Good monitoring shouldn't be a luxury for well-funded teams. Early-stage startups run the same production systems as everyone else, on a tighter budget. That's when clear observability earns its keep.
Today we're launching AppSignal for Startups: an ongoing discount on the full AppSignal platform for early-stage teams, with a better deal for Y Combinator companies.
Two ways to qualify
Early-stage and bootstrapped startups get up to 25% off, ongoing. Not a first-year teaser that expires once you've built AppSignal into your workflow. The discount holds for as long as you qualify.
Y Combinator–backed teams get up to 50% off for their first two years, then up to 25% ongoing. You can see the deal on the YC deals marketplace and redeem it by applying through us.
Both tiers apply to your whole account, not a cut-down starter plan.
The full platform, not a stripped-down tier
The discount covers everything AppSignal does:
Application performance monitoring
Error tracking
Log management
Uptime monitoring
Process monitoring
Host metrics
Frontend monitoring
Anomaly detection
One account, one bill.
It also includes AppSignal Intelligence, the features that dig for you: Time Detective to see what changed around an incident, automatically generated dashboards, and an MCP server and CLI that bring your AppSignal data into the AI tools you already code with.
Why a discount, not credits
Some tools hand startups a block of credits. On usage-based pricing, credits run out, and the bill jumps without warning. We discount the plan itself, so your price stays predictable as you grow.
How to apply
Email support@appsignal.com with proof that you're a startup. A person reviews every application. No coupon codes to chase. If you're YC-backed, mention it and we'll set up the YC deal.
Good monitoring pays for itself the first time it saves you an outage. We'd like more startups to find that out early.
Wondering what you can do next?
- Try out AppSignal with a 30-day free trial.
- Reach out to our support team with any feedback or questions.
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Serena Chou
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