The ladder
Credits for internal AI and B2B productivity tools — knowledge bases, copilots, and enterprise programs your team can qualify for.
Credits for internal productivity and knowledge tools.
24 curated7 free tiersVerified weekly
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
MicrosoftVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$150,000
Azure + OpenAI
Neon for Startups
NeonVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$2,500
credits
GitHub Copilot — Free Tier
GitHubVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Free tier — 2,000 completions / 50 chat / month
Railway Trial
RailwayVerified
- Curated
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
$5
trial + Hobby plan for solo projects
AWS Activate
Amazon Web ServicesVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
From
$1,000
Founders · up to $100,000 with accelerator/VC partner · 2 years
Google for Startups Cloud Program
Google CloudVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$350,000
over 2 years
DigitalOcean Hatch
DigitalOceanVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$5,000
credits
MongoDB for Startups
MongoDBVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$5,000
Atlas
Pinecone for Startups
PineconeVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$2,500
Pinecone
PostHog for Startups
PostHogVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
$50,000
PostHog credits + Teams plan
Linear for Startups
LinearVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
50% off Business plan for 1 year
Notion for Startups
NotionVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$6,000
Plus/AI
Anthropic for Startups
AnthropicVerified
- Official source
$5,000
API
Cloudflare for Startups
CloudflareVerified
- Official source
Free Pro/Business plans + credits
Vercel for Startups
VercelVerified
- Official source
Credits + Enterprise features
Oracle for Startups
OracleVerified
- Official source
- No VC needed
Up to
$500,000
OCI credits (tiered)
LangSmith — For Startups
LangChainVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Up to
$10,000
LangSmith credits on Scale tier (eligibility applies)
Google AI Studio — Gemini API Free Tier
GoogleVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Free Gemini API access with daily rate-limited quota
Cohere — Trial API Key
CohereVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Free trial API key — rate-limited model + embeddings access
Perplexity API — Free Monthly Credit
PerplexityVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
$5
/month API credit on Pro — web-grounded model access
xAI — Developer API Credits
xAIVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Developer credits via x.ai console — amount varies by promotion
Voyage AI — Free Embedding Tokens
Voyage AIVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Millions of free embedding tokens per model on signup
Browserbase — Free Browser Automation Credits
BrowserbaseVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Free starter browser-session minutes for AI automations
Weaviate Cloud — Free Sandbox
WeaviateVerified
- Official source
- Solo founder OK
- No VC needed
Free 14-day sandbox cluster for evaluation