Up to $20,000 of free compute credits for eligible startups

The offer is designed for early-stage startups building on CircleCI for the first time. You’re eligible if you meet all of the following:

• New to CircleCI, or on Free plan
• Pre-Seed through Series A
• Founded within the last 5 years
• Part of a recognized accelerator or VC. If none, proof of funding for a minimum of $500K USD raised

With this offer, you receive significantly more compute credits than the standard Performance Plan and everything that it entails, free Starter Support (valued at $249 per month) at no cost during the program, along with free credits added to your account to be applied based on your usage during the promotional period. The amount of free credits and duration of the promotional period vary based upon startup stage and location. The promotional period ends either when the credits are fully consumed or the promotional period ends. Your use of CircleCI Services is governed by our SaaS Agreement.

If your usage exceeds the compute credit pool provided before the promotion period ends, we’ll work with you on a smooth transition to a paid plan. Our goal is zero pipeline disruption.

Absolutely. CircleCI integrates natively with all repos including GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, and Bitbucket. Keep your current source control; CircleCI handles the CI/CD layer. No repository migrations required.

Our team is available to help with brand new setup, pipeline architecture, configuration, and migration from any existing CI/CD tool (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Travis CI, etc.). We make sure you’re up and running quickly so you can focus on building your product.

Once you run out of your credits or at the end of the promotional period (whichever comes first), we have several options to meet your needs including premium support and volume discounts. One of our team members will reach out to you when your credits are running low. Feel free to also reach out to us with any questions.

All your pipeline configurations, build history, and team settings carry over, with zero disruption. After the initial credit purchase, standard pricing applies, with volume discounts available.

CircleCI is built to scale with you from pre-seed to IPO and beyond. You’ll never outgrow it and face the pain of migrating.

Unlike platforms tied to a specific VCS, CircleCI works with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, giving you full flexibility over your stack. And as a platform dedicated exclusively to CI/CD, you get the depth of focus, scalability, and security that all-in-one tools can’t match, vital in the competitive era of AI.

For more detailed comparisons, see below:

• CircleCI vs Github Actions comparison
• CircleCI vs Harness comparison
• CircleCI vs Bitrise comparison
• CircleCI vs Buildkite comparison
• CircleCI vs Jenkins comparison

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Contact us at startups@circleci.com and we’d love to get you set up!