Cloud credits for startups

Cloudflare

Cloudflare for Startups

Credits for Workers, R2, AI and the rest of the Cloudflare developer platform, in tiers.

Who qualifies: $10K if bootstrapped with under $1M raised. $100K and $350K tiers need funding from a Cloudflare partner.

Google Cloud

Google for Startups Cloud Program

GCP and Firebase credits over two years, plus technical support and Google Workspace discounts. Standard tier is lower.

Who qualifies: Funded startups. The top tier is for AI-first companies.

AWS

AWS Activate

AWS credits for 200+ services, including third-party models on Bedrock. The self-serve Founders tier gives $1K to $5K.

Who qualifies: The $200K tier needs an Activate Provider Org ID (VC, accelerator or incubator).

Microsoft

Microsoft for Startups

Azure credits that unlock in stages, plus access to OpenAI models on Azure, GitHub and Microsoft 365.

Who qualifies: No VC backing needed. Credits grow as you hit milestones.

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud AI Catalyst

Cloud credits plus 2 billion Model Studio tokens and office hours with AI experts.

Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.

IBM

IBM for Startups

IBM Cloud credits and access to watsonx for eligible startups.

Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.

Vultr

Vultr for Startups

GPU instances, compute and storage credits.

Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.

OVHcloud

OVHcloud Startup Program

European cloud credits, from bare metal to managed Kubernetes, with technical mentoring.

Who qualifies: Early-stage startups; tiers by stage.

DigitalOcean

Hatch

Credits for Droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes and GPU Droplets, plus priority support.

Who qualifies: Startups backed by a Hatch partner, under a funding cap.

Oracle

Oracle for Startups

$500 to start, then Oracle Cloud credits and a 70% discount on OCI.

Who qualifies: Open application. Use a company email and a live website.

Render

Render for Startups

Hosting credits for web services, databases and background workers on Render.

Who qualifies: Check Render's site for the current offer.

Civo

Civo Startup Program

Managed Kubernetes and GPU cloud credits.

Who qualifies: Open application. Use a company email and a live website.

Scaleway

Scaleway Startup Program

European cloud and GPU credits with expert support.

Who qualifies: Early-stage startups; tiers by stage.

Koyeb

Koyeb for Startups

Serverless compute and GPU credits for deploying apps and models.

Who qualifies: Open application. Use a company email and a live website.

Vercel

Vercel for Startups

Credits for hosting, edge functions and v0 on Vercel.

Who qualifies: Funded startups via partner investors.

Modal

Modal for Startups

Serverless GPU compute credits, engineering support and community access.

Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.

Cloudvisor

Cloudvisor

AWS partner that helps startups unlock AWS credits and cut cloud costs, with no service fee.

Who qualifies: Open application. Use a company email and a live website.

Salad

Salad Cloud

Distributed GPU cloud credits for inference and batch jobs; $5K with a published case study.

Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.

Akamai

Akamai (Linode) Rise

Cloud and GPU credits with startup engineering support.

Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.

Nebius

Nebius AI Startups

GPU cloud credits for AI startups training and serving models.

Who qualifies: Early-stage startups that pass verification; some tiers need funding.