Latest Working Methods
Updated 2026-09-23
Student OffersGitHub official Education page
Students with a school email can apply for the GitHub Student Developer Pack to unlock free AI credits and developer tools from multiple vendors.
Cloud TrialsCloud provider official consoles
Major cloud platforms give new users free trial credits that can be spent on their hosted LLM inference services.
Local DeploymentOllama / LM Studio official sites
Use tools like Ollama or LM Studio to run open-source models locally without spending any API credits.
Open-Source CommunityHugging Face official site
Hugging Face gives registered users free inference credits and lets you deploy demos with Spaces.
Event PerksVendor official newsletter / Discord / mailing list
Vendors often hand out limited-time API credit codes at hackathons, launch events and community channels.