Student pricing

To encourage the development of solid business planning skills, we offer special low-priced product offerings for college and university students.

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Our academic program requires a quick validation of your educational status.

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The easiest way to get qualified is with your .edu email address from school. Just enter your .edu address below, then click Get Qualified. We will email you instructions on how to complete your order.

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No problem. Just contact our academic team at academic@paloalto.com or call us at (541) 683-6162, and we will help you validate your academic status in another way.

Need software for commercial use?

These products are intended for academic use only. If you need software for commercial use instead, see our retail products.

Available products

Business Plan Pro Academic Edition

Student price: $49.95 (Standard Edition) or
$89.95 (Premier Edition)
Business Plan Pro — the world's most popular business plan software — is available in a special academic edition. For half the price of the retail edition, you get the full set of features with only a couple of limitations appropriate to educational use.

What's different in the Academic Edition?

  • Includes fewer sample business plans to discourage plagiarism
    (68 vs. 500+ in the retail product)
  • Adds "Academic Edition" watermark and footer to printed documents
  • Includes a teaching guide and a white paper on business plan competitions

Marketing Plan Pro for academics

Student price: $79.95
Our marketing plan software is not available in an academic edition. Instead, we offer discounted pricing on the full retail product. Qualified student buyers can purchase the full product for less than half the retail price.