The Vercel Hobby plan is free by default with limited features. The $10/month value comes from the Pro plan features including team collaboration, advanced analytics, and faster builds. For startups, Vercel offers 1 year of Pro free through SaaSOffers partnership.
The Hobby plan includes 100GB bandwidth, 6,000 build minutes/month, serverless functions (10s execution), edge functions, unlimited deploy previews, and custom domains with SSL. For most personal projects, the free tier is sufficient.
$1K-$100K AWS credits for startups — Founders tier is automatic, Portfolio tier requires VC backing
AWS Activate provides startups with $1,000-$100,000 in cloud credits, technical support, and training. Founders tier offers $1,000-$5,000 automatically. Portfolio tier (VC-backed) offers up to $100,000. Includes access to AWS services, support credits, and training resources.
$200 free AWS credits for everyone — works on Bedrock/Claude, no startup program needed
AWS gives $200 in free promotional credits to every new user. $100 automatically on signup + $100 for completing 5 onboarding tasks ($20 each). Credits valid for 12 months. Works across 200+ AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, and Bedrock (Claude models).