Datadog for Startups
Review as an infrastructure option when pre-seed, seed, series-a teams in SaaS, developer tools, observability already use or plan to evaluate Datadog tooling, credits, or technical support.
Terms
Up to $100,000 in Datadog Pro credits for one year
No equity stated on the official page
$30K-$100K Datadog Pro credits
Full Datadog platform access
Founder fit
New to Datadog; no current/prior accounts; no prior DDFS recipients.
Series A or earlier; referred by an official Datadog partner.
Global.
Online application; trial setup immediately.
Verification note
Program terms last updated 2026-05-05. Active and rolling. Must apply through official referral partner (VCs, accelerators, hyperscaler/vendor startup programs). Must be Series A or earlier, new to Datadog, and never previously received DDFS credits. Credits must be activated within 30 days of acceptance email or acceptance expires. Account inactive 3+ months triggers 30-day warning before removal.
Source quality: official program page plus official legal terms (updated 2026-05-05). Status confidence: high.