AI Coding Tool Deals & Discounts
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✓ Last updated: September 12, 2026 — refreshed weekly
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GitHub Copilot Save
GitHub Startup: up to $25K credits
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Claim Deal → JetBrains AI Assistant Save
50% off for eligible startups
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Claim Deal → Cursor Save
50% student discount on all plans
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Claim Deal → GitHub Copilot Save
Free for verified students & teachers
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Claim Deal →⚡ Time-Limited Real Deals
75 current discounts, trials and credits — the offers that actually save you money, not just "free forever" tools.
GitHub Copilot Startup
GitHub Startup: up to $25K credits freemium JetBrains AI Assistant Startup
50% off for eligible startups freemium Cursor Education
50% student discount on all plans freemium GitHub Copilot Education
Free for verified students & teachers freemium JetBrains AI Assistant Education
Free for verified students — all IDEs + AI freemium v0 by Vercel Education
1 year free for students (Plus tier, $360 value) freemium Replit Education
Free for verified educators and classrooms freemium Cursor Free Trial
14-day free Pro trial (no credit card required) freemium CodeRabbit Free Trial
14-day free Pro trial for private repos freemium Manus Free Trial
Free tier with limited credits available freemium TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest) Free Trial
Free lifetime tier — 60 minutes of automated testing per month freemium FlutterFlow Education
Free for verified students freemium Code Climate (now Qlty) Education
Registered 501(c)(3) non-profits get 10% off; K-12 and university classroom use is 100% free freemium Cursor Money-Saving
Aug 24, 2026: Auto bills per routed model (usually higher than the old flat rate); included usage rises across plans freemium GitHub Copilot Money-Saving
Completions and Next Edit Suggestions never consume AI credits — if your team mainly uses autocomplete, the Sep 1 2026 allowance cut costs you nothing freemium Windsurf Free Trial
30-day free Pro trial freemium Cline Money-Saving
Use budget models (DeepSeek, Gemini Flash) → ~$1/mo free Aider Money-Saving
Use Ollama local models → $0 token cost, fully private open-source Aider Money-Saving
Architect mode (strong model plans, cheap model writes) → roughly 30% of single-model token cost open-source Aider Money-Saving
Enable provider prompt caching → Aider re-sends similar context every turn, so caching cuts the bill open-source Cody Money-Saving
Cody has no self-serve tier — the individual path Sourcegraph itself pointed to is Amp, billed at provider rates with zero markup paid Cody Money-Saving
Under roughly 100K lines of code, a $20/mo editor (Cursor or Copilot) replaces a $16K/yr contract paid Cody Money-Saving
Cline, Aider or Continue with your own API key cost $0 for the tool — you only give up the cross-repo code graph paid Zed Money-Saving
BYO API key instead of $10/mo hosted AI plan freemium Tabnine Money-Saving
Bring your own LLM (on-prem or own cloud endpoint) → unlimited usage with no 5% Tabnine token markup paid Tabnine Money-Saving
Annual commitment at $39/user is the effective floor; air-gapped and enterprise terms are quote-only paid Tabnine Money-Saving
Headless Agents (CI/CD) are a separate add-on — budget them explicitly instead of assuming they are included paid Continue Money-Saving
Ollama local models → $0 recurring cost open-source Devin AI Money-Saving
Core is now $20/mo — a 96% cut from the old $500 entry point (ACU usage billed on top) paid Devin AI Money-Saving
Batch small, well-scoped tasks: 1 ACU ≈ 15 min of active work, so tight specs are the biggest saving paid Devin AI Money-Saving
Team includes 250 ACUs at ~$2.00 each vs ~$2.25 on Core overage paid OpenHands Money-Saving
Budget API models → ~$5-15/mo for daily use open-source Claude Code Money-Saving
Use Haiku for routine tasks; Opus only for complex logic paid Gemini CLI Money-Saving
Gemini CLI is retired (June 18, 2026); Antigravity CLI carries over Skills, Hooks, and 1M context — free tier is ~20 req/day free Kiro CLI Free Trial
50 free credits/month for new users — enough for small projects freemium Greptile Money-Saving
Cap TREX reviews to high-risk PRs — runtime verification costs 3 credits per review freemium Diffblue Cover Free Trial
Free Community Edition for open-source projects paid Testim Free Trial
Free trial available paid Mabl Free Trial
Free trial available paid Applitools Free Trial
Free trial available paid Bolt.new Money-Saving
Export code → self-host on Netlify/Vercel → $0 hosting freemium Lovable Money-Saving
Export code → deploy independently to avoid monthly fee freemium Replit Money-Saving
Core dropped 20% to $20/mo in May 2026; annual billing lowers Core to ~$17/mo freemium JetBrains Junie Free Trial
Free trial available freemium SWE-Agent Money-Saving
Use budget models (DeepSeek, Gemini Flash) for simple bugs; save premium models for complex issues open-source Manus Money-Saving
Pro starts at $20/mo (4,000 monthly credits); annual billing saves further freemium SonarQube Money-Saving
Single-branch projects never need a paid edition — stay on Community Build freemium Blackbox AI Money-Saving
Annual billing saves ~20% ($8/mo equivalent) freemium Code Climate (now Qlty) Money-Saving
Annual billing adds two free months — roughly 17% off freemium Appsmith Free Trial
15-day Business trial, no credit card required freemium Appsmith Money-Saving
Builders are not billed separately — app editors count as standard users freemium Adalo Money-Saving
Annual billing saves roughly 20% versus monthly on every tier freemium Adalo Money-Saving
No workload-unit or token metering on any plan, including AI usage freemium Draftbit Money-Saving
Bring your own Claude, ChatGPT or OpenRouter key — Draftbit credits are not consumed freemium Draftbit Money-Saving
Annual billing saves 20% on every paid tier freemium BrowserStack Free Trial
Free trial across the platform before you commit paid BrowserStack Money-Saving
Annual billing is materially cheaper than monthly on every plan paid BrowserStack Money-Saving
Automation plans include unlimited users — pool one subscription across the whole team paid Sauce Labs Free Trial
Free trial available before committing to a plan paid Sauce Labs Money-Saving
Live Testing plans are far cheaper than device-cloud plans — use them for exploratory work paid Sauce Labs Money-Saving
Raise concurrency only where your pipeline peaks, not on every plan paid OpenCode Money-Saving
Sign in with your existing GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscription instead of buying API credits open-source OpenCode Money-Saving
Go at $10/mo hard-caps spend ($12/5h, $30/week, $60/month) on 15 open coding models open-source OpenCode Money-Saving
Enterprises can point it at an internal AI gateway — no token fee from the vendor open-source Amp Money-Saving
Zero-markup pass-through billing — you pay the model provider's list price, nothing on top paid Amp Money-Saving
Rush mode for small tasks: roughly $0.58 per task versus frontier pricing paid Amp Money-Saving
Credits never expire monthly — leftovers only lapse after a year of account inactivity paid Google Antigravity Money-Saving
Included in some Gemini Enterprise app subscriptions via Google Cloud freemium Google Antigravity Money-Saving
Credits are pooled across models rather than locked to a single model tier freemium Factory Money-Saving
Teams at $60/mo plus $40/seat is cheaper per seat than four Pro subscriptions once you pass three developers paid Factory Money-Saving
Rate-limit billing means no credit overage surprises — usage simply throttles paid Tabby Money-Saving
Self-host and serve your own model, so there is no per-token bill at all freemium Tabby Money-Saving
Tabby Cloud includes $20/month of free usage and lets every user set a budget cap freemium Refact.ai Money-Saving
Pro at $10/mo is half the price of most mainstream assistants freemium Refact.ai Money-Saving
Self-host with your own keys to avoid per-seat AI margins entirely freemium F Free — 41 offers
Open-source tools and generous free tiers — you can use them at zero cost (pay only your own model API if BYOK, or nothing for built-in models).
GitHub Copilot Free for open source maintainers — unlimited freemium Claim → CodeRabbit Free forever for public open-source repos freemium Claim → Blackbox AI Free forever: unlimited basic chat & standard code completion freemium Claim → Cline Free tool — pay only for LLM API usage free Details → Aider Free open source — Apache 2.0 license, no subscription and no seat fee open-source Details → Zed Core editor free & open source (Apache 2.0) freemium Details → CodeGeeX Fully free — no usage limits, no API key needed free Details → Continue Free open source — pay only for LLM API open-source Details → Trae Fully free with built-in domestic LLM access free Details → Amazon Q Developer Free tier: unlimited completions + 50 security scans/month freemium Details → OpenHands Free open source — self-host on Docker open-source Details → Gemini CLI Free — Antigravity CLI ~20 agent requests/day, no credit card required free Details → Warp Free for personal use — all core features included freemium Details → Qodo Free for individual developers freemium Details → Sourcery Free for open-source projects freemium Details → DeepSource Free for public repositories freemium Details → Snyk Code Free for open source freemium Details → Greptile Starter tier free for one active developer — 50 reviews/month, no credit card freemium Details → Greptile Free for qualifying open-source projects freemium Details → Katalon Community Edition: free web, mobile & API testing freemium Details → Bolt.new Free tier for prototyping and small projects freemium Details → Lovable Free tier: build and preview apps freemium Details → Bubble Free development mode; pay only when you launch freemium Details → Retool Free tier for small teams (up to 5 users) freemium Details → ToolJet Free self-hosted — open source (AGPL) open-source Details → SWE-Agent Free open source — pay only for LLM API calls open-source Details → Codacy Free for open-source projects freemium Details → SonarQube Community Build is free and open source with no line-of-code limit freemium Details → SonarQube SonarQube Cloud free tier covers 50,000 LOC and five users with PR analysis freemium Details → Code Climate (now Qlty) Free plan is not limited to open source — unlimited private contributors included freemium Details → Code Climate (now Qlty) Free for qualifying open-source projects freemium Details → AI Context Manager Free forever — MIT open source open-source Details → DeepSeek Harness Free open source — MIT license open-source Details → Appsmith Community edition is free and open source for self-hosting freemium Details → Adalo Free plan includes Ada AI and unlimited test apps — no credit card freemium Details → Draftbit Free forever plan publishes to a draftbit.dev subdomain with 5,000 one-time AI credits freemium Details → BrowserStack Percy visual testing free tier: 5,000 screenshots per month paid Details → OpenCode MIT-licensed agent, no seat fee and no vendor lock-in open-source Details → Google Antigravity Individual plan at $0 with unlimited tab completions and command requests freemium Details → Tabby Community edition free for up to 5 users, with code completions unlimited at any scale freemium Details → Refact.ai Free plan: 5,000 coins/month with unlimited completions and bring-your-own-key freemium Details →
T Free Trial — 14 offers
Time-boxed free trials — try the full paid product before you buy, usually without a credit card.
Cursor 14-day free Pro trial (no credit card required) freemium Claim → CodeRabbit 14-day free Pro trial for private repos freemium Claim → Manus Free tier with limited credits available freemium Claim → TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest) Free lifetime tier — 60 minutes of automated testing per month freemium Claim → Windsurf 30-day free Pro trial freemium Details → Kiro CLI 50 free credits/month for new users — enough for small projects freemium Details → Diffblue Cover Free Community Edition for open-source projects paid Details → Testim Free trial available paid Details → Mabl Free trial available paid Details → Applitools Free trial available paid Details → JetBrains Junie Free trial available freemium Details → Appsmith 15-day Business trial, no credit card required freemium Details → BrowserStack Free trial across the platform before you commit paid Details → Sauce Labs Free trial available before committing to a plan paid Details →
E Education — 7 offers
Verified student & academic offers — free or heavily discounted access to commercial tools.
Cursor 50% student discount on all plans freemium Claim → GitHub Copilot Free for verified students & teachers freemium Claim → JetBrains AI Assistant Free for verified students — all IDEs + AI freemium Claim → v0 by Vercel 1 year free for students (Plus tier, $360 value) freemium Claim → Replit Free for verified educators and classrooms freemium Claim → FlutterFlow Free for verified students freemium Details → Code Climate (now Qlty) Registered 501(c)(3) non-profits get 10% off; K-12 and university classroom use is 100% free freemium Details →
S Startup — 2 offers
Startup credits and plans — often from accelerator or YC-style programs, for early-stage teams.
$ Money-Saving — 52 offers
Money-saving tips — smart usage patterns that cut your ongoing API or subscription bill.
Cursor Aug 24, 2026: Auto bills per routed model (usually higher than the old flat rate); included usage rises across plans freemium Details → GitHub Copilot Completions and Next Edit Suggestions never consume AI credits — if your team mainly uses autocomplete, the Sep 1 2026 allowance cut costs you nothing freemium Details → Cline Use budget models (DeepSeek, Gemini Flash) → ~$1/mo free Details → Aider Use Ollama local models → $0 token cost, fully private open-source Details → Aider Architect mode (strong model plans, cheap model writes) → roughly 30% of single-model token cost open-source Details → Aider Enable provider prompt caching → Aider re-sends similar context every turn, so caching cuts the bill open-source Details → Cody Cody has no self-serve tier — the individual path Sourcegraph itself pointed to is Amp, billed at provider rates with zero markup paid Details → Cody Under roughly 100K lines of code, a $20/mo editor (Cursor or Copilot) replaces a $16K/yr contract paid Details → Cody Cline, Aider or Continue with your own API key cost $0 for the tool — you only give up the cross-repo code graph paid Details → Zed BYO API key instead of $10/mo hosted AI plan freemium Details → Tabnine Bring your own LLM (on-prem or own cloud endpoint) → unlimited usage with no 5% Tabnine token markup paid Details → Tabnine Annual commitment at $39/user is the effective floor; air-gapped and enterprise terms are quote-only paid Details → Tabnine Headless Agents (CI/CD) are a separate add-on — budget them explicitly instead of assuming they are included paid Details → Continue Ollama local models → $0 recurring cost open-source Details → Devin AI Core is now $20/mo — a 96% cut from the old $500 entry point (ACU usage billed on top) paid Details → Devin AI Batch small, well-scoped tasks: 1 ACU ≈ 15 min of active work, so tight specs are the biggest saving paid Details → Devin AI Team includes 250 ACUs at ~$2.00 each vs ~$2.25 on Core overage paid Details → OpenHands Budget API models → ~$5-15/mo for daily use open-source Details → Claude Code Use Haiku for routine tasks; Opus only for complex logic paid Details → Gemini CLI Gemini CLI is retired (June 18, 2026); Antigravity CLI carries over Skills, Hooks, and 1M context — free tier is ~20 req/day free Details → Greptile Cap TREX reviews to high-risk PRs — runtime verification costs 3 credits per review freemium Details → Bolt.new Export code → self-host on Netlify/Vercel → $0 hosting freemium Details → Lovable Export code → deploy independently to avoid monthly fee freemium Details → Replit Core dropped 20% to $20/mo in May 2026; annual billing lowers Core to ~$17/mo freemium Details → SWE-Agent Use budget models (DeepSeek, Gemini Flash) for simple bugs; save premium models for complex issues open-source Details → Manus Pro starts at $20/mo (4,000 monthly credits); annual billing saves further freemium Details → SonarQube Single-branch projects never need a paid edition — stay on Community Build freemium Details → Blackbox AI Annual billing saves ~20% ($8/mo equivalent) freemium Details → Code Climate (now Qlty) Annual billing adds two free months — roughly 17% off freemium Details → Appsmith Builders are not billed separately — app editors count as standard users freemium Details → Adalo Annual billing saves roughly 20% versus monthly on every tier freemium Details → Adalo No workload-unit or token metering on any plan, including AI usage freemium Details → Draftbit Bring your own Claude, ChatGPT or OpenRouter key — Draftbit credits are not consumed freemium Details → Draftbit Annual billing saves 20% on every paid tier freemium Details → BrowserStack Annual billing is materially cheaper than monthly on every plan paid Details → BrowserStack Automation plans include unlimited users — pool one subscription across the whole team paid Details → Sauce Labs Live Testing plans are far cheaper than device-cloud plans — use them for exploratory work paid Details → Sauce Labs Raise concurrency only where your pipeline peaks, not on every plan paid Details → OpenCode Sign in with your existing GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscription instead of buying API credits open-source Details → OpenCode Go at $10/mo hard-caps spend ($12/5h, $30/week, $60/month) on 15 open coding models open-source Details → OpenCode Enterprises can point it at an internal AI gateway — no token fee from the vendor open-source Details → Amp Zero-markup pass-through billing — you pay the model provider's list price, nothing on top paid Details → Amp Rush mode for small tasks: roughly $0.58 per task versus frontier pricing paid Details → Amp Credits never expire monthly — leftovers only lapse after a year of account inactivity paid Details → Google Antigravity Included in some Gemini Enterprise app subscriptions via Google Cloud freemium Details → Google Antigravity Credits are pooled across models rather than locked to a single model tier freemium Details → Factory Teams at $60/mo plus $40/seat is cheaper per seat than four Pro subscriptions once you pass three developers paid Details → Factory Rate-limit billing means no credit overage surprises — usage simply throttles paid Details → Tabby Self-host and serve your own model, so there is no per-token bill at all freemium Details → Tabby Tabby Cloud includes $20/month of free usage and lets every user set a budget cap freemium Details → Refact.ai Pro at $10/mo is half the price of most mainstream assistants freemium Details → Refact.ai Self-host with your own keys to avoid per-seat AI margins entirely freemium Details →
Frequently Asked Questions
Which AI coding tools have a free trial?
Cursor (14-day Pro, no credit card), Windsurf (30-day Pro), CodeRabbit (14-day Pro for private repos), plus Testim, mabl and Applitools in the testing category. See the "Free Trial" section below for the full, current list.
Does GitHub Copilot have a free plan?
Yes. Copilot offers a Free tier, and is free for verified students and for open-source maintainers on public repos. Use the Free and Education sections below to compare.
Are there student discounts on AI coding tools?
Yes. JetBrains is free for verified students across all IDEs and AI features, and GitHub Copilot is free for students. The Education section lists every student offer we currently track.
Is there an open-source free AI coding assistant?
Several: Cline, Continue, OpenHands, Aider and DeepSeek Harness are all open source and free to use — you only pay for your own LLM API (or run local models for $0). See the Free section.
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