Startup Credits Report 2026
What’s on offer, who qualifies, and what the headline numbers don’t tell you.
Across 648 live startup offers from 587 companies, 53% cost the startup nothing throughout the offer. Only 13% of offers require a membership, a referral or an invitation. Anthropic's offer "Claude Startups program" is paused and is not counted among live offers.
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- median dollar credit, across 196 offers that state one
- $10,000
- offers worth $100K or more
- 29
- need a membership, referral or invitation
- 13%
- median discount, across 189 discount offers
- 50%
Credit sizes
The median dollar credit is $10,000, with the middle half running from $2,000 to $30,000. Offers between $5,000 and under $25,000 make up the largest share at 39%. Direct applicants see a median of $10,000, twice the $5,000 median for member-only programs.
- 22022Under $1K
- 33134$1K to $5K
- 1126376$5K to $25K
- 213235$25K to $100K
- 112729$100K and up
Through a membershipBy referral or invitationOpen application
Largest credits
Cloudflare gives $350,000 in credit through an open application to any qualifying startup, while Brex matches at least $350,000 but only for program members. Google Cloud gives up to $250,000, followed by AWS, Databricks and Neon at up to $200,000 each. Of the 15 companies with the largest dollar credits, only 1 requires a membership, a referral or an invitation.
Through a membershipBy referral or invitationOpen application
Cloudflare
Cloudflare for Startups
$350,000in Cloudflare credits, cost not confirmed
Brex
Brex SaaS and AI Partner Discounts
At least $350,000in Brex credits, nothing to pay
Google Cloud
Google for Startups Cloud Program
Up to $250,000in Google Cloud credits, nothing to pay
AWS
AWS Activate
Up to $200,000in AWS credits, nothing to pay
Databricks
Databricks for Startups Program Credits
Up to $200,000in Databricks credits, cost not confirmed
Neon
Databricks Startup Program
Up to $200,000in Neon credits, 1 year, nothing to pay
What offers include
Credits lead 33% of live startup offers, followed by discounts at 29% and free services at 18%. Among the 189 discount offers, the median discount is 50%, with 80 offers giving 50% off.
How you apply
Direct applications account for 86% of live offers, with no referral, invitation or membership required. Among dollar credits of $100,000 or more, only 7% require a membership, a referral or an invitation, against 17% in the $5,000 to under $25,000 band.
Through a membershipBy referral or invitationOpen application
Eligibility limits
The most common caps across live offers are 5 years of age, $5,000,000 in funding and 50 employees. Age limits cap 39 offers at 5 years and 33 at 3 years, while 28 offers cap funding at $5,000,000.
Company age, under
Funding raised, under
Team size, under
How long they last, and what vendors ask in return
Over half of live offers cost the startup nothing, while 25% ask for variable spending, a paid plan or a commitment. Among the 352 benefits that state a duration in whole years or months, 62% last 1 year and 22% last 6 months.
How long benefits last
What the vendor asks in return
NothingSomething in returnA fixed price, or not stated
AI and machine learning
The median dollar credit in AI and machine learning is $5,000, half the overall median of $10,000. Hanzo leads the category with up to $150,000, followed by Deepgram at up to $100,000. Of the top 15 category offers by credit size, only 1 requires a membership, a referral or an invitation.
Through a membershipBy referral or invitationOpen application
Hanzo
Up to $150,000 in credits for venture-backed startups
Up to $150,000in Hanzo credits, nothing to pay
Deepgram
Deepgram AI Startup Program
Up to $100,000in Deepgram credits, cost not confirmed
Labelbees
Labelbees for Startups
Up to $50,000in Labelbees credits, cost varies
Together AI
Together AI Startup Accelerator
Up to $50,000in Together AI credits, nothing to pay
Speechmatics
Speechmatics Startup Program
Up to $50,000in Speechmatics credits, nothing to pay
Runware
Runware Grant Program
Up to $30,000in Runware credits, nothing to pay
Method and data
Each offer comes from the vendor's own page, or the page of a party the offer names, and every record links to its source with the date it was last checked. Sourcey rechecks every listed company every 30 days and corrects a record when its page changes.
A dollar figure is the offer's own headline: an "up to" is a maximum, not a typical award. Credits in other currencies are counted as offers but left out of the dollar figures. The report uses medians, never totals, because adding up maximums across offers says nothing about what one startup can get. How a startup gets an offer is the route its record types: an open application, a membership, a referral or an invitation.
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