Programs for bootstrapped startups

Brex

Brex

Startup-first corporate charge card with a Marketplace that rivals AWS Activate, $350K+ in partner discounts.

Ramp

Ramp

Spend management + corporate card with $350K+ partner perks, including $2,500 OpenAI credits.

Cloudflare for Startups

Cloudflare

Up to $350K in Cloudflare credits across the Developer Platform and security suite, with a $10K tier open to bootstrapped startups.

AWS Activate

Amazon Web Services

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

Google Cloud

Up to $200K GCP credits (or $350K for AI-first startups) over 2 years with dedicated Startup Success Manager.

Databricks Startup Program

Databricks

Up to $1,000 in Neon credits for self-funded startups, or up to $200,000 across Neon and Databricks for startups with $1M+ raised or in a recognized accelerator.

Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub

Microsoft

The easiest-to-qualify major cloud program, up to $150K Azure credits (investor-referred), no VC required for entry tiers.

Airwallex for Startups

Airwallex

$150K in credits for 12 months and no FX fees on your first $50,000 in transfers, for US-entity startups that raised $500K or more.

Mixpanel for Startups

Mixpanel

1 year free on Mixpanel Startup plan, all features, all reports. Stated value >$150K.

Render Startup Program

Render

Up to $100K credits (AI tier) for partner-referred startups. Great Heroku alternative with stateful-by-default architecture.

Deepgram Startup Program

Deepgram

Up to $100,000 in voice AI credits, valid 12 months, covering speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice-agent APIs.

Grafana Labs Startup Program

Grafana Labs

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

Backblaze Flamethrower

Backblaze

Up to $100,000 in B2 object storage credits, open to bootstrapped teams as well as VC-backed ones.

Amplitude for Startups (Scholarship)

Amplitude

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.

Retool for Startups

Retool

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.

Stripe Atlas

Stripe

$500 to incorporate a Delaware C-Corp + $2,500 Stripe credits + $50K+ in partner discounts unlocked after signup.

NVIDIA Inception

NVIDIA

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.

HubSpot for Startups

HubSpot

Up to 90% off year 1 of HubSpot's full suite (CRM, Sales, Marketing, Service) tapering over multi-year program.

PostHog for Startups

PostHog

Up to $50K across PostHog products: analytics, session replay, feature flags, A/B, surveys, data warehouse.

WorkOS for Startups

WorkOS

Free AuthKit + User Management up to 1M MAUs, permanently, no application needed. SSO/SCIM remain paid.

Statsig Startup Program

Statsig

$50,000 in credits and 1 billion events on the Enterprise tier for 12 months, covering flags, experiments, and analytics together.

Vercel for Startups

Vercel

Up to $30K Vercel credits (standard); $216K + $8M AI partner credits via AI Accelerator cohort.

Notion for Startups

Notion

Up to 6 months of Business Plan + Notion AI free for up to 100 employees, $12K value via partner referral.

Oyster for Startups

Oyster HR

Up to $1,200/member savings for 12 months, 20–30% off EOR and contractor plans. Pre-seed through Series A.

Algolia for Startups

Algolia

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

Shortcut for Startups

Shortcut

12 months free on Shortcut Business plan, unlimited everything + SAML SSO. One of the most generous PM programs.

ElevenLabs Startup Grants

ElevenLabs

33 million free credits, about 680 hours of Conversational AI, with 12 months of access, for teams building voice into their product.

Pulumi for Startups

Pulumi

Up to $10,000 in Pulumi credits over 12 months for pre-Series A startups under $1M ARR, plus office hours.

SSOJet Startup Program

SSOJet

50% off enterprise SSO (SAML, OIDC, SCIM) for 12 months, unlimited users, 25+ IdPs, implementation help.

Zendesk for Startups

Zendesk

Zendesk free for 6 months for qualifying startups, and up to 2 years through VC or accelerator partners.

Sentry for Startups

Sentry

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

Chargebee for Startups

Chargebee

Chargebee Billing free until you bill your first $1 million in cumulative revenue, for new customers in a partner accelerator or VC network.

MojoAuth Startup Program

MojoAuth

50% off annual billing on Business/Pro for 1 year, magic links, OTP, passkeys, social login, partner email discounts.

GrackerAI for Startups

GrackerAI

50% off the GrackerAI Scale plan for 12 months ($249 a month instead of $499) for cybersecurity, DevTools and DevOps startups under $5M ARR, under 5 years old and under $10M raised.

incident.io for Startups

incident.io

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

Customer.io for Startups

Customer.io

Up to 12 months in the Customer.io Startup Program, including up to 30,000 customer profiles at no cost, for startups that have raised under $10 million.

Make for Startups

Make

Up to 6 months free on the Make Teams plan, then 50% off any plan for the following 3 months, for startups with funding of up to $5 million.

Tally for Startups

Tally

Discounted Tally Pro for members of a Tally partner. You must be a startup, a member of a partner, and hold a partner code.

Airtable for Startups

Airtable

A spreadsheet-database hybrid for running ops, CRM-lite, and internal trackers. The Airtable for Startups program offers $500 in free credit for startups.

Framer for Startups

Framer

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.

Mailazy Startup Program

Mailazy

65% off the first year of Mailazy Pro, $172 instead of $490, for startups incorporated under 12 months ago with under $3M raised. Newsletters, onboarding and product email that send through your own SMTP account.

Xero for Startups

Xero

Cloud accounting for small businesses with 80% off your plan for the first 3 months on the US startup page, so bookkeeping is handled from incorporation.

Mercury Perks

Mercury

Business banking with a $5M FDIC sweep, plus a partner perks marketplace with 273 offers. Mercury Raise shut down in September 2025.

Intercom Early Stage + Fin Startup Pack

Intercom

93% off Intercom in year one, then 50% and 25%, for teams under 15 people with up to $10M raised.

MongoDB for Startups

MongoDB

Atlas credits, Voyage AI embedding tokens, and a technical advisor. MongoDB no longer publishes the credit amount.

DigitalOcean Startups

DigitalOcean

Cloud credits for startups that have raised $10M or less, with AI-native companies prioritized. Amounts vary by partner.

Clerk for Startups

Clerk

Discounted Clerk Pro for venture-backed startups within a year of launch. Clerk no longer publishes the discount amount.

Pinecone Startup Program

Pinecone

Free Pinecone Standard Tier + Pro Support (RBAC, backups, Slack) + ~$5K in usage credits.

Weights & Biases for Startups

Weights & Biases (CoreWeave)

50% off the Teams plan for 12 months, up to 10 seats, but only reachable through Microsoft for Startups rather than a direct application.

Gusto for Startups

Gusto

Gusto runs no startup program on its own site. The discount is real but reaches founders through partner perk marketplaces, most reliably Mercury.

AssemblyAI Startup Program

AssemblyAI

12 months of recurring free credits on core voice AI infrastructure for early-stage startups building with voice or audio. No dollar figure is published.

Brevo for Startups

Brevo

Brevo offers startup discounts only through a VC, accelerator, or startup community partner program. Terms are set by the partner and are not published.

Asana for Startups

Asana

Partner discount on Asana annual Starter or Advanced plans for the first 12 months. You need a discount code from an existing Asana partner; the percentage is not published.

Miro for Startups

Miro

Free Miro credits for early startups (amount not published) and up to a 25% discount for scale-ups.

Langfuse Startup Discount

Langfuse

50% off the entire bill for 12 months, open to bootstrapped teams as well as venture-backed ones.