We believe that students building the future of software shouldn't be held back by tool pricing. That's why Tunels offers a free Student Plan with features that go well beyond our Basic tier.
What You Get
The Tunels Student Plan includes:
- 1 concurrent tunnel (same as Basic)
- 50 requests per second (5x the Basic plan's 10 RPS)
- 15 GB monthly bandwidth (5x the Basic plan's 3 GB)
- HTTP and HTTPS support
- Request inspection via the local web UI
- Email support (Basic only gets community support)
Who Qualifies
The Student Plan is available to:
- Currently enrolled university or college students
- Graduate students and PhD candidates
- Educators and professors at accredited institutions
- Teaching assistants and research assistants
How to Apply
- Create a Tunels account at tunels.io/signup
- Go to Account Settings → General
- Fill out the Student Plan Request form
- Upload proof of enrollment (student ID, enrollment letter, or .edu email screenshot)
- Our team reviews your request within 2 business days
- If approved, you receive an invitation code to activate the plan
Use Cases in Education
We've seen students use Tunels for:
- Capstone projects — Demo web applications to professors without deploying
- Hackathons — Quick prototyping with real webhook integrations
- Course assignments — Building and testing APIs for web development classes
- Research — Exposing local services for distributed systems research
Educators
If you teach web development, networking, or software engineering, Tunels can be a valuable tool in your curriculum. We're happy to work with educators to support classroom use. Contact us at [email protected].
