Cloudflare for Startups - Tier 3

Cloudflare·United States

$10,000 in Cloudflare credits for one year for bootstrapped, self-funded or early-stage technology startups with less than $1 million raised.

What you get

$10,000Credits

“$10,000 in credits for one year. Workers AI usage is capped at $2,500 for Tier 3 and R2 usage is capped at $10,000.”

Credits valid for1 year, then they lapse

Equity takenNone, non-dilutive

Time to decisionwithin 2 days

Strings attachedCredits expire after one year or when fully consumed. The program is available once per startup. Usage beyond the credits and product-specific caps is billed to the payment method on file.

Can you apply

VC backingNot required

Referral or partnerNot required

Registered companyRequired

IndividualsNot eligible

Open sourceNot required

Latest stage acceptedseries b

CountriesOpen worldwide

Before you applyA valid public website, an active LinkedIn, X or GitHub presence, a business email matching the company domain, a Cloudflare account and a valid payment method.

Tier 3 criteria: bootstrapped or self-funded and under $1M raised. General program criteria: incorporated within the last 10 years, funded up to Series B, actively building a technology product, a valid public website and social presence, first-time applicant, for-profit business and a business email matching the company domain. Consultancies, service agencies, MSPs and resellers are excluded.

When

Always open, applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

What Cloudflare funds

Cloudflare for Startups gives early-stage technology companies one year of credits across its developer platform, storage, delivery and security products. Bootstrapped companies can apply directly, while the two larger tiers require funding from an affiliated partner.

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Details

Credits cover eligible usage-based services across Workers, Durable Objects, Workflows, Workers AI, R2, D1, KV, Queues, Vectorize, Pages, Images, Stream, Cache Reserve and Argo Smart Routing. The tier includes three Enterprise domains and core security and networking features at no cost. R2 usage is capped at $10,000 and Workers AI usage at $2,500 for this tier. AI Gateway, registrar services and several premium network products are excluded.

Apply on Cloudflare

Read off the Cloudflare page on 25 Aug 2026. Funders move amounts and eligibility without announcing it, so confirm any figure here before you count on it.