Sentry for Startups - $5,000 in error monitoring credits
Source: https://sentry.io/for/startups
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+ 1 Up to $5,000 in Sentry credits (valid 12 months) plus priority support for early-stage startups using Sentry's error monitoring, performance/tracing, session replay, and logging products. Approved startups also get branded merch. Designed for serious founders shipping a real product — side projects and personal experiments are auto-rejected.
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+ 7 You must meet all three criteria:
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+ 9 1. Founded in the last 2 years — incorporation date must be 2024-05-09 or later (as of today, 2026-05-09)
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+ 10 2. Raised less than $5M in venture capital — bootstrapped, pre-seed, and most seed-stage companies qualify; later seeds and Series A typically do not
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+ 11 3. Never previously a paying Sentry customer — using the free plan in the past is fine; if you've ever paid Sentry (Team, Business, etc.) you're out
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+ 13 Special cases — apply elsewhere instead:
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+ 14 • Y Combinator founders: use the YC deals portal — Sentry has a separate (better) YC offer that doesn't stack with this program
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+ 15 • a16z speedrun founders: use the a16z portal for the dedicated speedrun deal
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+ 16 • Open source / non-profit projects: apply through sentry.io/for/good instead — different program, different terms
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+ 18 Auto-disqualifying signals:
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+ 19 • Personal projects or side hustles
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+ 20 • Missing/incomplete information on the application
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+ 21 • No real product or active website
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1. Create a free Sentry account first at sentry.io/signup — pick an organization slug (this is the subdomain you'll see in your Sentry URL, e.g. acme-inc in acme-inc.sentry.io). You'll need this slug on the application.
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+ 28 2. Go to the apply page: sentry.io/for/startups/apply
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+ 29 3. Fill out the application with:
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+ 30 • Startup name
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+ 31 • Startup website (must be live and clearly show what you build)
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+ 32 • Sentry organization slug (from step 1)
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+ 33 • Founder name(s)
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+ 34 • Contact email (use your company domain, not gmail/outlook)
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+ 35 • Company founding date
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+ 36 • Funding details — total amount raised and investor names (write "bootstrapped" if none)
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+ 37 4. Submit — you'll typically hear back in 2-3 business days
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+ 38 5. If approved, the credits are applied to your existing Sentry organization — keep using it as normal, no migration needed
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+ 40 Tips:
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+ 41 • Use a company-domain email, not personal — personal-email applications are commonly flagged
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+ 42 • Make sure your website actually loads and explains what your product does before applying
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+ 43 • Don't apply twice from different orgs — it looks bad
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+ 49 ItemDetail
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+ 50 Credit amountUp to $5,000 (actual amount may vary by stage/use case)
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+ 51 Validity12 months from acceptance into the program
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+ 52 SupportPriority support channel
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+ 53 MerchSentry-branded swag
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+ 54 Products coveredError Monitoring, Tracing/Performance, Session Replay, Logs, Profiling, Cron Monitoring, Uptime Monitoring, User Feedback — anything in the standard Sentry plans
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+ 56 Credits apply to event/usage overages on Team or Business plan tiers — they don't unlock features beyond what your subscribed plan includes, so pick the plan tier that includes the features you need (e.g. cross-project insights and SSO are Business-tier features).
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+ 62 • Unused credits expire — they don't roll over
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+ 63 • Your subscription continues at the regular paid rate after credits are exhausted or after 12 months, whichever comes first
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+ 64 • Set a calendar reminder ~30 days before expiry to either downgrade or budget for the post-credit cost
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+ 70 • Sentry Developer plan (free, ongoing) — 5K errors, 10K performance units, 50 replays per month; permanent free tier, no application required
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+ 71 • Y Combinator portal — better deal (often longer credit window) if you're in a YC batch
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+ 72 • a16z speedrun portal — separate deal for speedrun founders
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+ 73 • Open source / non-profit program at sentry.io/for/good — discounted or free Business-tier plan
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+ 74 • Discount codes (e.g. 6 months free on Teams plan via partner sites) — usually for fresh signups, smaller value than the startup program but no application gauntlet
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+ 80 • The program is rolling — apply whenever you're ready; no batch deadlines
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+ 81 • Stack with other startup credit programs (MongoDB, Neon, Datadog, PostHog, Grafana) to cover your full observability and infra stack on credits — Sentry handles application errors, the others handle infra/metrics/logs
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+ 82 • Already a paying customer? You're permanently ineligible for this specific program — your only path is the YC/a16z portals (if applicable) or the for-good program
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+ 86 Sources:
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+ 87 • Sentry for Startups - Apply page
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+ 88 • Sentry for Startups - landing page
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+ 89 • Sentry Help Center: Do you offer a discount to Startups?
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+ 90 • Sentry Pricing
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+ 91 • Sentry for Good (open source / non-profit)
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