Galaxy (ex. Meteor Cloud) is listed for web development and development workflows. The initial research scope includes customized hosting, solid infrastructure, all-in-one platform, documentary resources. Product capabilities, plan limits and current prices still need a vendor-source check.
Microsoft provides cloud, productivity and development software. Microsoft for Startups now uses a new program experience; current awards depend on its application review.
Mercury customers; .com, .co, .gg, .to, .org are free and .so, .ai, .io are 50% off 1 domain per Mercury account Not valid for premium domains Only valid for 1st year registrations
Render is a unified cloud platform for deploying apps, databases, and background workers. Offers web services, static sites, cron jobs, private networks, and managed PostgreSQL — a modern Heroku alternative with zero devops and automatic deploys from Git.
Listed offerStartup credits from $500; selected AI teams up to $100,000
Founder tier: under four years old, under $50M raised and at least $25,000 seed funding. Partner tiers have separate investor requirements; the AI tier requires at least $2.5M from a qualifying VC. Apply for the tier your company meets.
Backblaze is a cloud storage and backup company offering B2 Cloud Storage — one of the most affordable S3-compatible object storage solutions available. Stores 3+ exabytes of data for 500,000+ customers, including developers, businesses, and media companies.
Availability needs review$100,000 USD
Early-stage startup; direct apply at backblaze.com/contact-sales/startup; object storage and backup credits
Google Cloud is the cloud computing and AI division of Alphabet, offering 200+ products across compute, storage, data analytics, AI/ML, and security. Home to Vertex AI, BigQuery, Kubernetes (GKE), and Gemini — serving millions of organisations globally.
Listed offerScale: up to $200,000; AI-first: up to $350,000 over two years
Scale requires eligible institutional/Web3 funding from pre-seed through Series A, incorporation within five years, and no more than $5,000 in previous credits. Start requires an eligible pre-funded product company founded within 24 months and no credits beyond the free trial.
GoDaddy is listed for cloud storage and domain management workflows. The initial research scope includes create your website, get a domain name, benefit from robust security, 24/7 customer support. Product capabilities, plan limits and current prices still need a vendor-source check.
Amazon EC2 supplies configurable virtual servers on AWS. Its range of processor, storage, networking and operating-system choices suits applications that need more infrastructure control than a managed website builder provides.
incident.io is an AI-powered incident management and on-call platform built inside Slack and Microsoft Teams. Automates incident declaration, escalation, status pages, and post-mortems — helping engineering teams respond faster and learn from every incident.
QuickNode is a blockchain infrastructure and API provider offering the fastest, most reliable access to 50+ blockchain networks including Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, and Polygon. Used by leading Web3 teams to build, scale, and deploy decentralised applications.
Sentry is an application monitoring and error tracking platform that helps developers identify and fix code errors in real time. Supports 100+ frameworks and languages, providing stack traces, performance monitoring, session replay, and release tracking in one dashboard.
CloudTalk is listed for customer experience and call centers workflows. The initial research scope includes customizable call flows, multiple communication channels, integrations, call recording. Product capabilities, plan limits and current prices still need a vendor-source check.
Modal is a cloud platform for serverless GPU compute, letting developers run Python code on powerful GPUs without managing infrastructure. Ideal for AI inference, fine-tuning, batch processing, and training — with per-second billing and instant cold starts.
Listed offerModal startup credits; amount determined on approval
New customers at Seed or Series A with qualifying partner VC funding or more than $1M from other venture investors. Later-stage scaling teams have a separate partner-VC route.
Neon is a serverless PostgreSQL database platform with instant branching, autoscaling to zero, and a developer-friendly workflow. Designed for modern cloud-native apps, Neon lets teams create isolated database branches for every feature branch or pull request.
Listed offerUp to $1,000 self-funded; up to $200,000 across Neon and Databricks
Self-funded early product teams with less than $1M raised can apply for up to $1,000. Higher tier requires at least $1M in VC funding or a recognized accelerator. Existing customers may apply.
Instatus is listed for it and application monitoring workflows. The initial research scope includes connect with popular chat platforms, easily automate your status, quick and easy customization, build customer loyalty. Product capabilities, plan limits and current prices still need a vendor-source check.
Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana, the world's most popular open-source observability platform used by 20M+ users. Its cloud platform provides managed Grafana, Loki (logs), Tempo (traces), and Mimir (metrics) for full-stack observability.
Listed offerUp to $100,000 in Grafana Cloud credits
New customers, including Free/OSS users, may apply. Preferred profile is under $10M raised and fewer than 25 employees; exceptions are reviewed. Reference-customer and potential co-marketing participation are required.
Founders offers a one-time €1,000 voucher for twelve months. Early Stage offers €1,500 monthly for six months; Growth offers €3,000 monthly for twelve months. These are separate tiers, not stackable totals.
Listed offerUp to €36,000 in cloud credits, depending on program
Company younger than five years, fewer than fifty employees and not already a Scaleway client. Later tiers have usage thresholds and review; Early Stage cannot transition to Growth.
Amazon Web Services provides cloud compute, storage, databases and AI services. AWS Activate awards depend on funding stage and prior credit history; compare the current tiers and eligibility below.
Listed offerFounders up to $5,000; Portfolio up to $200,000 in AWS credits
Requires a startup website/profile, incorporation within ten years, a paid-tier AWS account and eligibility based on prior awards. Portfolio applicants must be pre-Series B and provide an Activate Provider Org ID.
Pulumi is an infrastructure-as-code platform that lets developers define cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages like Python, TypeScript, Go, and C#. Supports 120+ cloud providers including AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes.
Oracle is one of the world's largest enterprise technology companies, offering cloud infrastructure (OCI), autonomous databases, ERP, HCM, and CX software. Oracle Cloud provides competitive compute and database services with a generous always-free tier.