Datadog — Datadog for Startups
Observability credits distributed largely through accelerators and VC partners. Worth claiming before you scale rather than after: Datadog bills grow with host and container count, and startups routinely discover the cost only once the credit window has closed.
What you need to qualify
- Usually requires accelerator or investor affiliation
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 the company has not claimed credits from this program before, under any entity
Open official program page Check eligibility
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Tiered by funding raised. Tier 3: $10,000, no minimum funding. Tier 2: $100,000 under $5M raised with a partner. Tier 1: $350,000 at $5M+ raised, plus priority support.
Two tracks. Self-funded, under $1M raised: $1,000 in credits. VC-backed: up to $200,000 combined with Databricks, plus co-marketing. Decisions land within days.
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