awesome-builder-programs
Awesome Builder Programs
A list of programs that provide credits, grants, or tools for people building things.
Includes programs for:
- students
- startups
- open-source maintainers
- independent developers
Only official program pages are listed.
Contents
Students
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor for Students | Cursor | Cursor Pro free for 1 year (~$240 value) |
| Codex for Students | Codex | $100 in credits for use in Codex |
| DigitalOcean Student Credits | DigitalOcean | Cloud credits via GitHub Student Developer Pack |
| Figma for Education | Figma | Free design tools for students |
| GitLab for Education | GitLab | Free GitLab Ultimate for education |
| GitHub Student Developer Pack | GitHub | Developer tools bundle (~$10k value) |
| JetBrains Student Pack | JetBrains | Free IDE licenses |
| Microsoft Azure for Students | Microsoft | Azure credits and dev tools |
| YC AI Student Starter Pack | Y Combinator | Credits and tools for students building AI projects (~25K value) |
| Zed Student Plan | Zed | All Zed Pro features for 12 months |
Open Source
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Claude for Open Source | Anthropic | Claude Max access 6 month |
| Microsoft Foss Fund | Microsoft | Receive up to $12,500 USD |
| OpenAI Codex for Open Source | OpenAI | ChatGPT Pro access 6 month |
| OpenAI Codex Open Source Fund | OpenAI | API credits (up to $25k) |
| Upstash for Open Source | Upstash | $1,000 Monthly credit grant |
Startups
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Activate | AWS | Cloud credits (up to $100k) |
| Cloudflare for Startups | Cloudflare | Get up to $250,000 in Cloudflare credits |
| Clerk for Startups | Clerk | Authentication infrastructure credits |
| Daytona | Daytona | $50k in Daytona credits |
| Datadog for Startups | Datadog | A year of free Datadog Pro |
| Google Cloud AI Startup Program | AI startup credits (up to $350k) | |
| Google Cloud Startup Program | Cloud credits and support | |
| Kiro for students | Kiro | 1,000 credits per month free for one year |
| Microsoft Founders Hub | Microsoft | Azure credits |
| Mixpanel | Mixpanel | First year of Mixpanel for free |
| Micro | Micro | $500 - $1,000 in credits |
| PlanetScale for Startups | PlanetScale | Serverless MySQL database credits |
| PostHog for Startups | Startups | Product analytics credits (up to ~$50k) |
| Retool for Startups | Retool | Free Retool access for early-stage startups (up to ~$60k value) |
| Sentry for Startups | Sentry | Get up to $5,000 in credits and priority support |
| Stripe Atlas | Stripe | Company formation + partner perks |
| Vercel Startups | Vercel | Hosting credits |
| Y Combinator | Y Combinator | Up to $500.000 |
| ZAI Startups | Z Ai | Free API Credits ZAI model |
| Render | Render | $5K in startup credits |
AI and Developer Credits
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic Startup Program | Anthropic | Claude API credits |
| Hugging Face Startups | Hugging Face | AI infrastructure support |
| Kiro | Kiro | Kiro Pro+ credits at three tiered packages 1 years |
| OpenAI Startup Program | OpenAI | API credits |
| Together AI Research Credits Program | Together AI | Research credits for AI projects |
Ambassadors
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Anthropic | API Credits |
| OpenAI Ambassadors Program | OpenAI | API credits |
Contributing
Contributions are welcome!
Before adding a program:
- Link to the official program page
- Make sure the program is still active
- Avoid affiliate or referral links
Format for adding a new program:
| [Program Name](https://official-page.com) | Provider | Description of benefits |
|---|---|---|
Submit a pull request to add new programs.