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 2026-09-13.
Datadog for Startups
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.
Grafana Labs Startup Program
Up to $100,000 in Grafana Cloud credits for 12 months, then a guaranteed 20% discount off list.
Retool for Startups
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.
CircleCI Startup Program
Up to $20,000 in compute credits over as long as 24 months, plus free Starter Support worth $249 a month.
GitHub for Startups
$10,000 in flexible GitHub platform credits for 12 months, usable across Enterprise, Copilot, Advanced Security, and Actions.
Algolia for Startups
Algolia search credits, core search, vector search, recommend, A/B testing, personalization.
Temporal Startup Program
$6,000 in Temporal Cloud credits for funded startups that have raised $30M or less.
Sentry for Startups
Discounted or credited Sentry Team/Business plans, error tracking, performance, and session replay.
incident.io for Startups
$1,500 credit off the Team plan for new customers under 20 employees, valid for a year.
Mintlify Startups
6 months free on Mintlify Pro, developer-first docs platform with AI-assisted authoring.
PagerDuty for Startups
Six months free of AI-Powered Operations: 20 seats, 20,000 events, and 1,000 AI actions. No credit card, no sales call.