Free $200 Credits with DigitalOcean for Higher Education
Free cloud credits and resources for students, educators and researchers to use DigitalOcean infrastructure.
Claim offerDigitalOcean is offering an educational programme aimed at higher-education users (students, educators, researchers) that gives free cloud credits plus access to tutorials and infrastructure tools. You receive US$200 of free credits when you sign up as a new customer.
Educators and researchers who need more credits (beyond the $200) may apply to the “Hollie’s Hub for Good” grant, which has up to US$500,000 of free credits available for projects that meet criteria. So, in future, you may apply for more credits if you think your project is good enough.
With the available credits, you can one-click deploy popular applications like:
- WordPress
- Coolify
- Supabase
- Discourse
- Etherpad
- Wiki.js
You can deploy static sites for free indefinitely using their App Platform (up to three static sites) without using the credits.
Key Benefits
- Free $200 credit for cloud infrastructure under DigitalOcean for 60 days
- Access to tutorials and over 3,000 free articles to learn web dev, data science, cloud infrastructure
- Ability to deploy blogs, wikis, discussion platforms, LMS, etc using one-click apps e.g., WordPress, Moodle, Jitsi, Discourse
- Free indefinite hosting of up to 3 static sites via App Platform (without using credits)
- Opportunity for educators/researchers to apply for additional larger grants (via “Hollie’s Hub for Good”) if project qualifies
Eligibility
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