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Cloud programs

Every Cloud program, ranked by value, with eligibility and how to claim.

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StartupPerks tracks 121 programs in the Cloud category. Ranked by benefit value, biggest first, each with its eligibility and a link to apply.

Buyer's guide: Best Startup Cloud Credits in 2026Google for Startups Cloud has the highest ceiling (up to $350K); Microsoft Founders Hub is the most open ($5K self-serve); AWS has the largest ecosystem.Best Cloud Credits for StartupsThe major cloud providers hand early-stage startups five- and six-figure infrastructure credits. This is how the real programs rank by value.
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Live startup credits, perks, and deals, ranked by benefit value, each with its eligibility and how to claim.

CloudCredits
Denvr AI Ascend

Denvr Dataworks

Value
Up to $500K
Who qualifies
Any startup
CloudCredits
Cloudflare for Startups

Cloudflare

Value
Up to $250K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Google for Startups Cloud Program

Google Cloud

Value
Up to $350K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
AWS Activate Portfolio

Amazon Web Services

Value
Up to $200K
Who qualifies
VC / accelerator-backed
CloudCredits
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub

Microsoft

Value
Up to $150K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Akamai Cloud Rise Startup Program

Akamai (Linode)

Value
Up to $120K
Who qualifies
Any startup
CloudCredits
Alibaba Cloud Startup / AI Catalyst Program

Alibaba Cloud

Value
Up to $120K
Who qualifies
Any startup
CloudCredits
Azion Scale Up Credit Program

Azion Technologies

Value
Up to $120K
Who qualifies
Any startup
CloudCredits
IBM Startup Program (Global Entrepreneur)

IBM

Value
Up to $120K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Backblaze Flamethrower Startup Program

Backblaze

Value
Up to $100K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
FPT Cloud Startup Program

FPT Cloud

Value
Up to $100K
Who qualifies
Incorporated
Provider
CloudCredits
IONOS Cloud Startup Program

IONOS

Value
Up to $100K
Who qualifies
Incorporated
Provider
CloudCredits
Oracle for Startups

Oracle

Value
Up to $100K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Prime Intellect Fast Compute Grants and Startup Credits

Prime Intellect

Value
$100K
Who qualifies
Any startup
CloudCredits
Render for Startups

Render

Value
Up to $100K
Who qualifies
VC / accelerator-backed
Provider
CloudCredits
Startup eXcelerator Program

OpenMetal

Value
Up to $100K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Tencent Cloud Startup Program

Tencent Cloud

Value
Up to $100K
Who qualifies
VC / accelerator-backed
CloudCredits
Vultr Digital Startup Program

Vultr

Value
Up to $100K
Who qualifies
VC / accelerator-backed
Provider
CloudCredits
Civo Startup Program

Civo

Value
Up to $50K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Cloudways Startup Program

Cloudways

Value
Up to $50K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Rudra Startup Accelerator Program

Yotta

Value
Up to $50K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Koyeb for Startups

Koyeb

Value
Up to $30K
Who qualifies
VC / accelerator-backed
Provider
CloudCredits
Vercel for Startups

Vercel

Value
Up to $30K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Runpod Startup Program

Runpod

Value
Up to $25K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
UpCloud Startup Program

UpCloud

Value
Up to EUR 25,000
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
IonQ Research Credits

IonQ

Value
Up to $10K
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
SaladCloud Startup Acceleration Program (SSAP)

Salad (SaladCloud)

Value
Up to $10K
Who qualifies
No funding needed
CloudCredits
Alchemy Startup Program

Alchemy

Value
$5K
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
AWS Activate Founders

Amazon Web Services

Value
Up to $5K
Who qualifies
Any startup
CloudCredits
Lambda Research Grant

Lambda

Value
Up to $5K
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Vercel Open Source Program

Vercel

Value
Up to $4K credits
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Free trial credit + Development/Research/Education cloud grants

Catalyst Cloud

Value
NZ$300
Who qualifies
No funding needed
CloudCredits
Heroku Open Source Credit Program

Heroku

Value
$25-$500
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Mux for Startups

Mux

Value
$500
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudFree plan
Cudo Compute Free Credits

Cudo Compute

Value
Up to $300
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Aptible for Startups

Aptible

Value
50% off
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
VEXXHOST Public Cloud Free Trial ($200 credit)

VEXXHOST

Value
$200
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Kamatera Free Trial

Kamatera

Value
$100
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Zerops Signup Credit

Zerops

Value
$65
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Crusoe Cloud Free Credits

Crusoe

Value
$5
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
AI Cloud Credit for Research

Voltage Park

Value
Credits/discounts…
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Beam Free Credits

Beam Cloud

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
BentoCloud Free Credits

BentoML

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Binero Cloud Free Credit

Binero

Value
SEK 1,000
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Bizfly Cloud Free Trial

Bizfly Cloud (VCCorp)

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
CloudFree plan
BorgBase Free 10 GB

BorgBase

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Brightbox 50 GBP Free Trial Credit

Brightbox

Value
50 GBP
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
bunny.net Free Trial

bunny.net

Value
14-day free trial
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
centron Cloud 200 EUR Starting Credit

centron

Value
200 EUR
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudFree plan
Cerebrium Free Tier

Cerebrium

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Cleura Startup Program

Cleura

Value
EUR 50
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Clever Cloud UP

Clever Cloud

Value
Up to EUR 10,000
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Cloud.ru for Startups (Test Evolution start grant)

Cloud.ru

Value
Start grant of 4,000 bonuses
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Cloud4Y Startup Support

Cloud4Y

Value
Up to 1,000,000 rubles
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
CloudFerro / CREODIAS Free Trial

CloudFerro

Value
250 EUR
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Cloudinary for Startups

Cloudinary

Value
Startup plan +…
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
CloudMTS Startup Grant

CloudMTS

Value
Up to 10,000,000 rubles
Who qualifies
Incorporated
Provider
CloudCredits
Cloudzy Business (Startup) Program

Cloudzy

Value
Up to $8K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudFree plan
Combell Cloud Angel Startup Hosting

Combell

Value
Up to 1 year free
Who qualifies
VC / accelerator-backed
Provider
CloudFree plan
Convesio Free Trial

Convesio

Value
7-day free trial
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
CoreWeave Startup Accelerator Program

CoreWeave

Value
Credits
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Cyso Cloud Startup Program

Cyso Cloud

Value
Up to EUR 10,000
Who qualifies
Incorporated
Provider
CloudCredits
DigitalOcean Hatch

DigitalOcean

Value
Up to $100K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
E2E Networks Startup Program

E2E Networks

Value
Up to $100K
Who qualifies
Incorporated
Provider
CloudCredits
Elestio Free Trial Credit

Elestio

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Exoscale Free Trial Credit

Exoscale

Value
EUR 20 free trial credit
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudFree plan
Fast Forward

Fastly

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Fasthosts Dedicated Server Credit

Fasthosts

Value
100 GBP
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Fly.io Startup / Promo Credits

Fly.io

Value
Credits
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Free Cloud Credits

Cyfuture Cloud

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
CloudFree plan
Free plan + startup program

Cloud 66

Value
Free plan
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Free Signup Credits

Utho

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudFree plan
Free Trial

Sealos

Value
7-day free trial
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudFree plan
Free VPS Trial

MilesWeb

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Gcore for Startups

Gcore

Value
$1
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Golioth for Startups & Nonprofits

Golioth

Value
$50
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Greenhouse Startup Support Program

NAVER Cloud

Value
Startup support…
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudDiscount
Gumlet Startup Credits Program (SCP)

Gumlet

Value
Up to 50% off
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Hetzner Cloud Signup Credit

Hetzner Online

Value
EUR 20
Who qualifies
No funding needed
CloudCredits
Hostman Free Trial Credit

Hostman

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Huawei Cloud Startup Program (Spark)

Huawei Cloud

Value
Up to $150K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Hyperbolic Free Credit

Hyperbolic

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudFree plan
IDrive e2 Startup Program

IDrive Inc.

Value
Free
Who qualifies
Incorporated
Provider
CloudDiscount
ImageKit Startup Program

ImageKit

Value
Discounted…
Who qualifies
VC / accelerator-backed
Provider
CloudCredits
Infomaniak Public Cloud Free Credit

Infomaniak

Value
CHF 300 free cloud credit
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
KeyCDN Free Trial Credit

KeyCDN

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudFree plan
Koofr Free 10 GB

Koofr

Value
10 GB free forever
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Krutrim Cloud Developer Credits

Krutrim

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Lambda for Startups (Cloud Credits)

Lambda

Value
Up to $8K credits
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Magalu Cloud Free Credits

Magalu Cloud

Value
R$300
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Meteor Cloud for Startups

Meteor Cloud

Value
$600
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Modal Startups

Modal

Value
Up to $50K
Who qualifies
VC / accelerator-backed
Provider
CloudCredits
Nebius for Startups

Nebius

Value
Compute credits…
Who qualifies
Referral required
Provider
CloudFree plan
NeevCloud free CPU cloud credits

NeevCloud

Value
₹15,000
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudFree plan
Netlify Open Source / Nonprofit Program

Netlify

Value
Free for startups
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudDiscount
New User Discount

Biznet Gio

Value
Up to 50% off
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudDiscount
Neysa AI Velocity Program

Neysa

Value
Escalating…
Who qualifies
VC / accelerator-backed
Provider
CloudCredits
NHN Cloud Free Credit

NHN Cloud

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Novita AI Free Signup Credit

Novita AI

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
OVHcloud Startup Program

OVHcloud

Value
Up to $110K
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudDiscount
Porter Startups Deal

Porter

Value
6 months free
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Qarnot Start-up Program

Qarnot

Value
€6,000
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
QuickNode Startup Program

QuickNode

Value
Product credits,…
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Rescale for Startups

Rescale

Value
Cloud HPC credits…
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Rocket Launcher Startup Program

Kakao Cloud

Value
Up to 35,000,000 KRW
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudDiscount
Sakura Internet Startup Support

Sakura Internet

Value
Free
Who qualifies
Any startup
CloudCredits
Scaleway Startup Program

Scaleway

Value
Credits
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Scalingo Startup Program

Scalingo

Value
EUR 1,800
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Selectel Startup Grant (and AI Project Support)

Selectel

Value
Up to 1,000,000 rubles
Who qualifies
Incorporated
Provider
CloudFree plan
Servebolt Startup Program

Servebolt

Value
Free
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
STACKIT Startup Program

STACKIT

Value
Cloud credits…
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
Thunder Compute Free Credit

Thunder Compute

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
CloudCredits
Timeweb Cloud Grant

Timeweb Cloud

Value
Up to 1,000,000 rubles
Who qualifies
Incorporated
CloudFree plan
Transloadit Free Tier

Transloadit

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudFree plan
Uberspace Free Month

Uberspace

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudFree plan
Umbler Free Trial

Umbler

Value
7 days free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Vast.ai Startup Program

Vast.ai

Value
Dollar-for-dollar…
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudCredits
VK Cloud Startup Support

VK Cloud

Value
Up to 2,000,000 rubles
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudFree plan
WEDOS Free DNS + Free Hosting Trial

WEDOS

Value
3 months free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
CloudCredits
Yandex Cloud Boost

Yandex Cloud

Value
$600
Who qualifies
Any startup
Provider
CloudFree plan
Zeabur Free Plan

Zeabur

Value
Free
Who qualifies
No funding needed
Provider
Questions

Cloud programs: common questions

What is the most valuable Cloud perk for startups?

Denvr AI Ascend from Denvr Dataworks is the highest-value Cloud perk we track, worth $1,000 in startup credits to begin, with eligible teams able to receive up to $500,000 in production AI-compute credits..

Which Cloud perks need no funding or accelerator?

111 of the 121 Cloud programs are open to any startup with no investor or accelerator requirement.

How many Cloud startup perks are there?

StartupPerks tracks 121 live Cloud programs, each with its eligibility, value, and how to claim it.

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