Is YugabyteDB Cloud for Startups still available?
No. Yugabyte's startup program has ended: yugabyte.com/startups now redirects to the homepage.
yugabyte.com/startups now redirects to Yugabyte's homepage and its sitemaps have no startup program page; the old $10,000 "Quantum Leap" credit survives only in old blog posts.
Source: Yugabyte (yugabyte.com), read September 27, 2026
YugabyteDB Cloud for Startups
Cloud credits for startups on YugabyteDB Aeon.
We removed it from the catalog once Yugabyte's own site showed it was gone, so it no longer appears in our lists or matches.
What Yugabyte offers now
A free-forever sandbox cluster on YugabyteDB Aeon for anyone, with no credit card.
Open Databases & Data programs
Compared side by side in Best Database & Data Credits for Startups.
Common questions
Is YugabyteDB Cloud for Startups still available?
No. Yugabyte's startup program has ended: yugabyte.com/startups now redirects to the homepage. We read Yugabyte's site on September 27, 2026.
What can I use instead of YugabyteDB Cloud for Startups?
Yugabyte today: A free-forever sandbox cluster on YugabyteDB Aeon for anyone, with no credit card. Open programs in the same category include Databricks Startup Program, Pinecone for Startups, Neon Startup Program.