MongoDB for Startups

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Offers

1 distinct offer under one brand name, each behind its own gate.

Who this is for

<7 years; Series A or earlier; single scalable software product (no agencies/dev-shops); active site + LinkedIn; not previously accepted. New + existing Atlas users OK.

To have this checked against your own facts, call ic_vault_match. It answers in three values — you qualify, you do not, or we cannot tell from what the vendor publishes — and it will never report “you qualify” while any gate is unknown.

Traps

Every one of these cost real time. Ordered by how early they bite.

• T1 — Four tiers are named and none is priced

  Inspire / Grow / Innovate / Scale appear in the source with no per-tier amount and no per-tier gate. This entry is one tier because splitting it would mean inventing three. "Exact $ not published" is the source's own words.

  Source: data/credits.ts MongoDB .value

• T2 — 12-month activation window

  The credits must be activated within twelve months. Not the same clock as the ~5 business-day review.

  Source: data/credits.ts MongoDB .note

• T3 — Referral is "preferred", not required — and that is unusual here

  The access mode is self-serve because a self-serve fallback genuinely exists. No `requires_partner_referral` predicate is set, precisely because a preference is not a gate. Sixteen other entries in this inventory DO gate on referral; do not pattern-match this one to them.

  Source: data/credits.ts MongoDB .access

• T4 — Being an existing Atlas customer does NOT disqualify you

  The only entry in the inventory that says so. "Not previously accepted" into the program is still a gate — a different one.

  Source: data/credits.ts MongoDB .eligibility

How long it takes

Sources

• data/credits.ts — "MongoDB for Startups" .value (verbatim) data/credits.ts — Atlas credits + Voyage AI tokens + technical support + marketing. Tiered (Inspire/Grow/Innovate/Scale). 2025 added '50% more Atlas credits'. Exact $ not published.
• data/credits.ts — "MongoDB for Startups" .note (verbatim) data/credits.ts — 12-month activation window; ~5 business-day SLA.
• CREDITS_META.lastUpdated — a lower bound on last_verified data/credits.ts — The file records 2026-07-07 as when the FILE was updated, not when this entry was individually re-checked.
• MongoDB for Startups — apply page ↗

Facts last re-checked 2026-07-07 (official program, some figures second-hand). No material change observed since — which is not the same as none having happened.