Visual Studio partner credits
Microsoft
$2.5K
estimated value
Category
Dev Tools
Last verified
May 22, 2026
What the Visual Studio startup program is
Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship IDE for building applications across .NET, C++, web, and cloud, bundled with Azure DevOps for source control and CI/CD. Through Microsoft for Startups, early-stage companies can receive a set of Visual Studio Enterprise monthly cloud subscriptions, giving a small engineering team access to Microsoft's top-tier development tooling without the usual per-seat cost.
Eligibility
The conditions Microsoft actually applies to Visual Studio applicants, written out from their own terms, are available to members.
How to apply
The direct apply link, plus the claim steps for the programs we have written a guide for, are available to members.
the rest of this listing
Membership opens the Visual Studio conditions, the apply link and 234 other perks.
Not sure you would qualify?
$24/mo or $228/yr. 240 verified perks, every apply link, and the guides we have written.
Who the Visual Studio perk is for
Perkstack has not pinned this listing to a single funding stage, which usually means the provider judges applicants on product and company age rather than on how much you have raised. Access is partner routed: an investor, accelerator or cloud partner has to put you forward, so the introduction matters as much as meeting the criteria. We rate the realistic chance of approval for an eligible team as medium.
What the Visual Studio perk is worth
Perkstack estimates this listing at about $2.5K. Every figure on the site is an estimate of what the credit or benefit is realistically worth to an early stage company, not a quote and not a guarantee of the tier you will be offered. Providers routinely run several tiers, so treat this as the ceiling to aim at and check the program page for the current numbers.
What the listing includes
- The eligibility conditions for Visual Studio, written out from the provider's own terms
- The direct apply link, so you are not guessing which of the provider's five pages is the real form
- Straight through to the provider: this listing has no written guide yet, so you get the verified conditions and the direct link
- The same treatment on 234 other perks, each with a last verified date
How this listing is verified
A human last opened Microsoft's own program page and confirmed this offer on May 22, 2026. Credit programs change quietly: tiers get cut, forms move behind partner referrals, and dead programs stay published for months. Perkstack rechecks listings and marks the ones that expire or change their terms, so the date above is the date the offer was confirmed rather than the date the page was written.
Frequently asked
How much are Visual Studio partner credits worth?
Perkstack values Visual Studio partner credits at about $2.5K. That is our estimate of what the benefit is realistically worth to an early stage company, and the listing carries the date we last checked it.
Who qualifies for Visual Studio partner credits?
Microsoft sets its own conditions, and they usually cover company age, funding stage and whether you are a new customer. The eligibility section on this listing spells out the ones we verified.
Do I need an investor or accelerator to get Visual Studio credits?
This listing is partner exclusive, so access runs through an investor, accelerator or cloud partner rather than an open public form. The route matters as much as the eligibility, and the listing names the conditions we verified.
Are Visual Studio partner credits still available?
It was active when we last hand verified it on May 22, 2026. Perkstack rechecks listings and marks programs that expire or change their terms, so the date on this page is the date the offer was confirmed.
How do I claim Visual Studio partner credits?
You apply on Microsoft's own site. Perkstack members see the direct apply link, the eligibility conditions we verified, and a step by step claim guide for the programs we have written one for.
What are the alternatives to Visual Studio?
Perkstack tracks other Dev Tools perks alongside this one, including Retool, Replit and CircleCI. Stacking several small programs usually beats waiting on one large approval.