Cloudflare for Startups - Growth ($25,000)
Source: https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups
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+ 1 Funded startups receive $25,000 in Cloudflare credits valid for 1 year covering the full Developer Platform (Workers, R2, D1, Pages, Durable Objects, Queues) plus up to three Enterprise-level domains with advanced WAF, DDoS protection, and CDN. This is the second tier of four in Cloudflare's startup program ($5K / $25K / $100K / $250K). You must be a software-based startup founded in the last 5 years with an active LinkedIn profile and funding up to $1M. No credit card hold or identity verification beyond the standard free Cloudflare account signup. Acceptance is at Cloudflare's discretion.
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+ 7 1. Go to cloudflare.com/forstartups
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+ 8 2. Create a free Cloudflare account if you do not already have one (email + password, add a valid credit card)
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+ 9 3. Click "Apply" on the startup program page
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+ 10 4. Fill out the application form with:
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+ 11 • Company name, website, and matching company email
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+ 12 • LinkedIn profile URL (required for the $25K tier)
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+ 13 • Brief description of what you are building
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+ 14 • Funding stage and amount raised (up to $1M for this tier)
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+ 15 • Accelerator or VC partner affiliation (bonus, not required)
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+ 16 5. Submit the form -- you will receive an automated confirmation email
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+ 17 6. Wait for review -- acceptance is at Cloudflare's sole discretion, typically a few business days
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+ 18 7. Once approved, credits are applied to your Cloudflare account and Enterprise domains are provisioned
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+ 20 Important:
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+ 21 • This is for new, non-paying Cloudflare users only -- existing Enterprise customers are not eligible
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+ 22 • Agencies and service companies are not eligible
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+ 23 • If you have not raised at least $50,000, use the promo code "BOOTSTRAPPED" to apply for the $5,000 tier instead
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+ 24 • You can request additional credits on a case-by-case basis by explaining your use case in the "Comments" section
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+ 25 • Questions? Email startups@cloudflare.com
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+ 31 TierCreditsTarget StageKey Requirement
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+ 32 Bootstrapped$5,000Stealth / pre-seedSoftware startup, founded < 5 years
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+ 33 Growth$25,000Early tractionActive LinkedIn, funded up to $1M
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+ 34 Seed$100,000Seed-fundedFunded $1M--$5M, approved VC/accelerator partner
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+ 35 Scale$250,000Series A+ / AI-focusedTier 1 VC network, Workers Launchpad, or mission-critical AI app
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+ 37 All tiers share the same 1-year validity window and the same per-service credit caps.
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+ 45 ServiceWhat It DoesCredit Cap
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+ 46 WorkersServerless compute at the edgeNo per-service cap
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+ 47 PagesFull-stack web app hostingNo per-service cap
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+ 48 R2S3-compatible object storage, zero egress fees$10,000 max
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+ 49 D1Serverless SQLite databaseNo per-service cap
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+ 50 Durable ObjectsStateful serverless actorsNo per-service cap
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+ 51 Workers KVGlobal key-value storeNo per-service cap
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+ 52 QueuesMessage queues for async workflowsNo per-service cap
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+ 53 Workers AIServerless AI inference (50+ open models)$50,000 max (applies to higher tiers)
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+ 54 Argo Smart RoutingOptimized traffic routingNo per-service cap
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+ 55 Cache ReservePersistent cache tier$10,000 max (shared with R2)
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+ 56 ImagesImage optimization and resizingNo per-service cap
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+ 57 Cloudflare CallsReal-time audio/videoNo per-service cap
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+ 58 StreamVideo encoding and deliveryNo per-service cap
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+ 62 FeatureDetails
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+ 63 CDNEnterprise-grade content delivery
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+ 64 DDoS ProtectionL3/L4/L7 mitigation, no surge pricing
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+ 65 WAFWeb Application Firewall with managed rulesets
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+ 66 DNSAuthoritative DNS with DNSSEC
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+ 67 SSL/TLSAdvanced certificate management
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+ 68 Zero TrustUp to 50 seats (Cloudflare for Teams)
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+ 69 Bot ManagementEnterprise bot detection
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+ 70 Rate LimitingAdvanced rate limiting rules
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+ 76 Even within the $25,000 total, Cloudflare imposes caps on specific services:
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+ 78 • R2 + Cache Reserve: combined maximum of $10,000 in credits
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+ 79 • Workers AI: maximum of $50,000 (relevant only for $100K and $250K tiers, effectively uncapped at the $25K level)
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+ 80 • All other Developer Platform services share the remaining credit pool with no individual caps
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+ 86 Workers AI provides serverless inference on Cloudflare's global network. Key models available:
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+ 88 ModelTypeApproximate Cost
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+ 89 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (FP8)Text generation$0.29/M input, $2.25/M output tokens
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+ 90 Llama 3.2 11B VisionMultimodal (text + image)$0.05/M input, $0.68/M output tokens
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+ 91 Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (FP8)Text generation$0.05/M input, $0.38/M output tokens
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+ 92 Llama 4 ScoutMixture-of-experts, multimodalPer-model pricing
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+ 93 Mistral Small 3.1Text + vision, 128K contextPer-model pricing
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+ 94 Qwen3Multilingual reasoningPer-model pricing
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+ 95 WhisperSpeech-to-textPer-model pricing
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+ 96 Stable Diffusion / FLUXImage generationPer-model pricing
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+ 98 All accounts (including free) get 10,000 Neurons/day free for Workers AI. Beta models have unlimited free usage until they graduate. With $25K in credits, you can run substantial AI inference workloads.
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+ 104 These services are free for all Cloudflare users and do not consume your startup credits:
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+ 106 ServiceFree Limit
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+ 107 Workers100,000 requests/day, 10ms CPU per invocation
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+ 108 PagesUnlimited sites and bandwidth, 500 builds/month
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+ 109 R210 GB storage, 1M Class A ops, 10M Class B ops/month
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+ 110 D15M rows read/day, 100K rows written/day, 5 GB storage
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+ 111 Workers KV100K reads/day, 1K writes/day, 1 GB storage
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+ 112 Durable ObjectsSQLite backend only, 5 GB storage
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+ 113 Workers AI10,000 Neurons/day
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+ 114 DNSUnlimited queries, free DNSSEC
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+ 115 DDoS ProtectionUnmetered L3/L4/L7 for all plans
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+ 116 SSL/TLSUniversal SSL certificate
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+ 118 Your $25K credits kick in only when you exceed these free limits or use paid-only features.
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+ 124 Cloudflare runs an additional Workers Launchpad program for startups building on the Developer Platform:
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+ 126 • Hands-on bootcamp sessions with Cloudflare engineers
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+ 127 • Solutions Architect office hours for architecture review
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+ 128 • Introductions to VC partners
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+ 129 • Opportunity to present at Demo Day
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+ 130 • Participation can qualify you for the $250,000 credit tier
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+ 132 You can apply for Workers Launchpad separately or alongside the startup program.
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+ 138 Starting in 2026, Cloudflare is opening office locations as free coworking spaces for startups in:
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+ 139 • San Francisco
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+ 140 • Austin
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+ 141 • London
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+ 142 • Lisbon
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+ 144 Available to program participants at no cost.
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+ 150 • Accelerator affiliation is a bonus, not a requirement for the $25K tier -- but it strengthens your application. Cloudflare has 250+ approved VC and accelerator partners
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+ 151 • AI startups no longer need an accelerator referral -- the program is open to all qualifying AI companies
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+ 152 • Credits are non-transferable and non-refundable -- use them or lose them within 12 months
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+ 153 • Zero egress fees on R2 -- this is a major advantage over AWS S3 or GCP Cloud Storage, and your credits go further because you only pay for storage and operations, not data transfer
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+ 154 • No auto-billing surprise -- credits are consumed first; when they run out, you fall back to the free tier or standard pay-as-you-go pricing
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+ 155 • Request more credits -- if you are burning through credits quickly, Cloudflare considers case-by-case increases. Explain your use case in the application comments
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+ 156 • Compare with other startup programs -- AWS Activate ($5K-$100K), GCP for Startups ($2K-$200K), and Azure for Startups ($1K-$150K) offer similar cloud credits. Cloudflare's advantage is zero egress fees and edge-native serverless compute
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+ 160 Sources:
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+ 161 • Cloudflare for Startups
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+ 162 • Startup Program Update Blog Post
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+ 163 • Startup Program Revamp: $250K Credits
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+ 164 • Workers AI Pricing
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+ 165 • Workers AI Models
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+ 166 • Workers Pricing
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+ 167 • R2 Pricing
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+ 168 • D1 Pricing
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+ 169 • Developer Platform Pricing
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+ 170 • Cloudflare Startup Enterprise Plan Blog
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+ 171 • Zero Trust for Startups Reference Architecture
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