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Datadog for Startups — Up to $100K Credits

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Up to $100,000 in credits

Offered by Datadog · checked October 2026

Datadog gives Series A-or-earlier startups referred by an official partner up to a year of free access to the full platform, worth up to $100,000 in credits.

What you get

  • Up to a year of free access to the full Datadog platform
  • Credits usable across the entire product suite, no reduced tiers
  • Covers infrastructure, APM and LLM output monitoring

Who qualifies

  • Series A or earlier
  • New to Datadog
  • Must apply through an official Datadog referral partner (VCs, hyperscalers and other vendors, listed in the application)

How to apply

  1. Submit the application with company info and your referral partner
  2. Create a Datadog trial account
  3. Get an acceptance email (2-5 business days) and credits are applied

Good to know: You must apply through one of Datadog's referral partners (VCs, cloud providers and other vendors listed on the application).

Sources

Read in October 2026 from Datadog's own pages. Programs change often; the vendor's page is the final word.

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