Database credits for startups

Managed databases are convenient right up until the invoice, and the vendors would rather eat your first year than lose you to a self-hosted setup. MongoDB gives up to $5k in Atlas credits with technical advisory attached, Redis goes up to $15k, and Snowflake makes usage on a first contract free.

Specialist engines run the same play: Neo4j for graphs, Timescale for time series, Confluent for streaming. Every listing spells out the credit, the conditions, and the direct application.

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Database credits for startups

42 programs

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Google for Startups Cloud Program

Google Cloud

Up to $200,000 USD in Google Cloud credits over two years, up to $350,000 USD for AI-first startups

$200k in credits

CloudAI creditsDatabase
Open to all

AWS Activate

Amazon Web Services

Up to $200k in AWS Activate credits

$200k in credits

CloudAI creditsDatabase
Open to all

Airtable Startups Plus

Airtable

Airtable startup credits and perks

SaaSDatabase
Open to all

Airtable Startup Program

Airtable

Airtable startup credits and perks

SaaSDatabase
Open to all

Directus for Startups

Directus

Directus startup credits and perks

DevToolsDatabase
Open to all

Nhost for Startups

Nhost

Nhost startup credits and perks

DevToolsDatabase
Open to all

Backendless for Startups

Backendless

Backendless startup credits and perks

DevToolsDatabase
Open to all

Xano for Startups

Xano

Xano startup credits and perks

DevToolsDatabase
Open to all

PlanetScale Insights for Startups

PlanetScale

PlanetScale startup credits and perks

Database
Open to all

Vespa for Startups

Vespa.ai (Yahoo)

Vespa.ai (Yahoo) startup credits and perks

AI creditsDatabase
Open to all

MongoDB Atlas Vector Search for Startups

MongoDB

MongoDB startup credits and perks

AI creditsDatabase
Open to all

Pinecone Serverless for Startups

Pinecone

Pinecone startup credits and perks

AI creditsDatabase
Open to all

Palantir for Startups

Palantir

Palantir startup credits and perks

AI creditsDatabase
Open to all

Databricks Startup Program

Databricks

Up to $20K in Databricks credits

$20k in credits

DatabaseAI credits
Open to all

Chroma for Startups

Chroma

Chroma startup credits and perks

AI creditsDatabase
Open to all

Zilliz for Startups

Zilliz (Milvus)

Zilliz (Milvus) startup credits and perks

AI creditsDatabase
Open to all

Qdrant for Startups

Qdrant

Qdrant startup credits and perks

AI creditsDatabase
Open to all

Airbyte for Startups

Airbyte

Airbyte startup credits and perks

$75k in credits

DatabaseDevTools
Open to all

Aiven for Startups

Aiven

Aiven startup credits and perks

$100k in credits

DatabaseCloud
Open to all

SingleStore for Startups

SingleStore

SingleStore startup credits and perks

DatabaseCloud
Open to all

Yugabyte for Startups

Yugabyte

Yugabyte startup credits and perks

DatabaseCloud
Open to all

CockroachDB for Startups

Cockroach Labs

Cockroach Labs startup credits and perks

DatabaseCloud
Open to all

ClickHouse Cloud Startup Program

ClickHouse

Up to $10K in ClickHouse credits

$5k in credits

DatabaseCloud
Open to all

Firebolt for Startups

Firebolt

Firebolt startup credits and perks

DatabaseCloud

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Common questions.

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

Yes, MongoDB for Startups offers up to $5k in Atlas credits plus technical advisory, which is enough to run a production cluster while you find fit. Apply through MongoDB with your company details; the listing covers the current eligibility rules.

The general-purpose names (MongoDB, Redis) sit alongside warehouse programs from Snowflake and Databricks and specialist engines: Neo4j for graph workloads, Timescale for time series, Confluent for Kafka-style streaming. If a database is core to your product, check this list before signing anything.

Usually, yes. Cloud credits cover databases you run inside that cloud, while vendor programs like Redis’s up to $15k apply to the managed service directly, wherever it is hosted. Taking both stretches your runway further than either alone.

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