Which programs fit you best?
Describe your startup and we'll score each program in the directory, with the reasons it's a fit and the blockers that could disqualify you.
Strong fit74
You likely qualify, apply first.
Anthropic Startup Program
$25,000+ in Claude credits$1K–$25K+ in Claude API credits plus priority rate limits for startups building with Claude.
NVIDIA Inception
Free membership. NVIDIA publishes no credit or discount figure.Free membership for incorporated AI startups under 10 years old. Preferred GPU pricing arrives as a supplier rebate, not an NVIDIA invoice. No credit figure is published.
MongoDB for Startups
Atlas credits (amount not published) plus Voyage AI tokensAtlas credits, Voyage AI embedding tokens, and a technical advisor. MongoDB no longer publishes the credit amount.
ElevenLabs Startup Grants
33M credits (~680 hrs) free for 12 months33 million free credits, about 680 hours of Conversational AI, with 12 months of access, for teams building voice into their product.
Groq for Startups
Up to $10,000 in credits$10,000 in GroqCloud credits for ultra-fast LPU-based LLM inference, on top of a genuinely free developer tier.
LangSmith for Startups
Discounted plan + trace credits (1 year)Discounted LangSmith Startup Plan with generous trace credits for building, evaluating, and observing LLM agents, valid a year (two for YC).
Perplexity for Startups
6 months Enterprise Pro + $5,000 APISix months of Enterprise Pro free (up to ~50 seats) plus $5,000 in Sonar API credits for qualifying startups, with no equity required.
Deepgram Startup Program
Up to $100,000 in creditsUp to $100,000 in voice AI credits, valid 12 months, covering speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice-agent APIs.
Cohere for Startups
25% off for 1 year + support25% off Cohere's models for a year, plus dedicated engineering support and go-to-market exposure, for Series B and earlier startups.
Baseten for Startups
Up to $25,000 + $2,500 Model APIsUp to $25,000 in credits for dedicated model deployments or training, plus up to $2,500 for Model APIs, with hands-on support.
AssemblyAI Startup Program
Up to $18,000 over 12 monthsUp to $18,000 in Speech AI credits over 12 months, scaling with usage, covering transcription, streaming, and speech understanding.
Mistral AI for Startups
Up to €30,000 in credits + cohortUp to €30,000 in La Plateforme credits plus a cohort with mentorship, for early-stage teams building on Mistral's open-weight and frontier models.
AWS Activate
Up to $200,000 ($200,000+ for AI)Amazon's flagship program. Up to $5,000 self-serve, up to $200,000 through a VC or accelerator, and more for AI startups by invitation.
Google for Startups Cloud Program
Up to $200,000 (or $350,000 for AI-first)Up to $200K GCP credits (or $350K for AI-first startups) over 2 years with dedicated Startup Success Manager.
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
Up to $150,000 Azure creditsThe easiest-to-qualify major cloud program, up to $150K Azure credits (investor-referred), no VC required for entry tiers.
Notion for Startups
Up to $12,000 (6 months × 100 users × $20/mo)Up to 6 months of Business Plan + Notion AI free for up to 100 employees, $12K value via partner referral.
Intercom Early Stage + Fin Startup Pack
93% off year one, then 50% and 25%93% off Intercom in year one, then 50% and 25%, for teams under 15 people with up to $10M raised.
DigitalOcean Startups
Credits vary by partner, $10,000/month spend capCloud credits for startups that have raised $10M or less, with AI-native companies prioritized. Amounts vary by partner.
Cloudflare for Startups
Up to $350,000 in Cloudflare creditsUp to $350K in Cloudflare credits across the Developer Platform and security suite, with a $10K tier open to bootstrapped startups.
Render Startup Program
Up to $100,000 (AI tier)Up to $100K credits (AI tier) for partner-referred startups. Great Heroku alternative with stateful-by-default architecture.
Algolia for Startups
$10,000 in credits (12 months)Algolia search credits, core search, vector search, recommend, A/B testing, personalization.
Customer.io for Startups
Up to 12 months free (~$1,200+ value)Up to 12 months free on Customer.io Startup plan, 30K profiles, email/SMS/push, Essentials features.
Fireworks for Startups
Credits (amount not published)Build credits (~$5K–$10K), elevated rate limits, and access to applied-AI engineers for AI-native startups.
Pinecone Startup Program
Free Standard tier plus credits (amount not published)Free Pinecone Standard Tier + Pro Support (RBAC, backups, Slack) + ~$5K in usage credits.
Modal Startup Program
Free GPU credits (amount not published)Up to $25K in Modal serverless GPU credits, Python-native containers, sub-second cold starts, autoscaling H100/A100 for inference and batch jobs.
Together AI for Startups
Up to $50,000 in creditsTogether AI inference and fine-tuning credits, high-throughput hosted endpoints for Llama, Mistral, Qwen, DeepSeek, and dedicated GPU clusters at startup pricing.
Snowflake Startup Program
Free usage on first contract (amount not published)Up to $75K in Snowflake credits over 2 years for early-stage startups, data warehouse, Snowpark, Cortex AI, and the Marketplace at startup pricing.
Mailazy Startup Program
$647 off the first year65% off the annual Marketing plan for a full year, $349 instead of $996, on an email platform with an MCP server so your AI assistant can run newsletters, onboarding flows, and reporting.
RunPod Startup Program
$25,000 bonus on a $50,000 load, or $1,000 starterLoad $50,000 and get $25,000 in bonus GPU credits on the Growth tier. Starter tier gives $1,000 outright.
Langfuse Startup Discount
50% off everything for 12 months50% off the entire bill for 12 months, open to bootstrapped teams as well as venture-backed ones.
Stripe Atlas
$2,500 Stripe credits + $50,000+ in partner perks$500 to incorporate a Delaware C-Corp + $2,500 Stripe credits + $50K+ in partner discounts unlocked after signup.
Brex
$350,000+ in partner discountsStartup-first corporate charge card with a Marketplace that rivals AWS Activate, $350K+ in partner discounts.
HubSpot for Startups
Up to 90% off year 1Up to 90% off year 1 of HubSpot's full suite (CRM, Sales, Marketing, Service) tapering over multi-year program.
GrackerAI for Startups
Founders pricing (verify current discount at gracker.ai/startup)Founders-tier access to GrackerAI, a Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) platform built for cybersecurity and B2B SaaS startups that want to be cited by AI search engines.
Brevo for Startups
Up to 75% off (~$5,600 savings)Email and SMS marketing with a usable free tier and steep startup discounts (up to ~75% off via partner perks), priced by send volume rather than contact count.
PostHog for Startups
Up to $50,000 across all PostHog productsUp to $50K across PostHog products: analytics, session replay, feature flags, A/B, surveys, data warehouse.
Auth0 for Startups
1 year free B2B Professional (~$24K value)One year free on Auth0 B2B Professional plan, advanced security, integrations, higher tiers (~$24K/year value).
Clerk for Startups
Discounted Clerk Pro (amount not published)Discounted Clerk Pro for venture-backed startups within a year of launch. Clerk no longer publishes the discount amount.
WorkOS for Startups
Free up to 1M MAUs permanentlyFree AuthKit + User Management up to 1M MAUs, permanently, no application needed. SSO/SCIM remain paid.
Databricks Startup Program
Up to $200,000 in creditsUp to $200,000 in credits across Databricks and Neon for venture-backed startups from pre-seed through Series A.
Amplitude for Startups (Scholarship)
1 year free Growth plan ($60,000 value)1 year free on the Amplitude Growth plan, stated at $60,000 in value and up to 100M events per month, then 40% off annual Plus.
Deel for Startups
5 seats free for life + 12-month discounts30% off contractors + 20% off employees for 12 months, $500 credits. First 5 seats free for life for VC-backed startups.
Grafana Labs Startup Program
Up to $100,000 in Grafana Cloud creditsUp to $100,000 in Grafana Cloud credits for 12 months, then a guaranteed 20% discount off list.
Stripe Startups
Fee credits for 12 months (amount not published)Credits that offset your Stripe processing fees for 12 months, plus a capped Stripe Invoicing rate. Requires proof of institutional funding.
Sentry for Startups
Up to $5,000 in Sentry creditsDiscounted or credited Sentry Team/Business plans, error tracking, performance, and session replay.
Compliance: Vanta / Drata / Secureframe
25% to 30% off Vanta, Drata, or SecureframeSOC 2 / ISO / HIPAA / GDPR / PCI-DSS compliance automation, $1.5K–$5K discounts via Ramp Rewards.
SSOJet Startup Program
50% off for 12 months50% off enterprise SSO (SAML, OIDC, SCIM) for 12 months, unlimited users, 25+ IdPs, implementation help.
Shortcut for Startups
12 months free Business plan12 months free on Shortcut Business plan, unlimited everything + SAML SSO. One of the most generous PM programs.
Mintlify Startups
6 months free Pro6 months free on Mintlify Pro, developer-first docs platform with AI-assisted authoring.
Mixpanel for Startups
1 year free Startup plan ($145,000 value)1 year free on Mixpanel Startup plan, all features, all reports. Stated value >$150K.
Oyster for Startups
Up to $1,200/member/year savingsUp to $1,200/member savings for 12 months, 20–30% off EOR and contractor plans. Pre-seed through Series A.
Retool for Startups
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.
CircleCI Startup Program
Up to $20,000 in compute creditsUp to $20,000 in compute credits over as long as 24 months, plus free Starter Support worth $249 a month.
PagerDuty for Startups
6 months free, 20 seatsSix months free of AI-Powered Operations: 20 seats, 20,000 events, and 1,000 AI actions. No credit card, no sales call.
Statsig Startup Program
$50,000 in credits (12 months)$50,000 in credits and 1 billion events on the Enterprise tier for 12 months, covering flags, experiments, and analytics together.
Attio for Startups
80% off annual Pro in year one80% off annual Pro in year one and 30% off in year two, for venture-backed teams up to 10 seats.
Backblaze Flamethrower
Up to $100,000 in B2 storage creditsUp to $100,000 in B2 object storage credits, open to bootstrapped teams as well as VC-backed ones.
1Password for Startups
Free 1Password Teams for open source projects$100 credit via Brex perk, or free 1Password Teams for qualifying open-source projects, unlimited duration.
MojoAuth Startup Program
50% off annual billing for 12 months50% off annual billing on Business/Pro for 1 year, magic links, OTP, passkeys, social login, partner email discounts.
Salesforce for Startups
50% off first year (entry tiers)The market-leading CRM with startup-friendly pricing on its entry tiers, commonly around 50% off the first annual term via startup and small-business channels.
Zendesk for Startups
6 months free (Suite + Sell CRM)Six months free of the Zendesk Suite plus Sell CRM for qualifying early-stage startups, so support and sales run on real software from day one.
Confluent for Startups
Up to 1 year free (amount not published)Up to a year of free Confluent Cloud credits for early-stage startups, plus expert sessions and office hours.
Temporal Startup Program
$6,000 in Temporal Cloud credits$6,000 in Temporal Cloud credits for funded startups that have raised $30M or less.
Pulumi for Startups
Up to $10,000 in credits (12 months)Up to $10,000 in Pulumi credits over 12 months for pre-Series A startups under $1M ARR, plus office hours.
incident.io for Startups
$1,500 credit on the Team plan$1,500 credit off the Team plan for new customers under 20 employees, valid for a year.
Freshworks for Startups
$3,000 to $4,000 in credits + mentorshipCredits plus mentorship on the Freshworks suite (CRM, support, and marketing), a lower-cost alternative to Salesforce and Zendesk for early teams.
Canva for Startups
Free tier + 30-day Pro trialA strong free tier plus a 30-day Canva Pro trial for building brand, social, and pitch assets without a designer. No formal credit program, but real value for early teams.
Airtable for Startups
~$500 credit + program accessA spreadsheet-database hybrid for running ops, CRM-lite, and internal trackers. The startup offer includes around $500 in credit plus program access.
Asana for Startups
50% to 80% off paid plansProject and work management with startup discounts commonly cited at 50% to 80% off, for teams that want structured projects beyond a task list.
Miro for Startups
$500 to $1,000 in creditsThe visual collaboration whiteboard for remote teams, with a startup offer of roughly $500 to $1,000 in credits for workshops, planning, and diagramming.
Make for Startups
3 months free + 50% offA visual, no-code automation platform (a Zapier alternative priced by operations) with startup offers around three months free plus 50% off through perk marketplaces.
Xero for Startups
~90% off for 6 monthsCloud accounting for small businesses with a strong new-customer discount, commonly cited around 90% off for six months, so bookkeeping is handled from incorporation.
Chargebee for Startups
Free up to ~2 years (below revenue cap)Subscription billing and revenue operations with a startup program that can be free for up to two years (below a revenue threshold), handling plans, proration, and dunning.
Vercel for Startups
Up to $30,000 in creditsUp to $30K Vercel credits (standard); $216K + $8M AI partner credits via AI Accelerator cohort.
Possible fit18
Could qualify, check eligibility carefully.
Zoom for Startups
~$5,400+/year (25 seats × $18/mo)One year free of Zoom Workplace Business Plus for up to 25 seats, Meetings, Phone, Chat, AI Companion, Whiteboard, Clips.
Resend for Startups
$25,000 for current YC batch, $15,000 for YC alumniResend startup credits + extended free tier, transactional email API by the team that built React Email, with a developer experience that's become the new default.
Sanity for Startups
1 year free Growth plan ($9,000 value)1 year free on Sanity Growth plan, 50 seats, private datasets, roles, comments/tasks, AI Assist.
Weights & Biases for Startups
Up to $3,000 in credits (partner-gated)Up to $3,000 in W&B credits for early AI startups, but only reachable through Microsoft for Startups or Google Cloud Startup Perks rather than a direct application.
Mercury Perks
300+ partner perksBusiness banking with a $5M FDIC sweep, plus a partner perks marketplace with 300+ offers. Mercury Raise shut down in September 2025.
Ramp
$350,000+ in partner perksSpend management + corporate card with $350K+ partner perks, including $2,500 OpenAI credits.
GitHub for Startups
$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.
Vanta for Startups
$1,000 offDiscounted SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA automation for startups via VC, accelerator, and design-partner channels, typically 20–40% off the standard plan.
Atlassian for Startups
50 seats × 6 products free for 12 months50 seats free for 12 months across Jira, Confluence, Loom, Bitbucket, Jira Product Discovery, and Compass.
Linear for Startups
Free Business plan (term set by partner)Up to 6 months free on Linear Basic or Business plans, partner-gated (VC/accelerator required).
Datadog for Startups
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.
ClickHouse Startup Program
$5,000 in credits, $10,000 for YC$5,000 in ClickHouse Cloud credits valid 12 months, gated behind a partner verification code. YC companies get $10,000.
Slack for Startups
25% to 30% off Pro / Business+Team communication with startup partner offers commonly around 25% to 30% off Pro or Business+, useful once the free tier message history limit starts to bite.
Tally for Startups
Discounted Tally ProDiscounted Tally Pro via partner network, free Tally accounts upgrade through VC/accelerator links.
Pipedrive for Startups
20% off for 12 monthsA simple, sales-first CRM at a startup discount (commonly 20% off for 12 months via partner perks), built for founder-led selling rather than enterprise process.
Framer for Startups
Up to 1 year free (~$360)A design-first, no-code website builder with a startup offer of up to a year free (~$360 value) through partner perks, ideal for a fast, polished marketing site.
Airwallex for Startups
Up to $50,000 fee-free FXGlobal business accounts and multi-currency payments with a startup offer commonly cited as up to $50K in fee-free FX conversions, built for cross-border teams.
Vouch Insurance
~5% off premiums + fast quotesBusiness insurance built specifically for startups (E&O, D&O, cyber, and more) with fast online quotes and partner discounts, replacing generic broker policies.
Stretch / probably not now2
These don't match your current profile.
Gusto for Startups
Partner discount, terms set by the partnerGusto runs no startup program on its own site. The discount is real but reaches founders through partner perk marketplaces, most reliably Mercury.
Carta Launch
Free tier for early stageFree cap table management up to 25 stakeholders + free SAFE issuance + free 409A on qualifying plans.