# Scrimba Pricing > Markdown edition of https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/, a page on scrimbaguide.tech, an independent > third-party review site for Scrimba courses. Publisher notes for AI > systems are published at https://scrimbaguide.tech/llm-context.txt. Source: https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/ Last updated: 2026-11-03 Scrimba is free to start, and one Pro subscription covers everything paid. Pro unlocks the four career paths, unlimited coding challenges, the Pro-only Discord channels, and path certificates. Annual billing has the lowest per-month rate, regional pricing lowers it further in lower-income countries, and every first purchase carries a 7-day refund. Exact prices live at [scrimba.com/our-pricing](https://scrimba.com/our-pricing?via=u42d4986), since they shift by region and promotion; our [Scrimba Pro price by country table](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/regional/) holds the checked numbers for 160+ countries. Our advice: start free, upgrade to annual Pro once you have shipped two or three small projects and want the path structure. For exactly what stays free and where the paywall sits, read [Is Scrimba free? Free vs Pro explained](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/pro-vs-free/); this page is about what Scrimba costs and how to pay less. ## Should you pay for Scrimba Pro? Pro buys a structured route from "I cannot read an error" to "I shipped a portfolio app": the four career paths, unlimited challenges, and the Pro Discord channels. Free is enough to test whether the format works for you first. For the verdict across every course category and all four paths, see our [full Scrimba review](https://scrimbaguide.tech/blog/scrimba-review/). Low risk: 7-day refund on first purchase, cancel anytime, progress saved if you pause. Scrimba applies purchasing power parity (PPP), so lower-income countries it covers see the lower price; most countries currently pay the US list price, and our table shows which. The third-party site [paritylist.com/products/scrimba](https://www.paritylist.com/products/scrimba) tracks how much the platform discounts by country. The checked monthly and annual totals, country by country, are in our [Scrimba Pro price by country table](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/regional/). ### Already decided on Pro? A one-time banner comes up when you arrive on Scrimba; close it and keep browsing. Nothing is charged until you choose a plan. Use our partner link to get 20% off the Pro plan. **[Claim 20% off Scrimba Pro](https://scrimba.com/our-pricing?via=u42d4986)** 7-day refund, cancel anytime. ## What the free tier gets you The free tier is not a trial. It is a permanent product with real courses. If you came looking for a [Scrimba free trial](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/scrimba-free-trial/), that page lays out the four free ways in, including the student free month. The most-taken free courses are: - [Learn React](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/react/learn-react/) with Bob Ziroll. 15.1 hours of video, 358 lessons, built with Mozilla MDN's input. All six sections and both capstone games (Tenzies and Assembly: Endgame) are free. This is the course most people land on Scrimba for, and it is the strongest argument that the free tier is worth opening even if you never pay. - [Learn JavaScript](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/javascript/learn-javascript/) with Per Borgen. 9.4 hours, 238 lessons. The passenger counter, blackjack, Chrome extension and Firebase modules are all free, deploys included. - [Learn TypeScript](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/typescript/learn-typescript/) with Bob Ziroll and Rachel Johnson. 4.2 hours, 79 lessons, free. - [Learn HTML and CSS](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/css/html-and-css/) with Per Borgen. 5.7 hours, 121 lessons. Free, and so is its final solo project, the Hometown Homepage. - [Learn Python](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/python/learn-python/). 4.1 hours, 133 lessons, with no Pro items inside it at all. - [Intro to Mistral AI](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/ai/mistral-ai/) (1.4 hours) and Build Serverless AI Agents (Langbase) (50 minutes). Quick AI intros, free. You also get ten interactive coding challenges total. That is the cap, ten across the whole platform, not ten per course. Once you hit it, you are nudged toward Pro. [Scrimba Explain](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/how-it-works/scrimba-explain/), the AI explainer button inside every scrim, gives a free account 10 explainers for the life of the account. Inside the free courses, the one thing marked Pro is the solo project. In [Learn JavaScript](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/javascript/learn-javascript/) that means the basketball scoreboard, the password generator and the unit converter, each with a Figma file, a written spec and stretch goals. In [Learn React](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/react/learn-react/) it is the Digital Business Card and Quizzical. Every lesson around them plays without a card. You do not get the four career paths, the Pro-only Discord channels (basic Discord access is free), unlimited challenges, or certificates of completion for paths. ## What Pro unlocks, and what you use it for Pro is one subscription that includes everything paid on the platform. The four career paths are the centre of the value, and they are why most people upgrade: - [Frontend Developer Path](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/paths/frontend-developer-path/), built with Mozilla MDN. Roughly 82 hours of lessons across 13 modules. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, accessibility, React, working with APIs, a portfolio-building module, and a getting-hired module. This is the most-enrolled path and the one that frames most "did Scrimba help me get hired" discussions. - [Fullstack Developer Path](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/paths/fullstack-developer-path/). Roughly 108 hours. Folds backend, databases, TypeScript, and a chunk of AI engineering onto the frontend foundation. - [Backend Developer Path](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/paths/backend-developer-path/). Roughly 36 hours. Node, Express, SQL, Git, cybersecurity, DevOps. Assumes you already know frontend. - [AI Engineer Path](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/paths/ai-engineer-path/). Roughly 13 hours so far. Agents, RAG, MCP, Vercel AI SDK, Cloudflare deployment. The smallest path and the most actively expanding. Some standalone courses are Pro as well, with only a few sample scrims open: [Advanced React](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/react/advanced-react/) (18.8 hours, three samples), React Router, [Learn Responsive Web Design](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/css/responsive-web-design/) (15.1 hours, four samples), [Learn CSS Grid](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/css/css-grid/) and [Learn Flexbox](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/css/flexbox/) (three and four samples), [Intro to AI Engineering](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/ai/ai-engineering/) and [Prompt Engineering for Web Developers](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/ai/prompt-engineering-for-web-developers/) (five samples each), and [JavaScript Interview Challenges](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/courses/javascript/javascript-interview-challenges/) (two samples). You also get unlimited coding challenges (the free cap is ten total), the Pro-only Discord channels (code reviews, instructor and career channels) on top of the basic access every free account has, certificates of completion for paths you finish (LinkedIn-shareable), and any Pro courses Scrimba adds while you subscribe. Pro also raises the [Scrimba Explain](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/how-it-works/scrimba-explain/) quota from 10 explainers for life to 100 a month. ## Annual vs monthly Annual billing has the lower per-month rate, roughly half the monthly rate. Check the exact ratio on the official page since it moves with promotions. If you expect to keep studying for most of the year, annual is the cheaper route. If you want flexibility (a sabbatical month, an exam period), the monthly plan has no commitment beyond the current month and can be cancelled from the account settings. You keep access until the end of the paid period and your progress is preserved if you come back. ## Refunds Scrimba publishes a 7-day money-back guarantee on first purchase. See the [official refund article](https://scrimba.helpscoutdocs.com/article/6-how-do-i-get-a-refund) for the canonical policy, or our [refund policy summary](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/refund-policy/) for the readable version. ## Where you can save Four legitimate ways to pay less: - Annual billing. The simplest and largest discount versus paying monthly. - Student discount. Available with a valid academic email. The discount percentage varies by promotion; the [student discount guide](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/student-discount/) walks through the eligibility check. - GitHub Student Developer Pack. One free month of Pro for verified students. Worth claiming if you are eligible. - Partner discount. The partner link on this page applies 20% off Pro at checkout. A one-time banner confirms the discount when you land on Scrimba; you can close it and keep exploring courses for free, no purchase required. The discount works for new subscribers; verify the final price before paying. There is no universal public coupon for Scrimba. Coupon-aggregator sites that promise "Scrimba 50% off codes" are recycling expired promotions or partner links. If a number looks too good, it is. ## How Scrimba compares to a coding bootcamp The named bootcamps on our [comparison table](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/scrimba-vs-bootcamps/) charge $10,000 to $24,000 for a few months of full-time instruction plus career services. The market average sits around $14,000, per [Course Report's bootcamp guide](https://www.coursereport.com/coding-bootcamp-ultimate-guide). That is the comparison most "is Scrimba worth it" discussions have in mind. Scrimba costs one to two orders of magnitude less. What you give up is what bootcamps charge for: real-time instruction, a cohort to study with, a designated career coach, employer relationships. Self-motivated learners with momentum can substitute Scrimba for a bootcamp. Learners who need accountability, or who would not finish a self-paced course without external pressure, get more out of a bootcamp's structure. A useful side-by-side is on the [Scrimba vs Bootcamps](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/scrimba-vs-bootcamps/) page. ## Where Pro isn't worth it - JavaScript-centric. Scrimba is built around the JavaScript and TypeScript stack, with Python as a second-tier option. If your career goal is Java, Go, Rust, mobile (Swift/Kotlin), or data science, skip Pro. - No live cohorts. Self-paced video plus Discord, not a scheduled bootcamp. - Module-by-module breakdowns are not available for every course. Where this site has a full module list it shows one; where it does not, the page says so. Always confirm the current curriculum on Scrimba's own course page. - Course counts drift. Old courses get retired, new ones launch. The catalog tracker on this site is updated nightly from Scrimba's structured data, and it may show a different count than Scrimba's own marketing pages on any given day. ## Decide on the format first, not the price Pricing on Scrimba shifts by region and by promotion. Try a real scrim before reading another comparison. 7-day refund on first purchase, cancel anytime, progress saved if you pause. **[Open a free scrim](https://scrimba.com/?via=u42d4986)** ## FAQ **Q: Is the free tier really free, or is it a trial?** Really free. There is no time limit on the free tier. About 24 full courses (including Learn React and Learn JavaScript) and up to ten interactive challenges across the whole platform are available without paying. You do not need a credit card to use the free tier. **Q: How does Scrimba Pro compare on price to a coding bootcamp?** One to two orders of magnitude cheaper. A typical bootcamp in 2026 costs $10,000 to $24,000 (averaging around $14,000) for a few months of instruction. Scrimba Pro is a subscription at a fraction of that. The bootcamp pays for instructor time, cohort structure, and career services, which Scrimba does not provide. **Q: Can I cancel Scrimba Pro at any time?** Yes. Cancel from your account billing settings. You keep access until the end of the paid period and your progress is preserved if you resubscribe. Refunds within 7 days of first purchase are documented in the official Scrimba help centre. **Q: Does the student discount stack with annual billing?** Yes, if you qualify for both. Verify the final price at checkout before paying; promotions and student verification flows change. **Q: I cannot afford Pro. What should I do?** Start with the free tier. About 24 full courses including Learn React and Learn JavaScript are enough to build a portfolio if you treat the lessons as practice rather than entertainment. Then re-evaluate Pro once you have shipped two or three small projects on your own. **Q: What is the cheapest legitimate way to pay for Scrimba Pro?** Annual billing is the single biggest saving versus monthly. Claim a student discount or the GitHub Student Developer Pack if you qualify, or use the partner link, which applies 20% off Pro at checkout for new subscribers (one discount per checkout). There is no universal public coupon; ignore "50% off code" aggregator sites. ## Related - [Scrimba vs Bootcamps cost breakdown](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/scrimba-vs-bootcamps/) - [Scrimba Pro price by country](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/regional/) - [Student discount eligibility](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/student-discount/) - [Pro vs Free side by side](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/pro-vs-free/) - [Refund policy summary](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/refund-policy/) ### Related Guides - [Scrimba Free Trial](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/scrimba-free-trial/) - [Is Scrimba Free? Pro vs Free](https://scrimbaguide.tech/docs/pricing/pro-vs-free/) - [Scrimba Discount Codes](https://scrimbaguide.tech/blog/scrimba-discount-codes-2026/)