Scrimba Billing & Payments
Pro is subscription-only: monthly or annual, no one-off course purchases. Refunds are honored within 7 days of first purchase. Student discounts and the GitHub Student Pack are available. Cancel anytime from account settings; your progress stays on your account.
Checked against Scrimba's official help centre, September 2026.
For the full plan breakdown, see Pro vs Free. Current numbers live at scrimba.com/our-pricing (opens in a new tab).
Who This Is For
Subscribers or potential subscribers with billing questions: pricing, refunds, payment methods, student discounts, or subscription management.
How Scrimba billing works in one minute
There is only one paid product: Pro. There is no per-course purchase and no lifetime buyout, so every billing question reduces to how you pay for Pro and how you stop.
- Two billing cycles. Monthly or annual. Annual works out to roughly half the per-month rate, so if you will study for three months or more, annual is the cheaper unit. Weigh it on the Pro vs Free comparison.
- Region-aware pricing. Scrimba applies purchasing-power parity automatically, so the price you see can be lower than the headline rate depending on your country. No coupon needed.
- One renewal switch. A subscription renews until you cancel. Cancelling stops the next charge but keeps your access to the end of the period; it does not refund the current term. The two actions are different, and the refund policy lays out which one returns money.
- Your progress is yours. Cancel, lapse, and resubscribe months later, and your completed lessons are still on your account.
Try the free tier first, pick annual once you are confident, and the 7-day refund window covers that first charge either way.
Fast Navigation
- Need current plan pricing? Check Scrimba Pricing first, then use the FAQs below for edge cases.
- Looking for discounts? See Student Discount and Discount Codes & Deals.
- Unsure whether to upgrade? Compare Pro vs Free.
- Need cancellation/refund help? Jump to Payments & Refunds and Cancellation sections.
Pricing & Plans
Monthly or annual subscription. Annual is roughly half the per-month rate of monthly. Live numbers shift by region and promotion, so check scrimba.com/our-pricing for your current price.
Source: Scrimba Help Centre
Open checkout through the partner link on this site; the discount applies to eligible Pro plans automatically. If it does not show at checkout, see the 2026 discount guide for the current state.
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Pro unlocks all courses, the four career paths, unlimited challenges, the Pro-only Discord channels, and path certificates. Free gives roughly 24 full courses and 10 interactive challenges total across the platform, plus 10 Scrimba Explain videos for life against 100 a month on Pro. Inside a free course, Pro shows up as the Solo Project rows and the certificate; inside a Pro course, a few scrims (usually the first ones) carry a SAMPLE badge you can watch before paying. Full breakdown on the Pro vs Free page.
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No. Scrimba is subscription-only; there is no per-course purchase option.
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Yes. One Pro subscription covers all current and future Pro courses across the platform.
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Next step: Decide annual vs monthly on the Pro vs Free comparison, then check the current promotion on Scrimba pricing.
Student Discounts & Scholarships
Yes. Email help@scrimba.com from your academic email to request the student rate.
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GitHub Student Developer Pack holders get 1 free month of Pro. Log into Scrimba with GitHub, then activate at scrimba.com/github-education.
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No. Scrimba does not offer scholarships at this time and points students to the GitHub Student Developer Pack instead.
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Yes. Regional pricing is applied automatically at checkout based on your location, with no code needed. Turn off any VPN first, or you will see another country's price.
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Next step: Check the student discount eligibility guide before emailing support.
Payments & Refunds
Primarily credit and debit cards. Email help@scrimba.com to ask about alternative methods for your region.
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Refunds are available within 7 days of first purchase, one refund per account. Submit the refund form or email help@scrimba.com. Full policy on the refund page.
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Update the card in account settings. If the retry still fails, email help@scrimba.com before access expires.
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Account settings has the controls for subscription tier, payment method, and invoices.
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Next step: Read the refund policy summary before subscribing so you know the 7-day window.
Cancellation
No. Progress stays on your account permanently. Resubscribe later and you pick up at the last completed lesson.
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No. Pro courses and paths lock when the subscription ends, back to the handful of SAMPLE scrims in each, mostly at the start. Free courses and your saved progress stay accessible.
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Pricing Stability
Scrimba occasionally adjusts pricing for new subscribers. Your rate is locked for your current billing period. Check your account or the pricing page before renewing to see the rate that applies next.
Only if Scrimba has raised prices since you subscribed. Check your account settings or contact help@scrimba.com before your renewal date to confirm. Annual and student plans hold the best long-term rate.
Related Pages
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