Cloudflare — Cloudflare for Startups
Cleanly tiered by how much you have raised. Tier 3 gives $10,000 to bootstrapped teams with no minimum funding. Tier 2 gives $100,000 to companies under $5M raised that are backed by an affiliated partner. Tier 1 gives $350,000 to companies at $5M+ raised with an affiliated partner, plus priority support and bi-weekly Solutions Architect office hours.
What you need to qualify
- Founded within the last 10 years and actively building a technology product
- Live, publicly accessible website and an active LinkedIn, X or GitHub presence
- For-profit business with a company email address
- First-time applicants only
- Tiers 1 and 2 require funding from an affiliated partner
Traps and exclusions
- Credits expire after 12 months or when consumed, whichever comes first — extensions are not available
Before you submit
- Company domain email, not a personal address
- Live public website that describes a product, not a coming-soon page
- Company profile findable on LinkedIn, X or GitHub
- Incorporation documents and funding evidence to hand
- Confirm you have not claimed this program before under any entity
Other programs in this category
Three tiers. Start gives bootstrapped teams up to $2,000 in Google Cloud and Firebase credits, self-serve. Scale covers 100% of usage up to $100,000 in year one plus 20% of usage up to another $100,000 in year two. The AI-First tier adds up to $150,000 on top of Scale, reaching $350,000 total for teams whose core technology is AI.
The largest cloud credit program by ceiling. A small self-serve tier is open to any incorporated startup with a live product, while the six-figure tiers are routed through Activate Providers — accelerators, incubators, VCs and startup-friendly banks. Credits are redeemable on third-party models through Amazon Bedrock, and AWS lists additional credits for AI startups ready to scale.
Credits usable across Azure, GitHub and other eligible Microsoft platforms, with the top of the range reserved for VC-backed companies coming in through Microsoft's investor network. The entry tier is genuinely self-serve and needs no funding, which makes this one of the few six-figure programs with a real bootstrapped on-ramp. Includes access to AI models and go-to-market support.