Convex for Startups - 1 Year Free Pro + Up to $30K Usage Savings
Source: https://www.convex.dev/startups
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+ 1 Convex (TypeScript-first reactive backend with built-in database, functions, file storage, scheduling, vector search, and AI agent components) offers eligible early-stage startups up to 1 year of Convex Professional with no per-seat fees, plus 30% off usage-based fees up to $30,000 in savings. The program also includes startup-only town halls, early access to roadmap/features, and a private community channel for founders.
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+ 3 Reality check: this is not free credits — it is a discount program. You must already be on the paid Starter plan with a credit card on file before applying, you stay on usage-based billing, and you actually pay (just at a 30% discount, capped at $30K of savings). The big concrete benefit is that Pro seat fees ($25/dev/month, normally up to $500/mo for a 20-dev team) are waived for the year.
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+ 9 CriterionRequirement
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+ 10 StageSeries A or earlier (pre-seed, seed, Series A)
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+ 11 AgeLess than 3 years old
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+ 12 Team sizeFewer than 20 employees
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+ 13 FundingLess than $3 million raised total
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+ 14 ProductLive website or MVP-stage product
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+ 15 ProfileValid company profile on LinkedIn, Crunchbase, PitchBook, or similar
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+ 16 Convex planMust be on Convex Starter plan with payment card on file before applying
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+ 18 If any of these is false (e.g., you raised $5M, you have 25 employees, you're 4 years old, you have no product yet) you will not be approved. Bootstrapped startups with no funding are eligible — "less than $3M raised" includes $0.
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+ 24 1. Go to convex.dev and sign up for a Convex account (GitHub or Google login).
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+ 25 2. Create a project — this puts you on the free Starter tier by default.
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+ 26 3. Go to Team Settings -> Billing and upgrade to the paid Starter plan with a card on file. This is mandatory before applying — applications without a card attached are rejected.
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+ 27 4. Make sure your project has a live deployment and your company has a public LinkedIn / Crunchbase / PitchBook profile.
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+ 28 5. Fill out the application at convex.dev/startups/apply — you'll need:
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+ 29 • Company name + website
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+ 30 • Funding stage and total amount raised
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+ 31 • Founding date and headcount
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+ 32 • Links to LinkedIn / Crunchbase / press / funding announcement
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+ 33 • Brief description of what you're building on Convex
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+ 34 6. Wait for review. Applications are evaluated on a rolling ~30-day basis.
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+ 35 7. If approved, the discount and Pro plan benefits are applied to your existing billing account. You stay on the same project — no migration needed.
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+ 37 Important:
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+ 38 • The free tier (no card) does not qualify — you must be on the paid Starter plan with billing enabled.
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+ 39 • The 30% discount is applied to usage-based fees only (function calls, storage, bandwidth) — capped at $30K of cumulative savings, not $30K of usage.
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+ 40 • Once you exceed $30K in savings or 12 months elapse, you transition to standard Pro pricing.
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+ 47 • No seat fees for up to 20 developers (saves up to $6,000/year for a 20-dev team)
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+ 48 • 25M function calls/month included (vs 1M on Starter)
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+ 49 • 50 GB database storage included (vs 0.5 GB on Starter)
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+ 50 • 100 GB file storage included (vs 1 GB on Starter)
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+ 51 • 300 deployments (vs 40 on Starter)
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+ 52 • Daily backups
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+ 53 • Custom domains
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+ 54 • Log streaming (Datadog, Axiom, etc.)
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+ 55 • Exception reporting (Sentry integration)
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+ 56 • Email support
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+ 57 • Management API
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+ 60 Applied to function calls beyond 25M ($2/M normally), database storage beyond 50 GB ($0.20/GB), and file storage beyond 100 GB ($0.03/GB).
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+ 63 • Startup town halls — periodic events for program members
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+ 64 • Early roadmap access — see and influence what's shipping next
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+ 65 • Private community — startup-only channel for founders building on Convex
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+ 66 • Featured spotlight opportunities (selected cohorts get announced publicly)
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+ 72 Convex is a TypeScript-first reactive backend platform. One product replaces a typical stack of:
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+ 74 • Database (Postgres-like document store with full ACID transactions)
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+ 75 • Backend functions (queries / mutations / actions in TypeScript, no API layer to write)
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+ 76 • Realtime sync (subscriptions push updates to React/Next/RN clients automatically)
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+ 77 • File storage (S3-like, with first-class auth)
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+ 78 • Scheduled jobs & cron
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+ 79 • Full-text + vector search (built-in, useful for RAG / AI agents)
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+ 80 • AI Agent components (workflows, durable actions for LLM apps)
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+ 82 It is particularly popular with AI app startups because it makes building stateful agent apps with persistent memory + realtime UI updates dramatically less plumbing than DIY Postgres + Redis + WebSockets + Pinecone.
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+ 88 • Not free credits, it's a discount. The headline "$30,000" is savings (30% off usage), not credit balance. Your real bill still grows with usage; it's just 30% smaller.
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+ 89 • You must already be paying. The free tier (no card) does not count. You'll likely pay at least Starter-tier overages while waiting for review.
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+ 90 • 30% discount + waived seats = real money only at scale. A solo dev with a small app saves maybe $25/mo on seats + a few dollars on usage. A 10-dev team pushing real production load saves several thousand/month.
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+ 91 • 12 months counts from approval, not from signup.
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+ 92 • No automatic renewal — when the year ends or you raise past $3M, you transition to standard Pro pricing. Set a calendar reminder.
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+ 93 • Approval is not guaranteed — borderline applications (e.g., $2.9M raised, 19 employees) may still be rejected at Convex's discretion.
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+ 99 • Convex Starter (free tier, no card) — 1M function calls / 0.5 GB DB / 1 GB files per month, ongoing. Plenty for prototypes and small projects.
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+ 100 • Convex for Open Source — separate program (convex.dev/open-source-program) for OSS maintainers; free Pro for qualifying open-source projects.
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+ 101 • YC companies — if you're in YC, ask your group partner; YC perks page typically has Convex offers stacked with this program.
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+ 107 • Apply as soon as you have a deployed MVP, not after you scale — you want the year to overlap your actual growth, not your prototyping phase.
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+ 108 • Have your funding announcement / Crunchbase profile ready before applying — the application explicitly asks for proof.
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+ 109 • If you raise past $3M during the program year, your existing benefits continue until expiry (you just can't reapply).
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+ 110 • Convex's Discord is the best place to get answers about edge-case eligibility before you apply: convex.dev/community.
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+ 114 Sources:
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+ 115 • Convex for Startups (program page)
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+ 116 • Apply to Convex for Startups
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+ 117 • Convex Pricing
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+ 118 • Introducing Convex for Startups (announcement blog)
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+ 119 • Convex for Open Source
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