Startup programs that give early-stage companies cloud credits, free plans or steep first-year discounts. Most need an application.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ClickUp
Tasks, docs and projects in one workspace
ClickUp's Free Forever plan costs $0 and lets a workspace have unlimited members and guests, with 60 MB of file storage.
QuickBooks Online
Cloud accounting for small businesses
New QuickBooks customers get 50% off the base monthly price for their first 3 months when they buy instead of starting a free trial.
Tally
Free no-code form builder
Tally's free plan includes unlimited forms and unlimited submissions, plus payments, signatures and file uploads, within its fair-use guidelines.
Typeform
Conversational forms and surveys
Early-stage startups that aren't already paying Typeform customers can get 75% off a yearly Business plan for one year.
Zapier
No-code automation between apps
New Zapier accounts are enrolled in a free 14-day Professional plan trial with no payment method required, and the account doesn't auto-upgrade when it ends.
CallHippo
Cloud phone system for sales and support teams
CallHippo offers up to 20% off for Black Friday 2026: 20% on annual billing and 15% on monthly billing, with a coupon code you request by email, until December 5, 2026.
HubSpot
CRM platform for marketing, sales and service
For a limited time, new HubSpot customers can buy the Starter Customer Platform for $7 per seat per month with an annual commitment (65% off the base price) or $10 per seat per month paying monthly (50% off).
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.
Dropbox
Cloud storage, file sharing and backup for individuals and teams
Dropbox lets teams try its Business and Business Plus plans free for 30 days.
Make
Visual no-code workflow automation
Make's Free plan includes 1,000 credits a month for building automations, with no time limit.
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.
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.
Notion
Connected workspace for docs and projects
Teams on a professional email domain can try Notion's Business plan free for 30 days, including Notion AI, AI Meeting Notes, Research Mode, SAML SSO and private teamspaces.
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.
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.
Documenso
Open-source document signing platform
Documenso's self-hosted Community Edition is listed as free forever with no usage limits and includes the full core under AGPL-3.0; enterprise features need a licence key.
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.
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.
Zoho One
Bundle of Zoho business apps
Zoho's sign-up page for Zoho One offers a 30-day free trial of the whole suite with no credit card required.
Pipedrive
Sales CRM for closing deals
Pipedrive offers a 14-day free trial of its sales CRM with full access and no credit card required.
monday.com
Work management and CRM platform
New monday.com sign-ups automatically get a free 14-day trial of the Pro plan, with no credit card needed.
Freshdesk
Help desk and ticketing software
Freshworks offers a 14-day free trial of Freshdesk with no credit card required, including its core help desk features.
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.
Webflow
Visual website builder with CMS and hosting
New Webflow customers with fewer than 50 employees, under $15M raised and a Webflow startup partner can get their first full year of a CMS site plan free.
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.
Amplitude
Product and digital analytics platform
Startups with under $10M in funding and fewer than 20 employees can get one year of Amplitude's Growth plan at no cost, with 200,000 monthly tracked users.
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.
Stripe Atlas
Online company incorporation for founders
Companies incorporated through Stripe Atlas on or after October 16, 2025 get $2,500 in Stripe credits, valid for one year from the incorporation date.
1Password Business
Password manager for teams and businesses
1Password lets businesses try its Business plan free for 14 days without entering a credit card.
Slack
Team messaging and collaboration
Slack's free version is free to use, with access to the most recent 90 days of message and file history; data older than one year is deleted.
Microsoft 365 for business
Office apps, email and Teams for organizations
Organizations can try Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium, Microsoft Defender for Business or Microsoft 365 Apps for business free for one month.
Google Workspace
Gmail, Drive, Docs and Meet for businesses
New Google Workspace sign-ups start with a 14-day free trial for up to 10 users; the payment method isn't charged until the trial ends.
Trello
Kanban boards for organizing work
Trello's Free plan is free for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace, with unlimited cards and up to 10 open boards per Workspace.
Airtable
Spreadsheet-database hybrid for building apps
Airtable's Free plan allows 1,000 records per base and up to 5 collaborators with Editor or Creator permissions, plus unlimited read-only collaborators.
Brevo
Email, SMS and marketing automation
Brevo's Free plan includes 300 email sends per day and storage for up to 100,000 contacts, with marketing automation for up to 2,000 contacts.
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.
Intercom
Customer service platform with the Fin AI agent
Early-stage startups with up to $10M in funding and fewer than 15 employees can get 93% off Intercom in year 1, 50% off in year 2 and 25% off in year 3.
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.
Miro
Online whiteboard for team collaboration
Startups connected with a Miro Startup Program partner are eligible for a $1,000 Miro credit; other startups can apply individually for a $500 credit.
Mixpanel
Product analytics for web and mobile
Startups incorporated less than five years ago with no more than $8 million raised can get a free year of Mixpanel's Startup Plan.
Zendesk
Customer service and help desk software
New Zendesk customers that qualify for the startups program get a monthly credit for six months for up to 50 agents on Zendesk Suite and Sell.
HubSpot
CRM platform for marketing, sales and service
Eligible startups that have raised Pre-seed, Seed or Series A funding can get up to 90% off new HubSpot Professional or Enterprise products in year one.
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.
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.
Notion
Connected workspace for docs and projects
New, non-paying startups can get up to 6 months of Notion's Business Plan, including Notion AI, at no cost. The length depends on whether the startup applies through a Notion partner.
Atlassian Cloud (Jira, Confluence, Loom)
Project tracking, wiki and video tools
Eligible startups can use the Premium edition of Atlassian cloud products such as Jira and Confluence for $0 for 12 months, for up to 50 users.
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.