Rise

Rise provides a great opportunity for an early-stage company to build and scale in the cloud. From your first test user to your millionth customer, receive infrastructure credits that you can use on affordable cloud infrastructure products, including virtual machines, GPU instances, and cloud storage.

• You must be an early-stage company that is less than seven years old.
• Revenue and company size are factors. We are looking for at least one of the following:  paid employees outside of founders; active users that are non-friends/family/investors; generating initial revenue.
• Defined plan on how you will scale your infrastructure as the company grows.
• Plans include Akamai as one of the primary providers of your infrastructure.

Sorry. Existing customers are not eligible for Rise. If you are an existing customer, you can fill out our Contact Sales form, and we can discuss any other potential programs with you.

Glad you asked. If you exceed the monthly credit limit, we will charge you for the additional usage for that month.

Yes. Before applying for Rise, you must create a new account for your startup with 1) the corporate email address associated with your company domain and 2) a valid credit card. For security reasons, applicants must include a working website and a matching corporate email address using a domain aligned with the corporate entity's web property. Please also make sure the account gets designated as a commercial account via having a corporate entity in the Company field.

Yes! We can help you with migration plans and offer our technical assistance to make the transition smooth and easy for you and your customers.

We welcome all startups, but since you asked, we prioritize SaaS, media, and gaming startups. Managed hosting providers, MSPs, system integrators, and other resellers are not eligible. If you are a reseller, please navigate to our Partner page for the application, and they can work with you on your eligibility.

First-year credits and unused credits do not roll over month to month or subsequent years. Rise is a three-year program with discounts offered in years two and three.

Yes. We exclude bandwidth overages from your Rise credits.

Wait. There’s more! We provide a dedicated account manager, access to our Customer Success team, and our Solutions Engineering team free of charge! Our Support Engineers are complementary and available 24/7/365.