Cloudflare Startup Program: Up to $350,000 in Credits

Cloudflare is offering eligible startups up to $350,000 in Cloudflare credits through its Startup Program. If you're building a technology startup, this can be a valuable opportunity to reduce infrastructure costs while gaining access to Cloudflare's developer, performance, and security platform.

How the program is structured

Tier 3 — Up to $10,000

• Designed for bootstrapped and self-funded startups
• Under $1M raised
• No minimum funding requirement
• Access to community and developer resources

Tier 2 — Up to $100,000

• For eligible startups that have raised under $5M
• Requires funding from an affiliated Cloudflare partner
• Includes account management
• Access to technical sessions with Cloudflare experts

Tier 1 — Up to $350,000

• For qualifying startups that have raised $5M+
• Requires funding from an affiliated Cloudflare partner
• Dedicated account management
• Priority technical support
• Bi-weekly Solutions Architect office hours

Where you can use the credits

The credits can be used across Cloudflare's developer platform, including:

• Cloudflare Workers
• Workers AI
• R2 Storage
• D1 Database
• Pages
• Durable Objects
• Workflows
• Vectorize
• Images
• Stream

Infrastructure and security

Cloudflare also provides infrastructure and security capabilities such as:

• DDoS Protection
• Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• Bot Protection
• SSL Certificates
• CDN and DNS
• Security Analytics
• Page Shield
• Load Balancing

Basic eligibility

• Founded within the last 10 years
• Building a technology product
• Operating as a for-profit company
• Having a live public website
• Having an active presence on LinkedIn, X, or GitHub
• Using a business email associated with your company domain
• Being a first-time applicant

What you need to apply

The application requires basic company information such as:

• Company name
• Website
• Founding year
• Basic startup information

Cloudflare states that most applications are reviewed within 48 hours.

If you're building an AI product, SaaS platform, developer tool, or other technology startup, this is definitely worth checking.

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Apply to the Cloudflare Startup Program

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