PagerDuty for Startups 🎁 Program

What you get

PagerDuty for Startups gives eligible new customers six months of its AI-Powered Operations platform at $0, with no credit card required. The free period covers 20 seats, 20,000 events and 1,000 AI actions, so a small team can run on-call scheduling, incident response and PagerDuty's AI-driven triage and automation without paying during the trial window.

Who qualifies

The offer is for startups at the Seed, Series A or Series B funding stage that are new to PagerDuty (existing customers are not eligible). No accelerator or VC referral is required; you apply directly on the program page.

Good to know

• The seat, event and AI-action limits are fixed for the six months; heavy incident volume could push a fast-growing team past the free allowance before the period ends.
• PagerDuty doesn't publish what happens to pricing once the six months end, so budget for a paid plan afterwards.
• The application form asks for company, funding stage, country and state, and PagerDuty follows up directly rather than giving instant access.

Verdict

A clean, no-strings trial from a major incident-management vendor, useful once you have real production traffic and want on-call rotations and AI-assisted triage before paying for them. Set a calendar reminder near month five so the free period doesn't lapse into an unplanned bill.

1. Go to pagerduty.com/startups and click "See if you qualify."
2. Fill in your work email, company name, funding stage, country and state.
3. Submit the form; no credit card or sales call is required to start.
4. PagerDuty follows up to confirm eligibility and activate the 6-month free period.