsourcing platform (savings of $ 2,500 per month for access and $ 50)
- DigitalOcean - Cloud hosting ($ 100 credit per account)
- DNSimple - DNS service (free for 2 years, instead of $ 3 every month)
- GitHub - Git-repository service ($ 7 micro account)
- HackHands - Programming support 24/7 (credit $ 25)
- Namecheap - Domain Name Registrar (.me domain for free, regular cost $ 8.99 per year) and ssl certificates (free, cost $ 9 per year)
- Orchestrate - Search, geolocation, graph-based database and API (developer account for $ 49 as a gift)
- Screenhero - Total access to screenshots for teamwork (regular price $ 9.99 per month)
- SendGrid - Service for working with email (regular price $ 4.95 per month)
- Stripe - Web and mobile payments for developers (first $ 1000 without commission)
- Travis CI - Continuous Integration Service (usually $ 69 per month)
- Unreal Engine - no comment (which allows you to save $ 19 every month)
You can get acquainted with the proposals on the program
here .
JetbrainsNot so long ago, JetBrains company also decided to share a freebie with the main freeloaders - JetBrains products became available to students for free. Including adored by all ReSharper.
Learn more and access
here .
AdobeAdobe provides students with a 60% discount on “apps for professionals”. It is provided in the form of discounts on Creative Cloud in two versions - a full subscription to Creative Cloud and Creative Cloud for working with photos
The full plan for the Creative Cloud subscription includes:
- All desktop applications, as well as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, etc.
- Access to new features and updates immediately after their release
- All mobile applications, as well as Lightroom mobile, Photoshop Mix, etc.
- Creative Cloud Libraries service: all your materials (images, text styles and more) are always at your fingertips, both on a desktop PC and on a mobile device.
- Behance portfolio website: tell us about yourself and get feedback on your work from other users
- Access to other services, including cloud storage, Typekit fonts and Creative Cloud Market
Creative Cloud for working with photos is somewhat more modest and includes Photoshop CC, Lightroom and much more. The advantage of this solution is the price - if the full subscription is 599 rubles. per month, the version for those interested in photos will cost 299 rubles. per month.
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AutodeskAutodesk provides students and teachers free (with reservations, of course) access to almost all their products. Among them:
- Autocad
- Inventor Professional
- 3ds max
- Revit
- Fusion 360
- Maya
However, this is not a complete list. You can get acquainted with it
here .
Kaspersky LabKaspersky Lab provides a 40% discount for holders of the following cards:
However, more detailed information could not be found.
Basically, these products can only be used for projects that do not bring direct material benefits. However, it is best to carefully read the terms each time. Good luck in their use for the benefit of zachetki =)
PS If you know the sources of freebies that are not included in the list - add in the comments.