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.
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.
NVIDIA Inception is free for startups. Preferred GPU pricing, Deep Learning Institute training and partner cloud credits (AWS Activate, Nebius), claimable via InnMind.
Alchemy Startup Program via InnMind: credits against your Alchemy bill, $5,000 in AWS credits and 24/7 engineering support. Open to bootstrapped onchain teams, not only VC-backed.
Microsoft for Startups gives $200 in Azure credits at sign-up, $5,000 after verification and up to $150,000 as your Azure usage grows. The credits pay for OpenAI GPT models on Azure.
The Cloudflare Startup Program gives startups up to $350,000 in credits across three tiers, plus enterprise security free at every tier. Included with a paid InnMind plan.
DigitalOcean’s Hatch startup programme gives approved product startups cloud credit for 12 months plus 15 months of free support. Free with any InnMind account.
Selected Web3 startups get a $500 promo code for dRPC premium nodes and 70% off pay-as-you-go pricing for six months, in exchange for a badge in the footer.
How to get AWS credits for your startup in 2026: every route compared, what the credits cover including AI models on Amazon Bedrock, and $5,000 in AWS Activate credits through InnMind instead of $1,000 applying alone.
The Google for Startups Cloud Program gives VC-backed startups up to $200,000 in Google Cloud credits over two years (up to $350,000 for AI-first). Free with any InnMind account.
