Best Student Trial and Discount Offers for Digital Services
Our list of digital deals for students covers the most important digital subscription trials and discounts. If you have a student ID – you'll need one to verify your status – you can save a good chunk of money whether it's for streaming video and audio, buy e-books or using much-needed software.
Please let us know if we missed a great student trial offer or discount deal so that we can include it here.
Here is an overview of the most popular student trial programs (listed in alphabetical order within each category)
Name | Description | Discount | Free Trial Period |
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Audio Streaming – Music, Podcasts and Audiobooks | |||
Amazon Music Unlimited | Unlimited, ad-free streaming of more than a million songs | 30 days | |
Apple Music | 90 million songs and 30,000 expert-curated playlists. Subscription includes free access to Apple TV+ for 6 months | 50% off | 1 month |
Audible Plus | The world's largest selection of audiobooks as well as podcasts | 30 days | |
Soundcloud Go+ | Listen to 150 million+ tracks offline, and ad-free | 50% off | 30 days |
Spotify Premium | Play any song ad-free; download; bundled with HULU and SHOWTIME movie streaming | 1 month | |
YouTube Music Premium | Enjoy YouTube ad-free. Need to be verified as a student by SheerID | 1 month | |
(also check out our curated list of 20 Best Free Sites to Download Music Legally) | |||
Video and TV Streaming | |||
Amazon Prime | Unlimited instant streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows | 30 days | |
Apple TV+ | Free access to Apple TV+ for 6 months if you have a Apple Music student subscription | 7 days | |
Hulu | Endless entertainment, live sports, and the shows and movies you love | 70% off | |
Hulu and SHOWTIME bundle | Sign-up for Spotify free student trial and get HULU and SHOWTIME bundle included | 1 month | |
Paramount+ | Either get the student discount or try the regular version free for 7 days | 25% off | 7 days |
YouTube Premium | Enjoy YouTube ad-free. Need to be verified as a student by SheerID | 1 month | |
(also check out our curated list of 25 Free Movie and TV Show Websites as well as the 25 Best Free Sports Streaming Sites to watch online) | |||
E-Books | |||
Kindle Unlimited | Unlimited reading from over 1 million ebooks and listening to thousands of audiobooks. Read on any device | 30 days | |
(also check out our curated list of 25 Best Sites to Download Books for Free) | |||
Software | |||
Adobe Creative Cloud | Unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping (with no minimum order size) and exclusive deals and promotions for college students | 63% off | 7 days |
Microsoft Office | Student and teachers get the online version of Microsoft Office for free, plus 1 TB of online storage | 100% off | |
Shopping and more | |||
Amazon Prime Student | Unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping (with no minimum order size) and exclusive deals and promotions for college students | n/a | 6 months |
Amazon Refurbished Store | Not strictly for students but generally good deals on refurbished gadgets like smartphone, tablets etc. | n/a | |
Apple | Apple offers student discounts on most products with their Education Pricing program | varies | |
(also check out our curated list of the 15 Best Free Websites and Apps for Making Internet Phone Calls and a collection of the Best Refurbished iPhone Marketplaces) |