DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean Hatch
Up to
$5,000
credits · 1 year
Open to solo founders, no VC or referral needed, a registered entity is expected. About 10 minutes to apply, hear back 1–2 weeks.
Takes ~30 seconds. One-click magic link, no password — we’ll bring you right back to this claim.
Verified
What you get
- Droplets
- App Platform
- Managed DB
Best for
- infra
- droplets
- managed DBs
How it works
The application
- Time to apply
- ~10 min
- Review
- 1–2 weeks
- Difficulty
- 2/5
The program
- Duration
- 1 year
- Renewal
- Annual
- Credit type
- Cloud credits
Who qualifies
- Stage
- Pre-Seed To Seed
- Funding
- <5 years old, <$10M raised
- Solo founder
- Welcome
- Entity
- Required
- Referral
- Not needed
- VC backing
- Not needed