JetBrains — JetBrains for Startups
Free or heavily discounted JetBrains IDE licenses for young companies, renewable annually. Genuinely self-serve with no investor requirement, which makes it one of the easiest first applications for a bootstrapped team — and a good way to confirm your company documentation is in order before you attempt a six-figure program.
What you need to qualify
- Company under 5 years old
- Company website and business email
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
Other programs in this category
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 that have raised less than $5M and are backed by an affiliated partner. Tier 1 gives $350,000 to companies at $5M+ raised with an affiliated partner, plus priority support and Solutions Architect office hours every two weeks.
Two clearly separated tracks. Self-funded teams under $1M raised get up to $1,000 in Neon credits with onboarding support and early feature access. VC-backed teams get up to $200,000 in combined Neon and Databricks credits, plus co-marketing and speaking slots at Neon events. Decisions usually land within a few business days.
Up to $30,000 as a flexible commitment amount, together with Enterprise-tier platform access and startup-focused support. Vercel does not publish hard eligibility rules on the program page, which in practice means the size of the offer is negotiated — worth going in with traffic numbers and a growth story rather than just filling the form.