Cloud hosting, infrastructure & developer platform deals for early-stage startups. Credits, discounted plans & free years from AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, MongoDB, Neon, GitHub, GitLab, NVIDIA, Grafana & Deepgram, plus the Web3 RPC providers Alchemy, QuickNode & dRPC. Every listing gives the exact offer, who qualifies, whether outside funding is required & what happens to the bill once the credit runs out. Related archives: AI deals & credits for model & inference allowances, Web3 & blockchain deals for RPC & node providers, productivity & internal tooling deals for the rest of the team’s software.
GitHub for Startups gives partner-affiliated startups up to $10,000 in flexible platform credits for 12 months, across Enterprise, Copilot, Advanced Security and Actions. Why partner affiliation is mandatory, the four eligibility conditions, and how to claim it through InnMind.
GitLab for Startups gives pre-seed and seed teams Ultimate free for 12 months, up to 20 seats, on SaaS or self-managed. The two funding routes, the bootstrapped exclusion, what support not included means, and how to claim it through InnMind.
Neon runs two startup tiers 200x apart, and one required field on a five-field form decides which one you are reviewed for. What the credits buy in compute unit hours, and what Neon does not publish.
$100,000 in Grafana Cloud credits for 12 months or until your next funding round, whichever comes first, then a guaranteed 20% off list prices. What the credits buy and what you agree to.
Deepgram publishes a $1,000 starter credit for direct applicants and tiers up to $100,000 for partner-referred teams. What the credits buy, and the terms that sit outside the headline.
A paid InnMind plan gets you 35% off Quicknode plans. The Quicknode Startup Program is a separate route and it stops at Series A.
Covalent gives startups up to $5,000 in GoldRush API credits for 12 months. Partner-referred applications are reviewed first.
Anthropic’s Claude for Startups programme gives eligible early-stage teams free Claude API credits and its highest API rate limits. Free with any InnMind account.
MongoDB for Startups via InnMind: free, stage-tiered Atlas database credits, Voyage AI tokens for embeddings and search, partner credits (Fireworks AI, Temporal) and a MongoDB expert session.
Up to $100,000 in Rabata S3 storage credits for Gen-AI startups, valid for two years across the hot and backup tiers. Not building Gen-AI? Rabata matches your current storage bill in credits. Free with any InnMind account.
