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3 months free with Lovable through Mercury Perks

Lovable · verified · Checked Oct 17, 2026

Listed benefit3 months free

Mercury customers; New and upgrade Lovable customers only, not available to existing higher pricing tier Lovable customers. This perk is available only to active Mercury customers . Requests must come from an email address tied to your Mercury account. Mercury may, at its discretion, request additional information to verify eligibility, including account ownership, business identity, and account standing, prior to fulfilling any request. Mercury reserves the right to approve, deny, or revoke any request at its sole discretion. Limit one per company. Offer may change or end at any time.

3 months free Pro plan with 100 credits/month

3 free months with Make through Mercury Perks

Make · verified · Checked Oct 17, 2026

Listed benefit3 free months

Mercury customers; New customers only.

Make's Startup Program gives eligible startups access to the Teams plan completely free for 3 months, followed by 3 months at 50% off. That includes 80,000 operations per month, and a value of over $800! Applies to new customers only.

1 year free + more with ElevenLabs through Mercury Perks

ElevenLabs · verified · Checked Oct 17, 2026

Listed benefit1 year free + more

Mercury customers; Eligibility: One grant per company. For full time founders with startups with less than 25 employees. Existing enterprise customers are not eligible for grants. We are unable to award grants to companies that are building projects for children aged 18 or under.

Get 12 months free and 33 million characters of free access to ElevenLabs' cutting-edge AI audio, equivalent to over 600 hours of audio.

$2,000 credits with General Translation through Mercury Perks

General Translation · verified · Checked Oct 17, 2026

Listed benefit$2,000 credits

Mercury customers; All company information submitted to General Translation, including the business name and associated email, must match the information on the Mercury account. Applicants must have a valid General Translation organization with a payment method and less than $500 in total lifetime spend. Eligibility is determined at the company level. Each legal company may receive only one Mercury credit grant, even if it has multiple General Translation organizations, Mercury users, or partner affiliations. This offer cannot be combined with another General Translation partner credit offer. All applications are subject to review and approval by General Translation.

Mercury customers are eligible for up to $2,000 in General Translation credits, valid for six months from activation. Credits can be used toward supported General Translation services, including the translation of product interfaces, websites, documentation, slides, and other localization workflows.

$1k credits + more with OpenRouter through Mercury Perks

OpenRouter · verified · Checked Oct 17, 2026

Listed benefit$1k credits + more

Mercury customers; The program is designed for startups building AI-native products that are at a Pre-Series B stage. Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements in order to qualify, including having a public company website, a professional company email address, and a valid OpenRouter account with less than $500 in lifetime spend. Each applicant is allowed to receive startup credits once, even if they are affiliated with multiple partners. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. If approved, the credits and waived fees will be automatically applied to your OpenRouter organization account associated with an applicant email, and the applicant will be notified.

Everything an early-stage team needs to build, experiment, and scale with AI — without managing multiple providers. $1K in universal inference credits , valid for 6 months and usable across all 300+ models on OpenRouter — frontier and open-source. $0 processing fees for 12 months (including both platform fees and BYOK fees). Pay only for the tokens you use. No platform markup. 300+ models through one API. Switch between models instantly. No code changes, no new integrations.

Up to $10k in credits with Genus AI through Mercury Perks

Genus AI · verified · Checked Oct 17, 2026

Listed benefitUp to $10k in credits

Mercury customers; New Genus AI customers only. Best suited for ecommerce brands running paid media on Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Google, or similar channels. Offer must be redeemed before signing an order form. Standard Genus AI pricing applies after the promotional period. Cannot be combined with other discounts. Subject to platform fit and mutual approval.

Up to $10,000 in Genus AI growth credits. Mercury customers receive the first month of Genus AI platform fees waived, 50% off platform fees for months 2–3, and waived spend-based fees on the first $100,000 of eligible paid media spend during the first 90 days.

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