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Who can claim the Temporal startup credits?
The Temporal Startup Program is available to eligible startups using Temporal Cloud.
To qualify, startups should:
- Have a Temporal Cloud account
- Have run their first Workflow in Temporal Cloud
- Have raised $30 million or less
- Have raised funding within the last 3 years
- Be applying for credits on the Temporal Cloud Business Plan
Eligible companies receive $6,000 in free credits for 1 year. Temporal requires startups to have active Temporal Cloud usage before they can be accepted.
How to apply for Temporal credits
You can apply for the Temporal Startup Program, follow the steps below:
- Click the deal button on this page.
- Create or log in to your Temporal Cloud account.
- Run your first Workflow in Temporal Cloud.
- Return to the startup program application.
- Sign in using Google, Microsoft or email.
- Submit your startup details for review.
- If approved, Temporal will apply the $6,000 credits to your Business Plan account.
What is Temporal?
Temporal is a platform for durable execution, which means it helps applications keep running correctly even when services fail, APIs time out, workers crash or processes take a long time to complete. Developers write business logic as Workflows, and Temporal preserves the state of that logic so it can retry, recover or continue without losing progress.
For startups, this is especially useful when building systems where reliability matters: payment processing, order fulfilment, onboarding flows, AI agents, data pipelines, background jobs, human approval flows, infrastructure automation and long-running product workflows. Instead of building lots of custom retry logic and recovery scripts, teams can use Temporal to make complex processes more dependable from the start.
Why startups use Temporal Cloud
Temporal Cloud gives teams the benefits of Temporal without needing to operate the infrastructure themselves. Startups can write code using Temporal SDKs, run durable Workflows, monitor executions and use Temporal’s managed service to support production systems.
The startup credits are useful because Temporal often becomes most valuable when your product starts handling important real-world processes. The $6,000 credit allowance gives eligible startups room to test, build and scale reliable workflows before adding another major infrastructure cost.
Temporal FAQS
How much are the Temporal startup credits worth?
Eligible startups can receive $6,000 in free Temporal Cloud credits for 1 year on the Business Plan.
Who is eligible for the Temporal Startup Program?
Startups must have a Temporal Cloud account with active usage, have run their first Workflow and have raised $30 million or less within the last 3 years.
Do I need to use Temporal Cloud before applying?
Yes. Temporal says startups must have a Temporal Cloud account with active usage and must have run their first Workflow before being accepted.
What can Temporal Cloud credits be used for?
The credits can be used on Temporal Cloud’s Business Plan to run durable Workflows and support production-ready application orchestration.
What is Temporal best used for?
Temporal is best used for reliable, long-running or failure-prone workflows such as payments, order processing, AI agents, data pipelines, background jobs and systems that need automatic recovery.
Deal change log
- 30th July 2026 - Deal added