Neon offers eligible VC-backed startups up to $200,000 in combined Neon and Databricks credits, plus onboarding, early feature access, speaking opportunities, and co-marketing opportunities.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Neon's site
Conditions (4)
Self-funded startups must have less than $1M in funding.
Self-funded startups must be developing an early-stage product or MVP.
VC-backed startups must have raised at least $1M or participate in a recognized startup accelerator.
VC-backed startups must be developing an early-stage product or MVP.
Venture-Backed12 months from date of acceptanceGlobalVerified 2026-11-06
TiDB offers eligible AI startups up to $100,000 in TiDB Cloud credits, architecture assessment and access to TiDB engineers. It targets pre-seed through Series B startups building specified AI products or infrastructure.
How to claim: Claimed directly on TiDB's site
Conditions (5)
Target markets include the United States, Southeast Asia, Japan, or Europe.
Startup must be at pre-seed through Series B stage.
Developing AI agents, Agentic SaaS, RAG applications, knowledge platforms, coding agents, sandboxes, or AI infrastructure.
Need capabilities such as user state management, long-term memory, vector search, real-time analytics, or multi-region deployment.
Neon offers startup credits of up to $100,000, early access to new features, priority support, and partnership opportunities. Applicants generally should have raised $1M to $5M in venture funding and launched a product within the past 12 months.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Neon's site
Conditions (4)
Generally targets startups that have raised $1M to $5M in venture funding.
The company should have launched a product within the past 12 months.
The startup must be building software that needs a fast, scalable Postgres database.
Institutional funding from any source is considered; funding from a Neon partner is not required.
Aiven offers $12,000 to $100,000 in credits for 12 months plus technical guidance. Eligible startups must be no more than 7 years old, funded up to Series B, and affiliated with a VC investor or Aiven ecosystem partner.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Aiven's site
Conditions (8)
Your startup must have been founded no more than 7 years ago.
Your company must have raised external funding up to Series B.
You must provide proof of affiliation with a VC investor or an Aiven ecosystem partner.
Your company must have a website and a business email address.
The program is limited to innovative technology companies, excluding agencies, consulting companies, NGOs, and educational institutions.
Startups without investor funding may qualify through affiliation with an accelerator, incubator, or coworking space in Aiven's partner network, subject to individual review.
Existing Aiven customers may qualify on a case-by-case basis.
Existing paying customers with monthly invoices under $400 may qualify if they meet the other criteria.
MotherDuck gives qualifying startups $16,000 worth of service for an $8,000 annual commitment, equivalent to a 50% startup discount. Applicants need less than $5m funding, fewer than 20 employees, and must be new or Free plan customers.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Motherduck's site
Conditions (6)
Have less than $5 million in funding, including bootstrapped startups.
Have fewer than 20 employees.
Be a new MotherDuck customer or an existing customer on the Free plan. Paid-plan customers are not eligible.
Have an active company website and not be operating in stealth mode.
Do not combine the startup discount with other offers.
Use a work email address; personal email addresses are not accepted.
Aiven offers $12,000 to $100,000 in credits for 12 months, plus technical guidance and mentoring. Eligible startups must be partner-affiliated, founded no more than 7 years ago, funded up to Series B, and have a website and business email.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Aiven's site
Conditions (6)
Be affiliated with a VC investor or an Aiven ecosystem partner.
The startup must have been founded no more than 7 years ago.
Have raised external funding up to Series B.
Have a company website and business email address.
The program is for innovative technology companies, not agencies, consulting companies, NGOs, or educational institutions.
Current paying customers must have a monthly invoice under $400 and satisfy the other criteria.
12 months from activationGlobalVerified 2026-11-01
ClickHouse offers eligible startups $5000 in ClickHouse Cloud credits valid for 12 months, with Basic Support and community opportunities. Startups must be under three years old, belong to a selected partner program and have a valid verification code.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on ClickHouse's site
Conditions (3)
Startup must be part of a selected partner program.
Startup must be less than three years old.
Startup must have a valid verification code from its Accelerator, Incubator, or VC.
Estuary offers $2,000 in usage credits over 12 months plus email and Slack technical support. Startups must have raised less than $5 million and cannot be current or former Estuary customers.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Estuary Flow's site
Conditions (3)
Have raised less than $5 million in total funding.
Neon offers qualifying startups up to $200K in Neon and Databricks credits, while self-funded startups can receive up to $1,000 in Neon credits. Applicants must be building an early-stage product or MVP and meet the stated funding criteria.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Neon's site
Conditions (3)
Self-funded startups must have less than $1M in funding and be early-stage.
VC-backed startups must have raised at least $1M or join a recognized accelerator.
Applicants must be building an early-stage product or MVP.
12 months from acceptanceGlobalVerified 2026-11-04
Stackby offers eligible startups $500 in credits for premium plans plus onboarding resources. Applicants must meet the partner, funding, company-age, and customer-status requirements.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Stackby's site
Conditions (4)
Be affiliated with an approved funding partner.
Have raised no more than Series A funding.
Be incorporated less than 5 years ago.
Be new to Stackby or currently on the free forever plan.
MongoDB offers $500 in Atlas credits plus 1:1 technical guidance. The stated conditions require school affiliation, enrollment in a degree- or diploma-granting program, verifiable student status, and being at least 13 years old.
How to claim: Claimed directly on MongoDB's site
Conditions (4)
Have a verifiable school-issued email address or upload documents that prove your school affiliation
Are enrolled in a degree- or diploma-granting program, such as a high school, college, university, or homeschool
Have a verifiable school-issued email or documents proving your student status
Databricks offers qualifying startups up to $200K in Databricks and Neon credits plus hands-on guidance, workshops, founder events, and access to models and partners.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Databricks's site
Conditions (2)
The program targets qualifying early-stage startups building a data and AI strategy.
Startups backed by participating VC firms may have an additional referral path.
MongoDB offers $500 in Atlas credits plus 1:1 technical guidance. The stated conditions require school affiliation, enrollment in a degree- or diploma-granting program, verifiable student status, and being at least 13 years old.
How to claim: Claimed directly on MongoDB's site
Conditions (4)
Have a verifiable school-issued email address or upload documents that prove your school affiliation
Are enrolled in a degree- or diploma-granting program, such as a high school, college, university, or homeschool
Have a verifiable school-issued email or documents proving your student status
Neo4j offers up to $16K in Aura credits for its managed graph database, plus graph and AI guidance and GTM support. Eligible startups must be Series B or earlier, have a live website, and build one product for many customers.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Neo4j's site
Conditions (5)
The startup must be at Series B or earlier.
The company must build one product for multiple customers, not custom solutions for individual clients.
Dev shops, consultants, and marketing agencies are not eligible.
The startup must have a live, functioning website.
The startup must have a valid LinkedIn company profile linked directly to the applicant.
Railway offers eligible startups $5K in platform credits. Startups must have $2M - $25M in outside funding, be founded in 2020 or later, and be new to Railway or have under $100 in lifetime spend.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Railway's site
Conditions (3)
Have $2M - $25M in outside funding.
Be founded in 2020 or later.
Be new to Railway or have less than $100 in lifetime platform spend.
Scalingo offers startups and incubators up to 9 months of free hosting worth 1800€, capped at 200€ per month, along with free technical support from developers.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Scalingo's site
Conditions (1)
The program is intended for startups and incubators.
Tinybird gives eligible open-source projects 80% off a Developer Plan for 6 months, then 20% off afterward, plus Slack support and social promotion. Projects must be public, active within 30 days, and have at least 25 GitHub stars or equivalent.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Tinybird's site
Conditions (5)
You must have an open source project.
Your source code must be hosted on a public git provider.
The project must have active contributions within the last 30 days.
The project needs at least 25 GitHub stars or equivalent on another provider.
Commercial or hosted versions must use the same open core code.
6 months at 80% off, then 20% off ongoingGlobalVerified 2026-11-04
Convex offers eligible teams up to 1 year free of Convex Professional, no seat fees and 30% off usage-based fees up to $30k. Startups must be Series A or earlier, have fewer than 20 employees and be less than 3 years old.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Convex's site
Conditions (6)
Must be at Series A or earlier, with fewer than 20 employees.
The company must be less than 3 years old.
Must have a company profile on LinkedIn, Crunchbase, PitchBook, or another recognized deal flow platform.
Must provide links showing traction or announcing funding.
Must be pre-seed to Series A and have raised less than $3 million.
Must have a live, functioning website or an MVP-stage product.
Tinybird offers eligible open-source projects 80% off its Developer Plan for the first 6 months and 20% off continuously afterward. Projects must be public, recently active, and have at least 25 GitHub stars or equivalent.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Tinybird's site
Conditions (4)
The project must have source code hosted on a public Git provider.
The project must have received contributions within the last 30 days.
The project must have at least 25 GitHub stars or an equivalent on another provider.
Commercial or hosted versions must mostly use the same open-core code.
Zilliz offers early-stage AI startups discounts, technical guidance and support for retrieval-powered AI applications, including architecture reviews and large-scale vector search guidance.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Zilliz's site
Conditions (1)
The program is for early-stage AI startups building retrieval-powered AI applications.
UpCloud offers eligible startups up to €25,000 in cloud credits, 24/7/365 support, events, a startup forum, and consultations. Applicants must meet the stated customer, age, region, VAT, and funding requirements.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on UpCloud's site
Conditions (7)
Applicants must be new UpCloud customers.
The startup must have been founded within the last 24 months.
The startup must be registered in the EU, EEA, UK, UA, or CH and hold a valid VAT ID.
Tier 1 requires UpCloud ecosystem affiliation and more than €5M in funding.
Tier 2 is for startups founded within the last 24 months in FI, SWE, NOR, DK, ICE.
Tier 3 is for startups founded within the last 24 months in eligible non-Nordic countries.
Only Tier 1 requires affiliation with an eligible VC, incubator, or accelerator.
Turso offers eligible early-stage venture-backed startups database credits, priority engineering support, early feature access, and co-marketing opportunities. Applicants need at least one funding round and verifiable backing.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Turso's site
Conditions (3)
Must be a venture-backed startup with at least one funding round.
Must be building an early-stage product or actively scaling.
Funding must be verifiable through recognized investors or accelerators.
Snowflake provides a cloud data platform for building products involving data, AI, machine learning, and large datasets. Eligible startups receive free usage on their first contract, plus technical expertise and business guidance.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on Snowflake's site
Conditions (2)
The free usage offer is available to eligible startups.
The program is particularly relevant to startups building data-centric products, using AI or machine learning, or handling large or complex datasets.
MongoDB offers Atlas credits, Voyage AI tokens, technical expertise, and dedicated support. Eligible startups must be less than 7 years old, Series A or earlier, build a scalable software product or service, and meet the other stated program conditions.
How to claim: Needs a referral from a partner VC, then apply on MongoDB's site
Conditions (4)
The startup must be less than 7 years old and at Series A or earlier.
The company must build a scalable, software-based product or service; development shops and agencies are excluded.
The startup must not have previously been accepted into the MongoDB for Startups program.
The company must have an active website and LinkedIn profile.
Hostman offers registered businesses up to 10.000 € in cloud credits for up to 6 months. Applicants must be new Hostman customers and cannot operate a game-hosting product.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Hostman's site
Conditions (3)
You must be a registered business anywhere in the world.
Your business must not have previously used Hostman.
CrateDB offers qualifying startups cloud credits, 3 hours of consulting, hands-on cluster setup, and dataset analysis for CrateDB Cloud. Applicants are encouraged to complete a deployment assessment.
How to claim: Claimed directly on CrateDB's site
Conditions (1)
Must qualify upon application, and applicants are suggested to complete a Deployment Assessment of their specific time-series/analytics use case
Appwrite offers its all-in-one platform plus Appwrite Cloud Pro for 12 months, cloud credits, unlimited team members, training and premium support. Eligible companies must be 5 years old or younger and meet the stated product and funding or revenue requirements.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Appwrite's site
Conditions (5)
You must be building your own software product or platform, not operating as an agency, consultancy, or reseller.
Your company must be 5 years old or younger.
You must have raised funding from pre-seed through Series A or have bootstrapped revenue up to $5M ARR.
You must be starting a new Appwrite project or migrating from another backend provider.
MongoDB offers $500 in Atlas credits plus 1:1 technical guidance. The stated conditions require school affiliation, enrollment in a degree- or diploma-granting program, verifiable student status, and being at least 13 years old.
How to claim: Claimed directly on MongoDB's site
Conditions (4)
Have a verifiable school-issued email address or upload documents that prove your school affiliation
Are enrolled in a degree- or diploma-granting program, such as a high school, college, university, or homeschool
Have a verifiable school-issued email or documents proving your student status
MongoDB offers $500 in Atlas credits plus 1:1 technical guidance. The stated conditions require school affiliation, enrollment in a degree- or diploma-granting program, verifiable student status, and being at least 13 years old.
How to claim: Claimed directly on MongoDB's site
Conditions (4)
Have a verifiable school-issued email address or upload documents that prove your school affiliation
Are enrolled in a degree- or diploma-granting program, such as a high school, college, university, or homeschool
Have a verifiable school-issued email or documents proving your student status
Pinecone provides free vector database credits for approved AI applications using vector search or Pinecone. The deal is described for AI startups at Series A or earlier with under 100 employees.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Pinecone's site
Conditions (2)
Must be building an AI application that actively utilizes vector search or Pinecone's vector database
Neo4j offers a free AuraDB graph database with up to 50,000 nodes and 175,000 relationships. The plan allows 1 instance per account and automatically pauses after 3 days of inactivity.
How to claim: Claimed directly on Neo4j's site
Conditions (2)
1 instance max per account
database automatically pauses after 3 days of inactivity and is permanently deleted after 30 days of being paused
