Cloudflare, once a famous startup itself, is offering Cloudflare for Startups, a service offering designed exclusively for—you guessed it—startups. The program is designed as a cost-effective way to keep startups secure and protected as they get their businesses up and running, maximizing speed and helping these organizations quickly build infrastructure and defenses against cyberthreats. To be eligible, organizations must apply and meet a list of qualifications proving their eligibility. But what is Cloudflare for Startups?
Why was Cloudflare for Startups created?
Cloudflare has created startup programs dating back to 2021, where it designed a pilot program to address the challenges startups face. Because startups are essentially starting from scratch, this program helps startups invest time and resources into their goals, not into infrastructure and technology. This program helps speed up delivery support startups from the very beginning, by creating streamlined processes and providing credits that can be used towards Cloudflare services during the organization’s first year using Cloudflare.
Who is Eligible for Cloudflare for Startups?
Organizations are eligible for Cloudflare for startups if they meet the following criteria:
- Building a software-based product or service
- Founded within the last 5 years
- Funded from $50k up to $5M
- Have a LinkedIn profile
- Have a valid website and email address
- Bonus: Belong to an approved accelerator
- Bonus: Account email matches domain
What Do You Get from Cloudflare for Startups?
Cloudflare for Startups provides startup organizations with a quick-start option for Cloudflare that helps organizations be prepared to face cyberthreats while getting a business off the ground. It provides streamlined experiences, scalability, faster development, and sets the groundwork for AI adoption.
Cloudflare’s differentiators are part of what makes it so popular in the global market. Cloudflare for Startups offers a variety of benefits, including:
- Unmetered mitigation of DDoS attacks with network prioritization
- Global CDN
- 100% Uptime
- Zero Trust
- Cloudflare Rules
- Certificates / ACM
- 24/7/365 Email Support
- Spectrum
- Rate Limiting
- Role-based account access
- Advanced web application firewall (WAF) with 50 custom rulesets
- Image optimization
- Mobile acceleration
What Services are Included in Cloudflare for Startups?
As a part of its startup program, Cloudflare offers $250,000 in credits for service. These credits will expire within one year, but over the course of that year, they can be used for a variety of services, including:
Security & Performance Tools
- Argo
- Load Balancing
Compute Services
- Workers
- Workers For Platforms
- Workers AI
- Queues
Media Management
- Stream
- Images
- Image Transformations
Data & Storage
- R2 (up to $10,000)
- Workers KV
- Cache Reserve
- Durable Objects
- D1
- Vectorize
