IBM Cloud Credits for Startups
Startup with IBM is designed for startups and scale-ups with or without funding.
Join and start building with a customized offer based on your needs. Choose to build with US$1,000 of IBM Cloud credits per month for 12 months, or US$3,000 of IBM Cloud credits per month for six months. As you scale, you can upgrade to $10,000 in monthly credits. Please review program application criteria below:
- Your revenue in the last 12 months is less than $15M USD
- Your startup is privately held and has been in business for fewer than 10 years
- You are new to IBM Cloud (non-paying IBM Cloud customer)
- You are a verifiable entity and company must operate a public website on their domain.
- You can apply for an upgrade to $10,000/month in credits if:
- You are in an accredited VC, accelerator or incubator and
- You are using more than half of your initial credits
- Funding information must be verifiable
What You will Get
- Up to $120,000 of free IBM Cloud credits
- Code patterns to jumpstart development
- Technical help from IBM’s architects and developer advocates
- IBM and Red Hat certification support
- Marketplace onboarding support
- Co-marketing and sales enablement support