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Offer on record
Free Directus access for startups under $5M in revenue
Directus's Open Innovation Grant gives qualifying startups, non-profits, and small teams under $5M in annual revenue and 50 employees free commercial use of self-hosted Directus for one year, renewable annually.
Apply at directus.comWhat you get
- Free service1 yearFull commercial use of self-hosted Directus, including SSO, custom access policies, and unlimited seats, at no software cost for one year
- Nothing to payNo purchase or commitment is part of this offer.
Who qualifies
All of the following, in Directus's own words. Conditions marked checkable use facts you can state about your company; the vendor verifies the rest.
- Entity has less than $5 million in annual revenuecheckable · annual revenue < $5,000,000
- Entity has fewer than 50 employeescheckable · employee count < 50
How to apply
- AvailabilityPublic. Anyone who meets the conditions can apply.
- MethodApplication form at directus.com/oig
- InstructionsSubmit the multi-step application form on the Open Innovation Grant page; an approved applicant receives a license key by email.
- Operated byDirectus sets the terms and handles access.
- Termsdirectus.com/terms/open-innovation-grant
- On record since
Where this comes from
Read from directus.com/docs/licensing/open-innovation-grant on 10 Aug 2026, read live from the vendor's own page.
Read from directus.com/oig on 10 Aug 2026, read live from the vendor's own page.
Lifecycle, benefits, eligibility, roles, access and terms were read from that source. The title and summary are sourcey's wording.
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Directus can be run self-hosted or on Directus Cloud, a separate managed hosting offering.
In this program
The Open Innovation Grant is Directus's named program giving qualifying organizations free commercial use of self-hosted Directus under a published grant usage agreement.
This is the only offer on record in the program.