AWS Activate
Cloud infrastructure
Checked Sep 2026
Available value
Up to $200K
Who it fits
Startup status is required; credit amount depends on company and provider eligibility.
Tools, startup credits, and real eligibility guidance
Discover the right tools—and the credits to afford them.
Compare software, uncover the offers behind each company, and see which programs fit your startup before you spend time applying.
692 tools indexedOfficial program sourcesEligibility explained plainly
Find what fits your startup
Three details are enough for a useful first shortlist.
No account required
Verified opportunities
Start with programs that can materially extend your runway.
We link to official program pages and translate the important qualification rules before you begin an application.
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Microsoft for Startups
Cloud and AI
Checked Sep 2026
Available value
Up to $150K
Who it fits
Privately held, for-profit software startups before Series C can apply.
Google for Startups Cloud
Cloud and AI
Checked Sep 2026
Available value
Up to $350K
Who it fits
Program tier depends on startup age, funding history, product stage, and prior credits.
GitHub for Startups
Developer platform
Checked Sep 2026
Available value
$10K in credits
Who it fits
Requires affiliation with a GitHub startup partner, outside funding, and no recent Enterprise plan.
Credit values and acceptance are controlled by each provider and can change. ToolJunction helps you understand the path; it does not guarantee approval.
From scattered offers to a claim plan
Know what you can claim before filling another form.
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Tell us about your startup
Share the stage, funding status, location, and programs your company already belongs to.
02
See the offers that fit
Separate likely matches from offers that need funding, an accelerator, or a newer account.
03
Follow the claim path
Use clear requirements, official sources, and application steps before you spend time applying.
04
Catch the next opportunity
Save your profile and get notified when a new credit matches your company.
For startups and software companies
Turn your listing into a complete startup profile.
Present your product, services, startup credits, and perks in one place—then reach buyers whose needs and eligibility match what you offer.
Live Launches
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Featured launches lead, then the newest tools. Open the full board to browse every drop.
Launch board
Featured first, then the newest tools.
ScreenCraftFeaturedFreeMac screen recorder with auto-zoom, 4K export, and MCP support
AI Screen Recorders9w ago
TrueRevRevenue recognition and SaaS metrics for QuickBooks Online
Business & Productivitytoday- Langfuse
Trace, evaluate, and improve AI agents with one open platform. Use production data to understand ...
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Design.comFreeTurn everyday-language prompts into custom images for branded content.
AI Image Generators1w ago
Articos - User Research PlatformAI user research platform that runs studies with behaviorally modeled synthetic personas and returns an enterprise-grade report in under 30 minutes.
AI Research Tools3w ago
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The categories buyers search for most, with the top tools in each.
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Editor ratings are 5-point scores from hands-on review: output quality, feature depth, pricing clarity, workflow fit, and how recently the listing was verified.
Use the skill
Tell your assistant what you need. It picks the tool.
One line of setup, then your assistant answers tool questions from 693 listed tools - 197 of them with a written editor verdict and real pricing - instead of guessing from training data that priced them a year ago.
set up https://www.tooljunction.io/skills/tooljunctionPaste it into your assistant. No key, no account, no SDK - the catalogue is a public read-only API.
Then ask it
- Which AI tool should I use for job?
- What is the best category tool for a team of n on budget?
- What are the alternatives to tool?
- Does tool have a free tier? What does it actually cost?
- How do tool A and tool B compare?
Back comes a shortlist - three or fewer, each with its real price, who it suits, one limitation, and a link you can check. A recommendation without a caveat is an advert.Discovery only. It recommends what to adopt - it does not run tools, hold credentials, or charge per call.
What is the ToolJunction agent skill?
The ToolJunction agent skill is a skill for AI agents and assistants to use ToolJunction as a live AI tools directory. Instead of relying on old training data, the skill can search the catalogue by use case, category, budget, team size, pricing, free-tier availability, alternatives, and human-written verdicts. Ask an assistant for the best AI customer support tools for a small SaaS team, or for free AI video generators with strong editor ratings, and it can match the request against real ToolJunction listings. Used by 5,000+ builders, the skill makes AI tool recommendations more current, structured, and evidence-based.
How much of ToolJunction can a model actually read?
Enough to answer without guessing, and no key required. /llms.txt is a plain-Markdown map of the catalogue - categories, rankings, comparisons and the skill - and the public read-only API behind it lists all 693 tools, 197 of them carrying a written editor verdict, with a full record per tool carrying pricing plans, pros and cons and alternatives. Every tool page is server-rendered HTML, so nothing worth reading is hidden behind JavaScript.
Agent visibility
Are AI agents recommending your product?
That exchange happens whether or not you are in it. Someone describes the job, the assistant answers from the catalogues it can read, and a shortlist exists before anyone visits your site. Your product is on it or it is not.
Type your product name to see whether it is in the catalogue an assistant reads - and which pages it lands on.
What agents can read
Public surfaces designed for discovery, comparison, and citation before a tool recommendation is made.
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Do AI assistants use ToolJunction to recommend tools?
agentsYes. Buyers increasingly ask an assistant what to use instead of opening ten tabs, and the assistant answers from whatever structured sources it can read. ToolJunction is built to be one of them: every listing keeps its verdict, pricing, alternatives, pros and cons in the same predictable sections, which is the shape a model can lift a sentence out of and attribute.
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How do I make my tool visible to AI agents?
get listedGet listed, with a real verdict. There is no SDK, no integration and nothing to instrument - the listing itself is the visibility. A tool that is in the catalogue is in the evidence an assistant reads when someone asks what to use. A tool that is not cannot be named, however good it is.
For makers
Get listed where buyers compare.
A ToolJunction listing gives your product a permanent page, then connects it to the category, ranking, alternative, and comparison pages buyers use to build shortlists.
Visibility map
Where one listing appears
Example from Claude Code
- categoryAI Code Agents
- ranked guideBest AI coding tools
- comparisons1 page
- alternativesClaude Code alternatives
- ai answersThe same pages an assistant reads to answer “which tool should I use?”
Listing package
from$99one-time
- One payment - the page does not expire
- Live in about 48 hours
- Reviewed by a human, refunded if rejected
693 tools listed. 50,000+ in the community.
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Every way to research AI tools here
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- Best AI project management tools
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Research and analysis
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Buying guides, head-to-head reviews and market research, written by the team that maintains the directory.
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