What closed or changed.

Everything on StudentStack that isn’t what it used to be, across every section. Checked on 16 October 2026.

Student deals (11)

• CursorClosed

  Officially confirmed: legacy student discount closed to new sign-ups 25 Jun 2026; existing redeemers keep rate until expiry. Promotions via campus/online events (cursor.com/students).

• KiroChanged

  Expanded 8 Sep 2026 from 11 universities.

• ChatGPT PlusClosed

  Ended: OpenAI's help page says claim by 31 October 2026. US students only.

• Google Gemini (AI Plus)Changed

  Official (page as served in the UK, 4 Nov 2026): free one-year Google AI Plus for university students aged 18+; redeem until 31 December 2026; card required, then £4.49 a month unless cancelled. US students get AI Pro.

• Claude / Claude CodeClosed

  Officially confirmed: access only via a university's Claude for Education plan; no individual student plan found.

• ReplitChanged

  Officially confirmed: 50% off Core with .edu email. Non-.edu (e.g. ac.uk) eligibility not stated.

• PerplexityChanged

  Official: Education Pro is $10 a month, includes everything in Pro. Any email can sign up; verify through SheerID. Discount isn't transferable to a new email.

• ElevenLabsChanged

  CHANGED: the official student page no longer lists 3 free months of Creator. It now offers ElevenReader Ultra free for a year and says more student packs are coming.

• Gemini Code Assist (individuals)Closed

  Officially confirmed: stopped 18 Jun 2026 for individuals, AI Pro and AI Ultra (incl. Gemini CLI); migrate to Antigravity.

• Amazon Q DeveloperClosed

  Officially confirmed: new Free Tier and subscriptions blocked from 15 May 2026; support ends 30 Apr 2027; AWS points to Kiro.

• DescriptChanged

  CORRECTED: official help centre says $12/$8, not the $5 quoted by comparison sites. Application form required; max 3 editor seats.

Free tiers

1. 1 January 2027Clerk: Directory Sync connections start being billed on paid plans. Hobby is unaffected. Source
2. 1 December 2026Cloudflare: Workers Logs moves to Cloudflare Observability pricing. Source
3. 1 September 2026Firebase: New Remote Config pricing: free up to 100,000 fetches a day per project, then billed. Source
4. 12 August 2026Netlify: Netlify's docs page on credit-based plans was last updated. Free is now 300 credits, and projects pause when they run out. Source

AI credits

1. 1 December 2026Gemini API: Paid prices for some models double. The free tier stays. Source
2. 6 November 2026TinyFish: Added: $35 wallet credits at signup for currently enrolled students with an eligible academic email. Source
3. 30 July 2026GitHub Models: Fully retired, with no API or playground left. Source

Expired hackathons and programmes

• Google Summer of Code 2026Expired

  Contributor deadline was 31 March, 18:00 UTC. 2027 dates aren't out yet

• Multimodal AI Hackathon 2026Expired

  Submissions closed

• IKU Womxn in STEM HackathonExpired

  Event starts

• Build, Ship, Shape: Amazon Developer HackathonExpired

  Submissions close

• OxHack '26Expired

  Event starts

• Build With AI: BasicsExpired

  Submissions close

• OpenCV AI Competition 2026Expired

  Submissions close

• Life After Code (GitLab)Expired

  Submissions close

• Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI HackathonExpired

  Submissions close

• Y Combinator Winter 2027Expired

  On-time deadline 2 November, 8pm PT (3 November, 3am UK)