Cloudflare for Startups - Seed ($100,000)
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+ 1 Seed-funded startups affiliated with a Cloudflare-approved VC or accelerator can receive $100,000 in credits covering the full Cloudflare Developer Platform and up to three enterprise-level domains with CDN, WAF, DDoS protection, DNS, and Zero Trust features. Credits are valid for 1 year or until fully consumed, whichever comes first. Subject to per-service caps: $10K on R2/Cache Reserve and $50K on Workers AI. No credit card charge until credits run out.
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+ 7 1. Go to cloudflare.com/forstartups
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+ 8 2. Create a Cloudflare account if you don't already have one (free signup, credit card required on file)
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+ 9 3. Add at least one domain to your Cloudflare account and update your name servers
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+ 10 4. Click "Apply" on the Startup Program page
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+ 11 5. Fill out the application form — include details about what you're building, your team, and your funding stage
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+ 12 6. Select your accelerator or VC from the dropdown menu. If your program isn't listed, select "Referred by" and include details in the comments field
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+ 13 7. Link to a landing page, pitch deck, or article that clearly describes your startup and what you're building
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+ 14 8. Submit the form — you'll receive an automated confirmation email
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+ 15 9. Once approved, credits are applied to your Cloudflare account
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+ 17 Important:
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+ 18 • Credits can only be allocated to one account per applicant
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+ 19 • Once credits are exhausted or 1 year passes, the credit card on file will be charged for any further usage
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+ 20 • Not available to existing Cloudflare enterprise customers
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+ 21 • Cloudflare may consider requests for additional credits on a case-by-case basis — explain your needs in the comments section
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+ 22 • For questions, contact startups@cloudflare.com
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+ 28 The $100,000 (Seed) tier builds on the lower tiers. You must meet all of these criteria:
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+ 30 RequirementDetails
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+ 31 ProductBuilding a software-based product or service
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+ 32 Company ageFounded within the last 5 years
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+ 33 Email & websiteValid matching email address and active website
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+ 34 LinkedInActive LinkedIn profile for the founder
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+ 35 FundingRaised between $1M and $5M in capital
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+ 36 VC/AcceleratorMust be affiliated with one of 250+ Cloudflare-approved VC or accelerator partners
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+ 38 If your accelerator or VC is not on the approved list, email startups@cloudflare.com with your perk manager's details, and Cloudflare will reach out to them to establish a partnership.
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+ 44 Cloudflare offers four credit tiers. The $100K Seed tier is the third:
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+ 46 TierCreditsTarget StageKey Extra Requirement
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+ 47 Bootstrapped$5,000Stealth / early-stageSoftware product, founded <5 years, valid email
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+ 48 Up-and-Coming$25,000Early adopters, PMFActive LinkedIn, funded up to $1M
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+ 49 Seed$100,000Raised capital, high growthFunded $1M–$5M, approved VC/accelerator
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+ 50 Scaling$250,000Mission-critical AITier 1 VC/accelerator, AI company, or Workers Launchpad
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+ 52 Bootstrapped startups with under $50K in funding can use promo code "BOOTSTRAPPED" to access the $5K tier.
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+ 60 ServiceWhat It Does
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+ 61 WorkersServerless compute at the edge
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+ 62 PagesFrontend hosting and deployment
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+ 63 R2Object storage with zero egress fees (capped at $10K)
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+ 64 D1Serverless SQL database
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+ 65 KVKey-value storage
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+ 66 Durable ObjectsStateful serverless objects
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+ 67 Workers AIInference on 50+ open-source AI models (capped at $50K)
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+ 68 QueuesMessage queues
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+ 69 WorkflowsOrchestration engine
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+ 70 StreamVideo delivery and encoding
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+ 71 ImagesImage optimization and transformation
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+ 72 Argo Smart RoutingIntelligent traffic routing
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+ 76 FeatureDescription
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+ 77 CDNGlobal content delivery network
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+ 78 DNSEnterprise DNS with DNSSEC
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+ 79 WAFAdvanced Web Application Firewall
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+ 80 DDoS ProtectionUnlimited, unmetered DDoS mitigation
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+ 81 Zero TrustNetwork security as-a-service
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+ 82 SSL/TLSCustom SSL certificates
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+ 83 Cache ReservePersistent cache storage (capped at $10K combined with R2)
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+ 84 Rate LimitingAdvanced rate limiting rules
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+ 85 Load BalancingGlobal load balancing
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+ 93 ServiceCredit Cap
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+ 94 R2 + Cache Reserve$10,000 combined
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+ 95 Workers AI$50,000
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+ 96 All other servicesNo sub-cap (uses remaining credit pool)
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+ 100 • Registrar — domain registration purchases must be paid in full separately
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+ 101 • Account management — no dedicated account manager
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+ 102 • 24/7 enterprise phone support — not included
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+ 103 • SLA — no service level agreement
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+ 109 Workers AI provides serverless inference on 50+ open-source models running on Cloudflare's edge network. Notable models available include:
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+ 111 CategoryExample Models
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+ 112 Large Language ModelsLlama 4 Scout 17B, Mistral Small 3.1 24B, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B, OpenAI GPT-OSS 120B/20B
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+ 113 Image GenerationFLUX.2 dev, FLUX.2 klein 9B/4B, Leonardo Phoenix
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+ 114 Speech-to-TextWhisper, Deepgram Nova 3
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+ 115 Text-to-SpeechDeepgram Aura 2
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+ 116 EmbeddingsGoogle EmbeddingGemma 300M, BAAI BGE Large
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+ 117 Image ClassificationVarious vision models
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+ 119 Workers AI is priced at $0.011 per 1,000 Neurons (Cloudflare's billing unit). With the $50K Workers AI cap, this gives substantial room for inference workloads. The full model catalog is at developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models.
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+ 125 If your startup qualifies for the $250K tier or you want additional support beyond credits, consider applying to the Workers Launchpad — a complementary multi-month program that includes:
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+ 127 • Hands-on bootcamp sessions
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+ 128 • Solutions Architect office hours
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+ 129 • Introductions to venture capital firms
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+ 130 • Opportunity to present at Demo Day
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+ 132 Workers Launchpad participation automatically qualifies you for the $250K credit tier.
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+ 138 1. Credits exhausted or 1 year passes (whichever first) — your Startup Plan ends
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+ 139 2. Usage-based services (Workers, R2, D1, etc.) transition to standard pay-as-you-go billing against the credit card on file
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+ 140 3. Enterprise domain features revert to your account's plan level (free, Pro, or Business)
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+ 141 4. No auto-cancellation warning — set up billing alerts in the Cloudflare dashboard to track credit consumption
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+ 142 5. You can request additional credits on a case-by-case basis by contacting startups@cloudflare.com
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+ 148 • AI startups get a boost — if you're building with LLMs or AI, mention this in your application. AI-focused startups may qualify for the $250K tier even without a Tier 1 VC affiliation
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+ 149 • Cloudflare's free tier is generous on its own — Workers (100K requests/day), R2 (10 GB/month), D1, KV, and Pages all have permanent free tiers that persist after the startup plan ends
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+ 150 • Zero egress fees on R2 — unlike AWS S3, Cloudflare R2 charges nothing for data egress, making it attractive for data-heavy startups even post-credits
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+ 151 • 4,000+ startups have already received credits since the program launched in 2024
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+ 152 • Physical co-working hubs — Cloudflare is opening offices in San Francisco, Austin, London, and Lisbon for startups and builders to use
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+ 153 • Non-profits — Cloudflare has a separate program for non-profit and civil society organizations
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+ 154 • One account per applicant — credits cannot be split across multiple Cloudflare accounts
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+ 158 Sources:
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+ 159 • Cloudflare for Startups
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+ 160 • Startup Program Update: Empowering Every Stage
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+ 161 • Startup Program Revamped: Up to $250,000 in Credits
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+ 162 • Startup Plan v2.0 Blog Post
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+ 163 • Workers AI Models
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+ 164 • Workers & Pages Pricing
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+ 165 • R2 Pricing
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+ 166 • Workers AI Pricing
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+ 167 • Cloudflare New Hubs for Startups
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