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StudentOS – Track the $14,200 in student benefits you're leaving behind

StudentOS – Track the $14,200 in student benefits you're leaving behind

by praveen_bv·Feb 25, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidSolve My Problem

$14K benefit aggregator—useful but just a curated directory with tracking UI.

Strengths
  • •Solves genuine student pain: no single index of scattered institutional benefits
  • •Built in 3 weeks solo, shipped with 50+ verified partners and expiry tracking
  • •Beautiful, calm UI design (verified from screenshots) reduces friction to claim benefits
Weaknesses
  • •Core value is curation + UI; no novel technology or algorithm—spreadsheet already does this
  • •Benefit sustainability depends entirely on institutional partnerships staying alive and URLs staying valid
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

Undergraduate and graduate students

Similar To

GitHub Student Developer Pack · Google Scholar · Coursera for Campus

Post Description

I built StudentOS — a free workspace for students to discover, track, and claim software benefits tied to their student identity.

The core insight: students qualify for 51+ benefits (GitHub Pack, AWS Educate, JetBrains, Notion, Azure, etc.) but have no single place to track what they've claimed, what's expiring, or what their total ROI is.

I built a benefits index, a personal savings ledger, and an expiry tracker. It took 3 weeks solo.

Live: https://studentos.tech

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