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Developer Tools programs for startups

These 11 verified developer tools programs offer up to roughly $314K in combined value for early-stage startups. Datadog for Startups leads with up to 1 year free Datadog Pro (up to $100,000). Every listing below shows who qualifies, whether a VC or accelerator referral is required, and when it was last verified.

11 programs, sorted by credit value · updated 2026-10-10.

Datadog

Datadog for Startups

Datadog
Max value
1 year free Datadog Pro (up to $100,000)

Up to $100K in Datadog credits over 1 year for funded startups, APM, logs, metrics, RUM, and synthetics on the platform that defines enterprise observability.

Developer ToolsNeeds referral
Verified Oct 20265–21 day review
Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs Startup Program

Grafana Labs
Max value
Up to $100,000 in Grafana Cloud credits

Up to $100,000 in Grafana Cloud credits for 12 months, then a guaranteed 20% discount off list.

Developer ToolsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20265–15 day review
Retool

Retool for Startups

Retool
Max value
Up to $60,000 (1 year free)

One year of Retool free (up to $60K value) so you can build internal dashboards, admin panels, and CRUD tools instead of hand-coding them.

Developer ToolsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20263–10 day review
CircleCI

CircleCI Startup Program

CircleCI
Max value
Up to $20,000 in compute credits

Up to $20,000 in compute credits over as long as 24 months, plus free Starter Support worth $249 a month.

Developer ToolsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20265–15 day review
GitHub (Microsoft)

GitHub for Startups

GitHub (Microsoft)
Max value
$10,000 in platform credits (12 months)

$10,000 in flexible GitHub platform credits for 12 months, usable across Enterprise, Copilot, Advanced Security, and Actions.

Developer ToolsNeeds referral
Verified Oct 20261–3 day review
Algolia

Algolia for Startups

Algolia
Max value
$10,000 in credits (12 months)

Algolia search credits, core search, vector search, recommend, A/B testing, personalization.

Developer ToolsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20265–14 day review
Temporal

Temporal Startup Program

Temporal
Max value
$6,000 in Temporal Cloud credits

$6,000 in Temporal Cloud credits for funded startups that have raised $30M or less.

Developer ToolsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20263–14 day review
Sentry

Sentry for Startups

Sentry
Max value
Up to $5,000 in Sentry credits

Discounted or credited Sentry Team/Business plans, error tracking, performance, and session replay.

Developer ToolsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20263–10 day review
incident.io

incident.io for Startups

incident.io
Max value
$1,500 credit on the Team plan

$1,500 credit off the Team plan for new customers under 20 employees, valid for a year.

Developer ToolsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20261–10 day review
Mintlify

Mintlify Startups

Mintlify
Max value
6 months free Pro

6 months free on Mintlify Pro, developer-first docs platform with AI-assisted authoring.

Developer ToolsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20263–10 day review
PagerDuty

PagerDuty for Startups

PagerDuty
Max value
6 months free, 20 seats

Six months free of AI-Powered Operations: 20 seats, 20,000 events, and 1,000 AI actions. No credit card, no sales call.

Developer ToolsNo referral needed
Verified Oct 20261–7 day review