Programs for seed startups
68 programs that accept Seed founders, sorted by credit value.
Intercom Early Stage + Fin Startup Pack
90% off Intercom year 1 + Fin AI Agent 100% free for 1 year (300 resolutions/mo) + access to $500K+ Startup Pack deals.
Brex
Startup-first corporate charge card with a Marketplace that rivals AWS Activate, $350K+ in partner discounts.
Ramp
Spend management + corporate card with $350K+ partner perks, including $2,500 OpenAI credits.
Cloudflare for Startups
Up to $250K in Cloudflare credits across Developer Platform + 3 Enterprise-level domain protections.
Vercel for Startups
Up to $30K Vercel credits (standard); $216K + $8M AI partner credits via AI Accelerator cohort.
Google for Startups Cloud Program
Up to $200K GCP credits (or $350K for AI-first startups) over 2 years with dedicated Startup Success Manager.
Mercury (Raise + Perks Bundle)
Business banking with $5M FDIC sweep + perks marketplace ($200K+ partner credits) + free Mercury Raise community.
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
The easiest-to-qualify major cloud program, up to $150K Azure credits (investor-referred), no VC required for entry tiers.
Clerk for Startups
Up to $150K in Clerk credits over 2 years for venture-backed startups; $5K / 6 months for bootstrapped.
Mixpanel for Startups
1 year free on Mixpanel Startup plan, all features, all reports. Stated value >$150K.
AWS Activate
Amazon's flagship program offering up to $100K AWS credits (or $300K for frontier AI) to pre–Series B startups.
DigitalOcean Hatch
Up to $100K credits (AI/ML tier); $20K partner-referred; $1K direct. Plus welcome kit partner perks.
Render Startup Program
Up to $100K credits (AI tier) for partner-referred startups. Great Heroku alternative with stateful-by-default architecture.
Neon Startup Program
Up to $100K in Neon serverless Postgres credits over 12 months + priority support + early-feature access.
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.
Snowflake Startup Program
Up to $75K in Snowflake credits over 2 years for early-stage startups, data warehouse, Snowpark, Cortex AI, and the Marketplace at startup pricing.
Stripe Atlas
$500 to incorporate a Delaware C-Corp + $2,500 Stripe credits + $50K+ in partner discounts unlocked after signup.
NVIDIA Inception
Free program for AI/ML startups, preferred hardware pricing, VC Alliance exposure, unlocks downstream credits.
HubSpot for Startups
Up to 90% off year 1 of HubSpot's full suite (CRM, Sales, Marketing, Service) tapering over multi-year program.
Atlassian for Startups
50 seats free for 12 months across Jira, Confluence, Loom, Bitbucket, Jira Product Discovery, and Compass.
Segment for Startups
Segment Team Plan free for up to 2 years ($25K value), 2-year benefit is one of the most generous program structures.
PostHog for Startups
Up to $50K across PostHog products: analytics, session replay, feature flags, A/B, surveys, data warehouse.
Algolia for Startups
Algolia search credits, core search, vector search, recommend, A/B testing, personalization.
WorkOS for Startups
Free AuthKit + User Management up to 1M MAUs, permanently, no application needed. SSO/SCIM remain paid.
Figma for Startups
Free Figma Organization plan for 24 months for qualifying VC-backed startups (via accelerator referral).
Anthropic Startup Program
$1K–$25K+ in Claude API credits plus priority rate limits for startups building with Claude.
Amplitude for Startups (Scholarship)
1 year free on Amplitude Growth plan, 200K MTUs, full product analytics, lifetime discount after.
Modal Startup Program
Up to $25K in Modal serverless GPU credits, Python-native containers, sub-second cold starts, autoscaling H100/A100 for inference and batch jobs.
Auth0 for Startups
One year free on Auth0 B2B Professional plan, advanced security, integrations, higher tiers (~$24K/year value).
GitHub for Startups
20 seats of GitHub Enterprise free for 12 months + $10K in credits covering Copilot, Advanced Security, and more.
Pinecone Startup Program
Free Pinecone Standard Tier + Pro Support (RBAC, backups, Slack) + ~$5K in usage credits.
Notion for Startups
Up to 6 months of Business Plan + Notion AI free for up to 100 employees, $12K value via partner referral.
Oyster for Startups
Up to $1,200/member savings for 12 months, 20–30% off EOR and contractor plans. Pre-seed through Series A.
Hugging Face Startup Program
Discounted Hugging Face Enterprise Hub for early AI startups, private model repos, inference endpoints, Spaces compute, and SOC 2 / GDPR posture.
PlanetScale for Startups
Migration assistance + case-by-case migration credits for startups moving to PlanetScale MySQL/Postgres.
Shortcut for Startups
12 months free on Shortcut Business plan, unlimited everything + SAML SSO. One of the most generous PM programs.
Fireworks for Startups
Build credits (~$5K–$10K), elevated rate limits, and access to applied-AI engineers for AI-native startups.
Together AI for Startups
Together AI inference and fine-tuning credits, high-throughput hosted endpoints for Llama, Mistral, Qwen, DeepSeek, and dedicated GPU clusters at startup pricing.
Vanta for Startups
Discounted SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA automation for startups via VC, accelerator, and design-partner channels, typically 20–40% off the standard plan.
SSOJet Startup Program
50% off enterprise SSO (SAML, OIDC, SCIM) for 12 months, unlimited users, 25+ IdPs, implementation help.
Rippling for Startups
6 months free on Rippling Basic Plus, HR + IT + Finance suite for US VC-backed startups.
Drata for Startups
Drata's startup pricing via VC, accelerator, and YC partner channels, 20–35% off compliance automation for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and more.
Weights & Biases for Startups
Free W&B Pro for startups, experiment tracking, model registry, evals, and prompt observability for ML/LLM teams.
GrackerAI for Startups
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.
Zoom for Startups
One year free of Zoom Workplace Business Plus for up to 25 seats, Meetings, Phone, Chat, AI Companion, Whiteboard, Clips.
MongoDB for Startups
$5K+ MongoDB Atlas credits (more for AI startups) + Voyage AI embedding tokens + 1:1 technical advisor session.
Twilio for Startups
Twilio API credits for SMS, voice, WhatsApp, video, plus education resources and Signal Conference access.
Compliance: Vanta / Drata / Secureframe
SOC 2 / ISO / HIPAA / GDPR / PCI-DSS compliance automation, $1.5K–$5K discounts via Ramp Rewards.
Sanity for Startups
1 year free on Sanity Growth plan, 50 seats, private datasets, roles, comments/tasks, AI Assist.
Deel for Startups
30% off contractors + 20% off employees for 12 months, $500 credits. First 5 seats free for life for VC-backed startups.
Secureframe for Startups
Secureframe's startup discount via VC and accelerator partners, 20–30% off SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA automation, with strong concierge support.
Replicate Startup Credits
Replicate inference credits for startups, pay-per-second hosted inference for open-source LLMs, image models (FLUX, SDXL), and custom Cog containers.
Supabase Startup Program
Six months of Supabase Team plan free for early-stage startups, Postgres, auth, storage, edge functions, and realtime in one platform.
Sentry for Startups
Discounted or credited Sentry Team/Business plans, error tracking, performance, and session replay.
MojoAuth Startup Program
50% off annual billing on Business/Pro for 1 year, magic links, OTP, passkeys, social login, partner email discounts.
Linear for Startups
Up to 6 months free on Linear Basic or Business plans, partner-gated (VC/accelerator required).
Highlight.io for Startups
6 months to 1 year free of Highlight, session replay, errors, logs, tracing in one tool.
Snyk for Startups
Startup-tier access to Snyk AppSec (SCA, Code/SAST, Container, IaC); details via sales. Free OSS program for 10K+ star repos.
OpenAI for Startups
No single flagship program, credits come via Ramp ($2.5K), Researcher Access ($1K), or invitation-only VC paths.
AngelList Stack
Cap table + banking + fundraising suite with 20% off year 1 via Brex, Ramp, and GitHub partner links.
Gusto for Startups
Discounted Gusto payroll and benefits for early-stage US startups via accountant and accelerator partner channels, typically 3 months free or 25% off Year 1.
Customer.io for Startups
Up to 12 months free on Customer.io Startup plan, 30K profiles, email/SMS/push, Essentials features.
Mintlify Startups
6 months free on Mintlify Pro, developer-first docs platform with AI-assisted authoring.
Resend for Startups
Resend 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.
Loom for Startups
Six months of Loom Business free for early-stage startups, unlimited async video recording, transcription, and team workspace.
1Password for Startups
$100 credit via Brex perk, or free 1Password Teams for qualifying open-source projects, unlimited duration.
Tally for Startups
Discounted Tally Pro via partner network, free Tally accounts upgrade through VC/accelerator links.
Webflow for Startups
One year of Webflow CMS plan free for funded startups, visual web builder with a CMS, hosting, and SEO controls for the marketing site.