API credits for startups

Usage-priced APIs are a cost that grows exactly as fast as your product does, which is why so many API companies front-load credits for startups. Twilio alone offers up to $5,000 for teams building messaging and notifications, and the speech and voice players (Deepgram, AssemblyAI, ElevenLabs) all run programs of their own.

These are the API credit programs we track, covering communications, email, financial data, and AI endpoints. Each listing spells out the offer, the eligibility, and where to apply.

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API credits for startups

87 programs

Open to all

Anthropic for Startups

Anthropic

Up to $25k+ in Claude API credits

$25k in credits

AI creditsDevToolsAPI
Open to all

OpenAI for Startups

OpenAI

Up to $5k+ in API credits (partner-routed); $50k via OpenAI Grove

$5k in credits

AI creditsDevToolsAPI
Open to all

Razorpay Rize

Razorpay

Razorpay startup credits and perks

FintechAPI
Open to all

Validic for Startups

Validic

Validic startup credits and perks

SaaSAPI
Open to all

Terra API for Startups

Terra

Terra startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

Twitch for Developers Startups

Twitch (Amazon)

Twitch (Amazon) startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

LiveKit for Startups

LiveKit

LiveKit startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

Agora for Startups

Agora

Agora startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

Daily for Startups

Daily.co

Daily.co startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

Meilisearch for Startups

Meilisearch

Meilisearch startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

Typesense for Startups

Typesense

Typesense startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

project44 for Startups

project44

project44 startup credits and perks

LogisticsAPI
Open to all

Column for Startups

Column

Column startup credits and perks

FintechAPI
Open to all

Increase for Startups

Increase

Increase startup credits and perks

FintechAPI
Open to all

Galileo for Startups

Galileo Financial Technologies (SoFi)

Galileo Financial Technologies (SoFi) startup credits and perks

FintechAPI
Open to all

Plaid Startup Program

Plaid

Plaid startup credits and perks

FintechAPI
Open to all

Particle Health for Startups

Particle Health

Particle Health startup credits and perks

SaaSAPI
Open to all

Sendbird for Startups

Sendbird

Sendbird startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

Bird (MessageBird) for Startups

Bird

Bird startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

Razorpay Rize for Startups

Razorpay

Razorpay startup credits and perks

FintechAPI
Open to all

Adyen for Startups

Adyen

Adyen startup credits and perks

FintechAPI
Open to all

Moralis for Startups

Moralis

Moralis startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

QuickNode for Startups

QuickNode

QuickNode startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI
Open to all

Infura for Startups

Infura (ConsenSys)

Infura (ConsenSys) startup credits and perks

DevToolsAPI

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Common questions.

Straight answers. For the full picture, read the FAQ.

Communications and email lead the list (Twilio, SendGrid), followed by financial data (Plaid), developer platforms (Postman), and AI APIs for speech and voice such as AssemblyAI, Deepgram, and ElevenLabs. Model providers like OpenAI and Anthropic run startup programs on the same pattern.

The Twilio for Startups program goes up to $5,000 in credits usable across SMS, voice, and video. You apply on Twilio’s site with your company details, and the credit lands on your account once the team verifies your eligibility.

Yes. API programs are run by each vendor separately, so a startup on AWS Activate or the Google Cloud program can still take Twilio or Deepgram credits on top. Treat them as independent applications; nothing in one affects the other.

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