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Thunder Compute: $20 in free GPU credit for US students

No end date announced

The offer

$20 credit

Discount code

No code needed

Only students enrolled at US universities qualify, and you must sign up with a university email address. Credit is added automatically after signup and works on A6000 and L40 GPUs only. Thunder Compute can remove the credit if it sees abuse.

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Step by step

Screenshot taken on October 27, 2026. Red boxes show where to click.

Log in to save your progress.

  1. Open the student page

    Check that the page still offers $20 of credit for students.

    Open the student page

  2. Sign up with your university email

    Create an account using your .edu or other US university address.

  3. Start a GPU

    The credit appears in your account. Launch an A6000 or L40 instance to use it.

    Start a GPU

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Source: thundercompute.com/students