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Anecdotally, I spoke with both gcp and aws reps in previous startup (not in US), and both told me the "take free 500K in credits" party is over. YMMV

• boulos 8y ago
  Disclosure: I work on Google Cloud. I don't think we ever offered $500k, but have consistently done $100k for up to a year. There were definitely lots of startups that would chase credits across us, AWS and Azure (who at least at one point would do $300k). While I think it's great to ride free credits while you can, it's probably a mistake if your company is changing infrastructure each year in search of free dollars. And even worse if you do so at a huge hit to your productivity and ultimate product success.
  • avip 8y ago
    Agree completely, and the 500K number was indeed from azure. So have consistently done $100k means this program still exists?
    • boulos 8y ago
      Yep! I mentioned it in a separate comment but the URL is cloud.google.com/startups (and has been since we started it). The easiest mechanism is via a firm who has funded you, and they just "nominate" your company via a simple portal.