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Startup Deals, Perks & Discounts (October 2026)

Free credits, first-year discounts, waived fees and perks for startups. Every deal links to the provider's own offer page; we check them regularly and remove expired ones.

🎁 Startup programs

AWS Activate 🎁 Program

Up to $5,000 in AWS credits if you are self-funded, or up to $200,000 with an Activate Provider Org ID.

🔥 Up to $5,000 (Founders) or up to $200,000 (Portfolio, with Activate Provider Org ID) in AWS credits

Ongoing offer

Google for Startups Cloud Program 🎁 Program

Up to $2,000 in Google Cloud credits pre-funding, or up to $200,000 ($350,000 for AI-first startups) once VC-funded.

🔥 Up to $2,000 (Start) or up to $200,000 / $350,000 for AI-first startups (Scale) in Google Cloud credits

Ongoing offer

PostHog for Startups 🎁 Program

$50,000 in PostHog credits for 12 months, plus merch and partner perks, for startups under two years old.

🔥 $50,000 in PostHog credits for 12 months

Ongoing offer

Amplitude for Startups 🎁 Program

First year of Amplitude Growth free (up to 100M events a month, about $60,000 value), then 40% off year two.

🔥 First year of Amplitude Growth free (up to 100M events/month), then 40% off year two

Ongoing offer

Claude for Startups 🎁 Program

Claude API credits, higher rate limits, a partner perk stack and office hours for startups building on Claude.

🔥 Up to $100K extra Claude API credits via partner VCs, plus partner perks worth up to $45,000

Ongoing offer

Cloudflare for Startups 🎁 Program

$10,000 in Cloudflare credits if bootstrapped, $100,000 or $350,000 if funded by an affiliated partner.

🔥 $10,000 (bootstrapped), $100,000 or $350,000 (partner-funded) in Cloudflare credits for one year

Ongoing offer

ElevenLabs Startup Grants 🎁 Program

12 months of the ElevenLabs platform with 33 million characters for voice AI startups under 25 people.

🔥 12 months free with 33M characters (stated value more than $5,500)

Ongoing offer

HubSpot for Startups 🎁 Program

Up to 90% off HubSpot Professional or Enterprise in year one for funded or partner-backed startups

🔥 Up to 90% off HubSpot Professional/Enterprise in year one (50% year two, 25% year three)

Ongoing offer

Intercom Early Stage 🎁 Program

93% off Intercom in year one, then 50% and 25%, for startups under $10M raised and 15 staff

🔥 93% off year one, 50% year two, 25% year three

Ongoing offer

Microsoft for Startups (Azure credits) 🎁 Program

Azure credits from $200 up to $150,000, with higher tiers unlocked by progress or an Investor Network referral code.

🔥 Up to $150,000 in Azure Startup credits (higher tiers via Investor Network referral code)

Ongoing offer

Mixpanel for Startups 🎁 Program

Your first year of Mixpanel free on the Startup Plan: up to 1B events, Session Replay and all add-ons.

🔥 First year of Mixpanel free on the Startup Plan (Mixpanel values it at $145,000)

Ongoing offer

Notion for Startups 🎁 Program

Up to 6 months free on Notion Business with Notion AI included, for startups under 100 employees

🔥 Up to 6 months free on Notion Business with Notion AI included

Ongoing offer

Atlassian for Startups 🎁 Program

Jira, Confluence, Loom, Bitbucket and Rovo Premium free for 12 months for up to 50 users.

🔥 Atlassian Premium products free for 12 months for up to 50 users

Ongoing offer

Attio Startup Program 🎁 Program

80% off Attio Pro in year one and 30% in year two for venture-backed or partner startups

🔥 80% off the annual Pro plan in year one, 30% off in year two

Ongoing offer

Auth0 for Startups 🎁 Program

One year of Auth0 B2B Professional free with 100,000 MAUs for young, venture-backed startups.

🔥 One year of Auth0 B2B Professional free with 100,000 MAUs

Ongoing offer

Deepgram Startup Program 🎁 Program

Up to $100,000 in Deepgram speech-to-text, text-to-speech and Voice Agent credits over 12 months.

🔥 Up to $100,000 in Deepgram credits over 12 months

Ongoing offer

Mercury Perks 🎁 Program

A library of 273 software credits and discounts unlocked with a Mercury business account

🔥 273 software credits and discounts for Mercury customers

Ongoing offer

Neon / Databricks Startup Program 🎁 Program

Up to $1,000 in Neon credits if self-funded, or up to $200,000 in Neon and Databricks credits if VC-backed.

🔥 Up to $1,000 (self-funded) or up to $200,000 (VC-backed) in Neon and Databricks credits

Ongoing offer

Ramp Partner Rewards 🎁 Program

Over $350,000 in partner rewards across about 100 tools, redeemed inside the Ramp dashboard

🔥 Over $350,000 in partner rewards for Ramp customers

Ongoing offer

Retool for Startups 🎁 Program

100% off Retool Team or Business for a year (value up to $60,000), then 25% off the following year.

🔥 100% off Retool Team or Business for one year (up to $60,000), then 25% off year two

Ongoing offer

Together AI Startup Accelerator 🎁 Program

Up to $50K in Together AI platform credits plus forward-deployed engineering hours, tiered by how much you raised.

🔥 Up to $15K / $30K / $50K in platform credits depending on funding raised

Ongoing offer

Akamai Cloud Rise (formerly Linode) 🎁 Program

A three-year startup program on Akamai Cloud (Linode): $500 to $120,000 in year-one credits, then discounts.

🔥 $500 to $120,000 in year-one Akamai Cloud credits, then discounted years two and three

Ongoing offer

Algolia for Startups 🎁 Program

$10,000 in Algolia search credits, valid for 12 months, for new customers.

🔥 $10,000 in Algolia credits, valid for 12 months

Ongoing offer

AssemblyAI Startup Program 🎁 Program

12 months of recurring free speech-to-text credits and startup pricing for voice and audio products.

🔥 12 months of recurring free credits plus startup pricing

Ongoing offer

Baseten for Startups 🎁 Program

Up to $25,000 for dedicated inference or training and up to $2,500 for Model APIs, for seed to Series A AI startups.

🔥 Up to $25,000 for dedicated inference or training plus up to $2,500 for Model APIs

Ongoing offer

DigitalOcean Startups (Hatch) 🎁 Program

12 months of DigitalOcean credits, 15 months of free support and partner perks for startups that raised $10M or less.

🔥 12 months of DigitalOcean credits (amount set by your partner) plus 15 months of free Standard support

Ongoing offer

Help Scout for Startups 🎁 Program

Six months of Help Scout Plus free, with AI Answers, for incorporated tech startups under two years old

🔥 6 months free on Help Scout Plus

Ongoing offer

JetBrains Startup Program 🎁 Program

50% off JetBrains IDEs, team tools and JetBrains AI for up to 10 licences each, for five years.

🔥 50% off JetBrains IDEs, team tools and JetBrains AI (up to 10 licences each) for five years

Ongoing offer

MongoDB for Startups 🎁 Program

MongoDB Atlas credits and Voyage AI tokens in four tiers, from bootstrapped to rapidly scaling startups.

🔥 MongoDB Atlas credits and Voyage AI tokens (amount depends on tier)

Ongoing offer

OVHcloud Startup Program 🎁 Program

Up to $12,000 (Start) or $120,000 (Scale) in OVHcloud public cloud credits for 12 months, plus free engineer time.

🔥 Up to $12,000 (Start) or $120,000 (Scale) in OVHcloud US public cloud credits for 12 months

Ongoing offer

Pinecone for Startups 🎁 Program

Free Pinecone Standard tier with Pro Support plus usage credits and discounts for early-stage startups.

🔥 Free Standard tier with Pro Support plus usage credits

Ongoing offer

Sentry for Startups 🎁 Program

Up to $5,000 in Sentry credits and priority support for startups under two years old with under $5M raised.

🔥 Up to $5,000 in Sentry credits (12 months) and priority support

Ongoing offer

Stripe Atlas Partner Perks 🎁 Program

Over $50,000 in partner discounts plus $2,500 in Stripe credits for companies incorporated with Atlas

🔥 Over $50,000 in partner discounts + $2,500 Stripe credits for Atlas companies

Ongoing offer

Zendesk for Startups 🎁 Program

Free Zendesk Professional Suite and Copilot for funded startups, 6 months baseline and up to 2 years via partners

🔥 Zendesk Professional Suite and Copilot free for 6 months (up to 2 years with partner)

Ongoing offer

Datadog for Startups 🎁 Program

A year of Datadog Pro with up to $100,000 in credits for Series A or earlier startups, via a referral partner.

🔥 One year of Datadog Pro, up to $100,000 in credits (via a referral partner)

Ongoing offer

Fireworks AI Startup Program 🎁 Program

Build credits, higher rate limits and applied AI engineers for VC-backed startups on Fireworks inference.

🔥 Fireworks AI Startup Program: build credits plus rate-limit upgrades for venture-backed startups with $500K+ raised, below Series D.

Ongoing offer

GitHub for Startups 🎁 Program

$10,000 in GitHub credits for Enterprise, Copilot, Actions and Advanced Security, through a partner investor.

🔥 $10,000 in GitHub credits for 12 months (via a GitHub for Startups partner)

Ongoing offer

LangSmith for Startups 🎁 Program

Discounted LangSmith seats for early VC-backed startups, or $10K in credits via LangChain partner VCs.

🔥 $10K in LangSmith credits for 1 year (Scale tier, premier VC partners)

Ongoing offer

Linear Startup Program 🎁 Program

Free access to Linear Business for partner-affiliated startups under 50 employees

🔥 Free access to Linear Business plan via an official partner

Ongoing offer

Miro for Startups 🎁 Program

Up to $1,000 in Miro credit for early startups, $500 without a partner, plus a scale-up discount

🔥 Up to $1,000 Miro credit ($500 without a partner)

Ongoing offer

Modal for Startups 🎁 Program

One-time serverless GPU credits, engineering support and GTM help for VC-backed AI startups new to Modal.

🔥 Modal for Startups: one-time serverless GPU credits (amount not published) for VC-backed or $1M+ raised teams.

Ongoing offer

Runpod Startup Program 🎁 Program

$1,000 in GPU credits for pre-Series A teams, or a $25,000 bonus on a $50K commitment for scaling startups.

🔥 $1,000 Starter credits, or $75K credits for a $50K commitment (Growth tier)

Ongoing offer

Salesforce Launchpad for Startups 🎁 Program

Free programme for venture-backed startups with discounted Salesforce, Slack, Tableau and Agentforce offers

🔥 Free and discounted Salesforce, Slack, Tableau and Agentforce offers for members

Ongoing offer

Scaleway Startup Program 🎁 Program

European cloud credits from a €1,000 Founders voucher up to about €36,000 for growth-stage startups.

🔥 From a €1,000 Founders voucher up to €36,000 (Growth Stage) in Scaleway credits

Ongoing offer

Typeform for Startups 🎁 Program

75% off Typeform Business for a year on annual billing, for small early-stage startups

🔥 75% off the Typeform Business plan for one year (annual billing)

Ongoing offer

Vercel for Startups 🎁 Program

Up to $30,000 in Vercel credit, Enterprise-tier access and startup support for eligible teams.

🔥 Up to $30,000 in Vercel Flexible Commitment Amount plus Enterprise-tier access

Ongoing offer

Alibaba Cloud AI Catalyst Program 🎁 Program

Up to $120,000 in Alibaba Cloud credits and up to 2B free Model Studio tokens for AI-first startups.

🔥 Up to $120,000 in Alibaba Cloud credits and up to 2B Model Studio tokens

Ongoing offer

Asana for Startups 🎁 Program

Discounted first year of Asana Starter or Advanced for Series A-or-earlier startups with a partner code

🔥 Discounted first 12 months of Asana Starter or Advanced with a partner code

Ongoing offer

Qdrant for Startups 🎁 Program

20% off Qdrant Cloud for the first year, plus technical advice, co-marketing and partner perks.

🔥 20% off Qdrant Cloud for the first year

Ongoing offer

Zoho for Startups 🎁 Program

Zoho Wallet credits for 55+ Zoho apps, valid 360 days, for startups via Zoho collaborators

🔥 Zoho Wallet credits for 55+ Zoho apps, valid 360 days

Ongoing offer

Cartesia for Google for Startups members 🎁 Program

12 months of Cartesia Startup Tier (1.25M credits a month) for Google for Startups Cloud Program Scale tier members.

🔥 12 months of Startup Tier (1.25M credits/month) for Google for Startups Scale tier members

Ongoing offer

Nebius for Startups 🎁 Program

$5,000 in introductory GPU credits and up to $150,000 in compute savings for startups with $5M+ VC backing.

🔥 $5,000 in introductory credits plus up to $150,000 in compute savings

Ongoing offer

Airtable for Startups 🎁 Program

$500 in free Airtable credit plus startup educational content for new workspaces.

🔥 $500 in free Airtable credit applied to one workspace, plus startup educational content

Ongoing offer

monday dev for Startups 🎁 Program

Ten monday dev seats with full features for $2 per seat per month in year one, for venture-backed startups under 50 people.

🔥 10 monday dev seats with full features at $2/seat/month for year one, for VC-backed startups under 2 years old and 50 people

Ongoing offer

🧾 Founder services

Stripe Atlas 🧾 Service

Form a Delaware C-corp or LLC from anywhere for a one-time $500, with EIN, equity and 83(b) filing.

🔥 $500 fee refunded if you fund Stripe Treasury with $5,000 within 90 days

Ongoing offer

Framer 🧾 Service

Design-first website builder with CMS and AI; paid plans from $10 a month and a free Pro year for startups.

🔥 Framer for Startups: a free year of Framer Pro (worth $360) for pre-seed or seed startups backed by a Framer-approved partner.

Ongoing offer

Mercury 🧾 Service

Online business banking for US companies, with a $0 base plan and founders accepted from most countries.

🔥 Mercury Books ($35/mo) fee waived until 31 December 2026

Ongoing offer

Vercel 🧾 Service

Frontend and full-stack hosting with Git deploys; free Hobby tier, Pro at $20 per developer seat a month.

🔥 Vercel for Startups: up to $30,000 in Flexible Commitment Amount for eligible teams.

Ongoing offer

QuickBooks Online 🧾 Service

Intuit's cloud accounting for US small businesses, with a free plan and paid plans from $38 a month.

🔥 50% off paid plans for three months (shown on the US pricing page on 11 October 2026).

Ongoing offer

Render 🧾 Service

Cloud platform for web services, workers, Postgres and cron jobs; free tier and startup credits up to $100K.

🔥 Render for Startups: $500 to $100K in credits valid for one year, depending on funding stage and partner investors.

Ongoing offer

Xero 🧾 Service

Cloud accounting for small businesses: invoices, bills, bank reconciliation and payroll add-on, from $27 a month.

🔥 80% off for three months for new US customers (code DC80325309US, base plan only).

Ongoing offer

Firstbase 🧾 Service

Form a Delaware or Wyoming company from anywhere, then add registered agent, mailroom, accounting and tax.

🔥 Formation $99 one-time instead of $399, plus state fee

Ongoing offer

Namecheap 🧾 Service

Domain registrar and shared hosting with free lifetime WHOIS privacy and a 30-day hosting trial.

🔥 30-day free trial on Stellar shared hosting plans (one per account).

Ongoing offer

Oyster 🧾 Service

Global EOR and contractor payments with a startup discount of up to $1,200 per team member.

🔥 Oyster for Startups: up to $1,200 off EOR subscription fees per team member for the first 12 months (pre-seed to Series A, or bootstrapped under 50 staff).

Ongoing offer

Pilot 🧾 Service

Bookkeeping, startup tax filing and fractional CFO services for US startups, from $99 a month.

🔥 Newly formed single-member LLCs and newly incorporated partnerships/S corps: tax from $750 a year (limited availability); pre-revenue companies can ask for a Core plan discount.

Ongoing offer

Puzzle 🧾 Service

AI accounting software for startups, from $30 a month, with optional expert-reviewed bookkeeping and tax.

🔥 Starter plan free for two months.

Ongoing offer

Relay 🧾 Service

No-fee US business banking with up to 20 checking accounts, open to owners from over 200 countries.

🔥 Scale plan at $90/mo instead of $120/mo (limited-time offer)

Ongoing offer

Rho 🧾 Service

Business banking, cards, treasury and AP for US startups with $0 subscription and no account minimums.

🔥 $100 when you open an account and deposit (terms apply)

Ongoing offer

Termly 🧾 Service

Privacy policy, terms and cookie consent banner generator with a free plan and paid plans from $10 a month.

🔥 Extra 20% off annual plans with code FALL2026 (shown on the pricing page on 11 October 2026).

Ongoing offer

Chargebee 🧾 Service

Subscription billing on top of your payment gateway, free for partner-backed startups up to $1M billed.

🔥 Startup Program: Billing free until $1M cumulative revenue billed (partner-backed, under $5M raised)

Ongoing offer

Fondo 🧾 Service

Bookkeeping, corporate tax filing and R&D credits built for Delaware C corp startups.

🔥 Limited-time pricing: monthly bookkeeping from $399 (listed $499) and TaxPass from $1,450 a year (listed $1,950).

Ongoing offer

Polar 🧾 Service

Merchant of record and usage billing for AI and software companies, free plan at 5% + 50c.

🔥 Startup Program: Scale plan free for 12 months for early-stage AI startups (application)

Ongoing offer

Navan 🧾 Service

Free travel booking and expense management for companies with up to 300 employees.

🔥 Navan Business: free for companies with up to 300 employees, unlimited Navan Travel bookings, first 5 monthly expense users free (then $15/u

Ongoing offer

Settle 🧾 Service

Free AP automation for CPG/ecommerce brands, plus non-dilutive inventory financing from $20K to $15M.

🔥 Settle Launch plan: free AP automation with no transaction fees; inventory financing from $20K to $15M, non-dilutive

Ongoing offer

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