Free tiers, credits and discounts on developer tools: cloud hosting, databases, IDEs, monitoring and model APIs.
109 active offers
Google Cloud
Google's cloud computing, data and AI platform
New Google Cloud customers receive $300 in credit to try Google Cloud products. The trial runs for up to 3 months or until the credit is used up.
GitHub
Code hosting and collaboration platform
Verified students get access to the Student Developer Pack, a collection of 80+ developer tools and resources from GitHub and partner companies, through GitHub Education.
Google Cloud
Google's cloud computing, data and AI platform
Funded startups can apply for Google Cloud credits over two years: up to $200,000, or up to $350,000 for AI startups. There is also a $2k Start tier for earlier-stage startups.
GitHub Copilot
AI coding assistant from GitHub
Students verified through GitHub Education can activate Copilot Student, a free Copilot plan that includes an allowance of GitHub AI Credits and most agent features.
Akamai Cloud
Cloud computing from Akamai, formerly Linode
New Akamai Cloud (formerly Linode) customers get a US$100 promotional credit to use within 60 days. A payment method is needed to confirm identity, but Akamai says it won't charge you during the trial.
Vultr
Independent cloud infrastructure
Startups with recent Series A to Series E funding can apply for up to $100,000 in Vultr credit to migrate to Vultr, plus up to 35% in long-term discounts and prioritized support.
IBM Cloud
IBM's public cloud platform
IBM Cloud gives a USD 200 credit to try IBM Cloud products for 30 days. You get it by upgrading to a Pay-as-you-go account, and it is for first-time Pay-as-you-go accounts only.
Confluent Cloud
Managed Apache Kafka and data streaming
New Confluent Cloud sign-ups get $400 in credit. The free trial ends after 30 days or when the credit is used up, whichever comes first.
Snowflake
The AI Data Cloud
Snowflake's free trial gives full access to the Snowflake AI Data Cloud with $400 in credits for 30 days. The trial ends when either limit is reached.
Alibaba Cloud
Cloud computing and AI services from Alibaba Group
AI-first companies founded within the last 10 years can apply for up to $120k in Alibaba Cloud credits and up to 2B free Model Studio tokens. The promotion runs until 31 March 2027.
Scaleway
European cloud provider
Startups under 5 years old with fewer than 50 employees that aren't yet Scaleway customers can apply for up to €1,000 in Scaleway cloud credits, valid for 12 months.
OVHcloud
European public and private cloud
OVHcloud's Startup Program gives pre-seed and seed startups €10,000 in free cloud credits for 12 months, and selected Series A-and-later scaleups up to €100,000, plus time with OVHcloud engineers.
Civo
Cloud built around managed Kubernetes
New Civo accounts can claim $250 of free credit for a one-month trial of Civo's cloud, including managed Kubernetes. A payment card must be added to receive the credit.
CockroachDB Cloud
Managed distributed SQL
A new CockroachDB Cloud organization starts with $400 in free credits for a 30-day trial. Only the first organization a user signs up for qualifies.
ClickHouse Cloud
Managed ClickHouse for real-time analytics
Startups from ClickHouse's partner accelerators and VCs that are under three years old, pre-Series D and new to ClickHouse Cloud can apply for $5,000 in credits for 12 months, plus support and promotion opportunities.
ClickHouse Cloud
Managed ClickHouse for real-time analytics
Every new ClickHouse Cloud organization starts with $300 in credits to use over 30 days, and signing up doesn't require a credit card.
JetBrains IDEs
IDEs for professional development
Privately owned startups founded within the last five years get 50% off up to 10 IDE subscriptions, 10 team or learning tool subscriptions and 10 JetBrains AI subscriptions over five years.
Render
Cloud hosting for apps and databases
Render gives qualified seed-funded startups $500 in Founder credits, with larger credit tiers of $2,500 to $25,000 for startups applying through Render's accelerator and VC partners. Credits are valid for a year.
Fly.io
Run apps close to your users
Venture- or accelerator-backed Seed and Series A startups can apply for up to $15,000 in Fly.io credits and a shared Slack channel with the Fly.io team. Credits expire after a year.
Temporal Cloud
Managed durable execution
Funded startups that have raised $30M or less within the last 3 years can get $6,000 in free Temporal Cloud credits for one year on the Business plan.
New Relic
Observability platform
Qualified Series A and earlier startups can apply for free New Relic platform access for five users with a monthly data allowance, all AI features and engineering support.
Pinecone
Vector database for AI
Startups with fewer than 100 employees at Series A or earlier can apply for free access to Pinecone's Standard tier and Pro Support, plus usage credits and discounts.
Pinecone
Vector database for AI
Pinecone organizations can start a 21-day Standard plan trial with $300 in credits and no up-front payment. Each organization gets one trial.
Aiven
Managed open-source data platform
Startups founded within seven years, from pre-seed to Series B, can apply for $12,000 to $100,000 in Aiven credits for managed open-source data services, to use over 12 months.
Elastic Cloud
Managed Elasticsearch and Elastic Stack
Elastic Cloud's 14-day free trial needs no credit card to sign up and covers both Elastic Cloud Serverless and Elastic Cloud Hosted.
Claude
AI assistant from Anthropic
Paying for Claude Pro yearly costs $200 up front, which Anthropic lists as $17 per month, compared with $20 when billed monthly.
Claude
AI assistant from Anthropic
Open-source maintainers and contributors who meet one of Anthropic's criteria can apply for six months of Claude Ultra, the $200-a-month plan, at no cost.
Claude Developer Platform
Anthropic's API and console for building with Claude
Researchers at academic and nonprofit institutions can apply for free Claude API credits for high-impact scientific projects; Anthropic reviews applications monthly.
Modal
Serverless GPUs and CPUs for AI workloads
Modal's Starter plan has no base fee and includes $30 of free compute each month for GPUs and CPUs, with usage above that billed pay-as-you-go.
Modal
Serverless GPUs and CPUs for AI workloads
Early-stage startups new to Modal that have raised from Modal's partner VCs, or more than $1M from any fund, can apply for a one-time grant of free compute credits.
GroqCloud
Fast inference API for open models
GroqCloud's Free plan lets anyone build and test with the Groq API at no cost, with usage capped by organization-level rate limits.
Pinecone
Vector database for AI
Pinecone's Starter plan is free and includes up to 2 GB of serverless storage, 2M write units and 1M read units per month.
Qdrant Cloud
Managed Qdrant vector search
Qdrant Cloud's free tier gives you a single-node cluster with 1 GB RAM, 0.5 vCPU and 4 GB disk, with no credit card needed.
Cloudflare Workers AI
Run AI models on Cloudflare's network
Workers AI includes 10,000 Neurons per day at no charge on both the Workers Free and Workers Paid plans; usage above that costs $0.011 per 1,000 Neurons.
Vercel
Frontend cloud for web apps
Vercel accounts get $5 of AI Gateway credits every 30 days to try models from the gateway's catalog; the free credit stops once you buy AI Gateway credits.
ElevenLabs
AI voice and text-to-speech
ElevenLabs' Free plan includes 10,000 credits a month for its voice AI tools, for non-commercial use with attribution.
ChatGPT
AI assistant from OpenAI
OpenAI's Codex for Open Source program offers core maintainers of widely used open-source projects six months of ChatGPT Pro with Codex, with Codex Security access and API credits as optional extras.
Deepgram
Voice AI APIs for speech-to-text and text-to-speech
New Deepgram accounts get $200 in free credit for its speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voice agent APIs, with no credit card required and no expiry.
AssemblyAI
Speech-to-text and speech understanding API
New AssemblyAI accounts get $50 in credits for pre-recorded and real-time speech-to-text, Speech Understanding and Guardrails; the credits don't expire.
LangSmith
Observability and evals for LLM agents
LangSmith's Developer plan is $0 for one seat and includes up to 5,000 base traces a month for tracing and evaluating LLM apps.
Together AI
AI cloud for open-source models
Startups accepted to Together AI's Startup Accelerator get free platform credits (up to $30K, or up to $50K for companies that have raised over $10M), plus engineering time and go-to-market support.
Tavily
Web search API for AI agents
Tavily's free Researcher plan includes 1,000 API credits each month for its web search API, with no credit card required.
Weights & Biases
Experiment tracking and LLM evaluation
Students, professors and postdocs doing non-commercial academic research can get a free W&B Pro-level academic licence with unlimited tracked hours, 200 GB of storage and up to 100 seats.
GitHub Copilot
AI coding assistant from GitHub
Copilot Free gives any GitHub user 2,000 code completions a month plus limited chat and agent usage, with access to models such as Haiku 4.5 and GPT-5 mini.
Amazon Q Developer
AWS's AI coding assistant
Amazon Q Developer has a perpetual Free Tier for AWS Builder ID and IAM users, with a monthly allowance of agentic requests in the IDE and CLI.
GitHub
Code hosting and collaboration platform
Verified nonprofits can get GitHub Team free, with unlimited private repositories and unlimited users, or 25% off GitHub Enterprise Cloud.
Atlassian Cloud (Jira, Confluence, Loom)
Project tracking, wiki and video tools
Eligible nonprofits and social enterprises get Jira, Confluence, Loom and Teamwork Collection at 100% off on annual plans of up to 25 seats, with Social Impact discounts on seats above that.
Bitwarden Password Manager
Open-source password manager for teams
New Bitwarden Teams, Enterprise and Families organizations come with a built-in 14-day free trial; a free two-person organization is also available.
ScalaHosting Managed Cloud
Managed cloud VPS hosting with SPanel
ScalaHosting's 2026 Black Friday sale cuts managed cloud plans by up to 72% on a 1-year term. Entry Cloud is $11.21/mo instead of $39.95/mo. The sale runs October 19 to December 1, 2026.
Claude
AI assistant from Anthropic
Claude Max subscribers get $100 a month and Ultra subscribers $200 a month in Claude Platform API credits; Team plans get $20 per Standard seat and $100 per Premium seat, pooled up to $500 a month.
Netlify
Platform for building, deploying and hosting web apps
Netlify's Free plan includes 300 credits a month for deploys, compute, bandwidth, web requests and form submissions, with a hard limit and no surprise charges.
Twilio
APIs for SMS, voice, email and verification
Twilio trial accounts include product-specific free units, such as 100 SMS messages, 3,000 emails and 75 voice minutes, and expire after 30 days. Upgrading adds a fresh set of free units.
Twilio SendGrid
Email API and email marketing campaigns
New Twilio SendGrid accounts get a 60-day free trial with up to 100 emails a day and no credit card required.
Resend
Email API for developers
Resend's Free plan includes 3,000 emails a month, up to 100 a day, at no cost.
v0
Vercel's AI app builder
New v0 users on the Free plan get a one-time $5 credit to build with Vercel's AI app builder; existing Free users keep a $5 monthly allowance.
Replit
Build and publish apps in the browser with an AI agent
Replit's free Starter plan includes a daily Replit Agent allowance, limited monthly cloud credits and one published app, with no time limit.
Firebase
Google's app development platform
Firebase's Spark plan is free with no payment method, including no-cost quotas for Firestore, Realtime Database, Hosting and Authentication, and unlimited use of products like Crashlytics and Cloud Messaging.
Supabase
Postgres development platform with auth, storage and APIs
Supabase's Free plan includes two active projects, each with a 500 MB Postgres database, 50,000 monthly active users, 1 GB file storage and unlimited API requests.
Docker
Container development platform: Docker Desktop, Docker Hub and more
Docker Desktop is free for small businesses (fewer than 250 employees and under $10 million in annual revenue), personal use, education and non-commercial open-source projects.
Docker
Container development platform: Docker Desktop, Docker Hub and more
Non-commercial open-source projects on Docker Hub can apply for Docker's DSOS program: a verified badge, no rate limits on their public images, Docker Scout on up to 100 repos, and a free one-year Docker Team subscription for core contributors.
Sublime Text
Code and text editor
A Sublime Text personal licence is a one-time $99 purchase that includes three years of updates and keeps working after that window ends.
Typora
Markdown editor and reader
Typora is a one-time $14.99 purchase (before tax) with no subscription; one licence activates on up to three of your own devices and does not expire.
CleanShot X
Mac screenshots and screen recording
CleanShot Basic is a one-time $35 purchase for the Mac app with one year of updates and 1 GB of Cloud storage; renewing updates is optional at $19 a year.
Nova
Code editor for the Mac
Panic sells its Mac code editor Nova for $99 plus tax as a licence that never expires; it includes one year of updates, with optional renewals at $49 a year.
n8n
Fair-code workflow automation platform
n8n's Community Edition is free to self-host under the Sustainable Use License, a fair-code licence that n8n itself says is not open source; n8n Cloud is a separate paid subscription.
Immich
Self-hosted photo and video management
Immich is a self-hosted photo and video management solution licensed under AGPL-3.0; the maintainers say nothing sits behind a paywall and paying is optional.
Twenty
Open-source, self-hostable CRM platform
Twenty's open-source CRM is free to self-host and includes all Pro features; its managed cloud plans start at $9 per user per month.
Umami
Privacy-focused web analytics
Umami's privacy-focused analytics is open source under the MIT licence and free to self-host, including for commercial use; Umami Cloud adds a free Hobby plan and a $20/month Pro plan.
HeyGen
AI video and voice generation
HeyGen's Turbo Free text-to-speech model, heygen-voice-1-turbo-free, can be called at no cost through November 30, 2026, with no credit balance needed. It runs on shared capacity with no availability guarantee.
Mistral AI Studio
Mistral models through an API
Mistral AI's Experiment plan lets developers try the Mistral API for free with only a verified phone number and no credit card. Requests on this plan may be used to train Mistral's models.
Lovable
AI app builder from prompts
Lovable's Free plan includes 5 build credits a day, up to 30 a month, plus monthly Cloud credits, for building apps with its AI builder at no cost.
Bolt.new
AI web app builder in the browser
Bolt.new's Free plan includes 1 million tokens a month, with a daily limit of 300,000, plus website hosting and public and private projects.
DeepL API
Machine translation API
DeepL's API Developer plan lets developers test the DeepL API for free, with a one-time total of 1,000,000 characters that does not reset.
Railway
Cloud platform for deploying apps
New Railway users can start a Free Trial with a one-time $5 credit for any usage, valid for 30 days and with no credit card; afterwards the account moves to the Free plan with $1 of credit a month.
Hostinger Web Hosting
Web hosting, domains and website builder
Hostinger's Black Friday sale runs from October 19 to December 14, 2026, with web hosting from $2.49/mo on a 48-month term and discounts on VPS, domains and its AI website builder.
Raycast
Extendable launcher with built-in AI
Raycast Pro costs $96 a year on yearly billing, 20% less than $120 for twelve months at the $10 monthly price, and comes with a 7-day free trial.
Unity
Real-time 3D and game engine
Unity's free Student plan gives students 16 and older at an accredited institution the latest Unity Pro Editor for personal use.
Auth0
Customer identity and login platform
Young, venture-backed startups with under $5M raised and under $1M ARR can get one year of Auth0's B2B Professional plan at no cost, with up to 100,000 monthly active users.
Retool
Build internal tools on your data
Startups up to Series A with under $10M raised can get a 100% off coupon for one year of a monthly Retool Team or Business plan, worth up to $60K, then 25% off the second year.
Algolia
Hosted search and discovery API
Young startups that are new to Algolia can get up to USD 10,000 in credits for Algolia's Grow Plan, usable for 12 months from acceptance.
Ahrefs
SEO tools for site audits and backlinks
Ahrefs' free account gives site owners free Site Audit, Site Explorer and Web Analytics for websites they verify, with no credit card or trial period.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud computing platform
AWS Activate gives startups AWS credits: $1,000 on the Founders tier for self-funded startups, and up to $200,000 on the Portfolio tier for startups backed by an Activate Provider.
Cloudflare
Connectivity cloud and developer platform
Cloudflare's Startup Program gives eligible startups $10k, $100k or $350k in credits depending on funding, valid for one year or until used up.
DigitalOcean
Cloud infrastructure for developers
DigitalOcean's startup program, formerly Hatch, awards cloud credits to new startups through approved DigitalOcean Startups partners. The award level depends on the partner.
MongoDB Atlas
Managed MongoDB database in the cloud
MongoDB for Startups gives early-stage startups free MongoDB Atlas credits, Voyage AI tokens and one-on-one technical advice.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Oracle's public cloud platform
Oracle's Startup Growth Engine gives selected startups Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Universal Credits worth USD 5,000 to USD 60,000, available for 12 months.
Vercel
Frontend cloud for web apps
Startups affiliated with an approved Vercel Startups Partner can get up to $30,000 in credits on Enterprise terms for one year.
Neon
Serverless Postgres
Through the Databricks Startup Program, qualifying startups can get up to $200K in combined Neon and Databricks credits; self-funded startups can get up to $1,000 in Neon credits.
NVIDIA Inception
NVIDIA's program for startups
NVIDIA Inception is free to join and gives incorporated startups access to cloud credits, Deep Learning Institute course codes and preferred pricing on some NVIDIA hardware.
ElevenLabs
AI voice and text-to-speech
Startups with fewer than 25 employees can apply for an ElevenLabs grant of 12 months free with 33M characters, which ElevenLabs puts at over 680 hours of Conversational AI audio.
OpenAI API
API access to OpenAI models
Startups backed by a VC in OpenAI's partner network may get free API credits, rate limit upgrades and time with OpenAI's technical team, using a referral code from their investor.
Datadog
Monitoring and observability for cloud applications
Partner-referred startups at Series A or earlier can get a year of free Datadog Pro, with up to $100k in credits for the whole Datadog platform.
PostHog
Product analytics and developer tools
Startups under 2 years old that have raised less than $5m can apply for $50,000 in PostHog credits, valid for 12 months.
Sentry
Error tracking and performance monitoring
Startups founded in the last 2 years that have raised less than $5M can apply for up to $5,000 in Sentry credits and priority support.
JetBrains IDEs
IDEs for professional development
Full-time students in a program lasting one year or more can get free access to all JetBrains IDEs after verifying their student status. The licence is renewed each year.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud computing platform
New AWS customers receive $100 in credits on sign-up and can earn up to $100 more by completing activities. The Free plan lasts up to 6 months.
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft's cloud computing and AI platform
New Azure customers get a $200 credit to use in the first 30 days, plus a limited quantity of free services for 12 months.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Oracle's public cloud platform
Oracle Cloud's Free Trial gives $300 of cloud credits valid for up to 30 days, alongside a set of Always Free services with no time limit.
Cloudflare Workers
Serverless functions on Cloudflare's network
Cloudflare's Workers Free plan includes 100,000 requests per day with 10 ms of CPU time per invocation, and requests to static assets are free and unlimited.
Gemini API
Google's developer API for Gemini models
Google is charging an introductory rate for Gemini 4 Argon on the Gemini API's paid tier until November 30, 2026, after which the price doubles to $4 input and $20 output per 1M tokens.
Kiro
Agentic AI IDE from AWS
AWS's Kiro startup program offers early-stage to Series A startups up to a year's worth of free Kiro Pro+. The 2026 program terms run from April 7 to December 31, 2026.
GitHub Copilot
AI coding assistant from GitHub
Teachers verified through GitHub Education can get Copilot Pro, normally $10 USD per month, at no cost.
GitHub Codespaces
Cloud development environments hosted by GitHub
Verified GitHub Education students get free GitHub Codespaces usage on their personal accounts, up to 180 core hours per month, matching the allowance included with GitHub Pro.
GitHub
Code hosting and collaboration platform
Verified educators can apply through GitHub Education for free GitHub Team, which allows unlimited users and private repositories, alongside classroom and community resources.
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft's cloud computing and AI platform
Students who sign up with an eligible university or school email get $100 in Azure credit, renewable each year they remain a student, plus access to Azure free products.
Google Cloud
Google's cloud computing, data and AI platform
Google Cloud offers free monthly usage of more than 20 products, up to set limits. This usage is not deducted from the $300 trial credit.
Google Cloud
Google's cloud computing, data and AI platform
Students can request 200 free Google Skills credits for Google Cloud hands-on labs, skill badges and courses. The credits expire one year after they are issued.
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft's cloud computing and AI platform
Microsoft for Startups gives startups access to AI models, developer tools and up to $150,000 in Startup credits that can be used on eligible Azure services.
Linear
Issue tracking for software teams
Startups affiliated with an official Linear partner can get up to six months of Linear's Business plan free. The offer is for non-paying Linear users with fewer than 50 employees.