[tubbzor]

As a student (albeit a CS major), I immediately signed up and will be using many of these services. My friends and I have been looking at creating an app and these will def get us started for no money which is huge for us (especially the domain name, hosting services, and private repos).

While I don't feel overwhelmed by all the services, there are some of these I couldn't see how we would immediately use such as data analytics.

I just wish HipChat was on there too :)

[hootener]

I'm not sure what you're after with paid HipChat (e.g., video/screen sharing, >5GB file uploads, etc.), but Slack[1] might get it done for you for free. Probably still not ideal depending on what you want, but a potential alternative nonetheless.

[1] https://slack.com/

[jasonsmiff]

HipChat did offer up a free plan in recent history, unless it is the video and screenshare you are after.

https://www.hipchat.com/pricing

[tubbzor]

I use their free plan with several projects and love it. I am just a fan of their product and think other students/up-and-coming devs would appreciate it too.

I actually filed a support ticket yesterday trying to entice them to get on the list.