Startup Programs (2026): 74 Free Credits, Perks & Grants for Startups
Every programme that gives startups free credits, perks or grants: AI and cloud credits, developer tools, SaaS discounts and government grants, with what you get, who qualifies and how to apply.
Filter by the step you are on and by who you are (bootstrapped, student, solo founder, AI startup); sort by value to see the biggest credits first. Programs marked "partner code" need an accelerator, VC or partner to unlock their top tier.
Google for Startups Cloud Program 🎁 ProgramFree
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
AWS Activate 🎁 ProgramFree
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 creditsGoogle for Startups Cloud Program (AI tier) 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits over two years for VC-funded startups building on Gemini.
🔥 Up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits over 2 years for AI-first startupsPostHog for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
$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 monthsNSF SBIR/STTR (America's Seed Fund powered by NSF) 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $2 million of zero-equity seed funding from NSF for deep-tech startups, starting with a short Project Pitch.
America's Seed Fund (SBIR/STTR) 🎁 ProgramFree
Equity-free US federal R&D awards from 11 agencies, from proof of concept (Phase I) to prototype (Phase II).
Cloudflare for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
$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 yearMicrosoft for Startups (Azure AI and Foundry) 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $150K in Azure credits (up to $200K via investor partners) usable on Microsoft Foundry models.
🔥 Up to $150K in Azure Startup credits (up to $200K for Investor Network-backed startups)Microsoft for Startups (Azure credits) 🎁 ProgramFree
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)EIC Accelerator 🎁 ProgramFree
Grant of up to EUR 2.5 million (about $2.9 million) for deep-tech startups and SMEs, with optional EIC equity.
HubSpot for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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)Amplitude for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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 twoMixpanel for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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)SR&ED Tax Incentive (Canada) 🎁 ProgramFree
Refundable 35% R&D tax credit for Canadian-controlled private corporations on up to C$6 million of R&D a year.
Notion for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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 includedIntercom Early Stage 🎁 ProgramFree
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 threeClaude for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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 $45,000ElevenLabs Startup Grants 🎁 ProgramFree
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)R&D Tax Incentive (Australia) 🎁 ProgramFree
Refundable R&D tax offset of your company tax rate plus 18.5% for Australian companies with turnover under A$20 million.
WBSO (Dutch R&D tax credit) 🎁 ProgramFree
Dutch payroll-tax credit of 36% (50% for starters) on R&D wage costs up to about EUR 391,000, then 16%.
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) 🎁 ProgramFree
UK tax relief for your investors on up to GBP 250,000 of seed shares, which makes early rounds much easier to raise.
NVIDIA Inception 🎁 ProgramFree
Free programme with DLI training, cloud credits from NVIDIA and partners, GPU pricing and VC introductions.
Atlassian for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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 usersAuth0 for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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 MAUsNRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) 🎁 ProgramFree
Canada's main SME innovation programme: advice from technology advisors and, for some projects, funding.
Ramp Partner Rewards 🎁 ProgramFree
Over $350,000 in partner rewards across about 100 tools, redeemed inside the Ramp dashboard
🔥 Over $350,000 in partner rewards for Ramp customersMercury Perks 🎁 ProgramFree
A library of 273 software credits and discounts unlocked with a Mercury business account
🔥 273 software credits and discounts for Mercury customersDeepgram Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
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 monthsBrex Partner Rewards and Day Zero Stack 🎁 ProgramFree
Over $350,000 in partner discounts for Brex customers, plus a 20-tool Day Zero Stack for new startups
🔥 Over $350,000 in partner discounts; Day Zero Stack of 20 toolsRetool for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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 twoTogether AI Startup Accelerator 🎁 ProgramFree
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 raisedAttio Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
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 twoNeon / Databricks Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
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 creditsStart-Up Chile 🎁 ProgramFree
Corfo public accelerator with equity-free funds of CLP 15-75 million (up to about $100,000) for startups from anywhere.
UK R&D Tax Relief (merged scheme and ERIS) 🎁 ProgramFree
A 20% R&D expenditure credit, or a 186% deduction plus payable credit for loss-making R&D-intensive UK SMEs.
Sentry for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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 supportZendesk for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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)DigitalOcean Startups (Hatch) 🎁 ProgramFree
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 supportJetBrains Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
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 yearsOVHcloud Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
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 monthsMongoDB for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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)
Akamai Cloud Rise (formerly Linode) 🎁 ProgramFree
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 threeAlgolia for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
$10,000 in Algolia search credits, valid for 12 months, for new customers.
🔥 $10,000 in Algolia credits, valid for 12 monthsHelp Scout for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Six months of Help Scout Plus free, with AI Answers, for incorporated tech startups under two years old
🔥 6 months free on Help Scout PlusBourse French Tech 🎁 ProgramFree
Bpifrance subsidy of up to EUR 30,000 (about $34,500) for early feasibility work on a French tech innovation project.
AssemblyAI Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
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 pricingBaseten for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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 APIsPinecone for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Free Pinecone Standard tier with Pro Support plus usage credits and discounts for early-stage startups.
🔥 Free Standard tier with Pro Support plus usage creditsOpenAI for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
OpenAI API credits, rate limit upgrades and engineer time for startups backed by OpenAI partner VCs.
Salesforce Launchpad for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Free programme for venture-backed startups with discounted Salesforce, Slack, Tableau and Agentforce offers
🔥 Free and discounted Salesforce, Slack, Tableau and Agentforce offers for membersDatadog for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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)Typeform for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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)Miro for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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)Vercel for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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 accessLinear Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
Free access to Linear Business for partner-affiliated startups under 50 employees
🔥 Free access to Linear Business plan via an official partnerLangSmith for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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)Scaleway Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
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 creditsRunpod Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
$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)Fireworks AI Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
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.Modal for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
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.