Customer.io Startup Program
Customer.io · Marketing automation
VariesUp to 12 months free (Journeys, Data Pipelines, Messaging, AI Agent) for up to 30,000 profiles
A year of free customer-engagement messaging for startups under $10M raised.
Key terms
- Total funding raised under $10M
- Never been a Customer.io customer (trial users OK)
- Contact lists must not be purchased
- Credit card required; profiles over 30k billed at $0.007; discounted graduation plan after term
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a
- Max funding raised
- $10M
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
How to apply
Apply via the application form, then start a trial with the same email; benefits start when the 14-day trial ends.
- Benefit
- free-plan
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- 24–48 hours
- Credit validity
- Up to 12 months
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source