Sanity Startup Program
One year of Sanity's Growth plan free for partner-backed startups
What you get from Sanity Startup Program for free
Overview
The Sanity Startup Program gives early-stage companies one year of free access to Sanity's Growth plan, valued at up to $9,000, for building content-heavy applications on Sanity's headless CMS.
What You Get
- One Year of Growth Plan Free: The Growth plan, valued at up to $9,000, at no cost for 12 months.
- 50 User Seats: Including Private Datasets, User Roles, Comments & Tasks, Scheduled Publishing and AI Assist.
- No Charge Unless You Exceed Quota: After the free year the project switches to the Growth plan at $15 per seat/month; Sanity notifies you in advance and you can downgrade to the Free plan.
How to Apply
Access is granted through your VC or incubator partner's referral link. Existing projects can redeem the partner coupon as an organization admin under Manage → Project → Plan → Apply coupon. Questions go to startups@sanity.io.
Before you claim
- Team size: Fewer than 20 employees
- Funding cap: Under $5M raised
- New customer: Not existing paying customers
- Partner referral: Backed by a participating VC or incubator partner
- Verification: Use the signup link provided by your VC/incubator partner
- Who can claim: Startups with fewer than 20 employees, under $5M raised, not existing paying customers, and backed by a participating VC or incubator partner.
- Payment card: Not needed.
- Account: Sign up with the provider.
Key limits
- Fewer than 20 employees
- Less than $5M total funding raised
- Not a current paying Sanity customer
- Must sign up via a participating VC/incubator partner link (e.g., Sequoia, Accel, Y Combinator)
- Converts to Growth at $15/seat/month after 12 months
Eligibility
All three criteria must be met:
- Fewer than 20 employees.
- Less than $5M in total funding raised.
- Not a currently paying Sanity customer.
The program is currently available to portfolio companies of participating partners — Sequoia, Accel, Y Combinator, Creandum, Antler, Heavybit, Startuplab, Sondo Capital, Skyfall Ventures, TinySeed, Startupbootcamp and 351 Startups. No minimum funding stage or company age is stated.
As the provider states it on the date shown above. The provider decides who qualifies.
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