Overview
The AWS Well-Architected Partner Program helps organizations establish good architectural habits, reduce risks, and respond faster to changes that affect designs, applications, and workloads. AWS Well-Architected Partners gain expertise to build high-quality solutions, implement best practices, check the state of workloads, and make improvements to fit business and customer needs.
New to AWS Well-Architected? Learn how the AWS Well-Architected Framework helps cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructures for their applications and workloads.
Explore success stories and how to get started below.
Looking to mitigate risks in your workloads?
Enrich customer relationships
Leverage AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews to identify and remove high-risk issues in workloads, enabling you to establish customer trust and drive new engagements.
Apply AWS best practices
Save time, reduce costs, drive efficiencies, and provide fact-based improvement plans to customers to track and improve workload compliance.
Increase your visibility
Utilize the AWS Partner badge in marketing collateral with the Well-Architected designation to showcase your expertise to customers, AWS teams, and partners.
Customers Sharing Their Experience
Versent Embraces AWS Well-Architected, Helps Customers Bolster Security and Save Up to $1 Million Annually
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Boost Technology Builds Better with Lambert Labs by Conducting an AWS Well-Architected Framework Review
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Building a Modern, Resilient Infrastructure Using the AWS Well-Architected Framework with CirrusHQ and the UK’s National Biodiversity Network Trust
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Helping Customers Modernize Their Cloud Infrastructure Using the AWS Well-Architected Framework with Comprinno
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Get Started
1
Join the AWS Partner Network
Join the AWS Partner Network (APN) at no cost by creating your AWS Partner Central account.
2
Enroll in the Services or Software Path
After joining the APN, enroll in the Services or Software Path
Gain eligibility to apply for the AWS Well-Architected Partner Program by first meeting the minimum validation criteria for the Services or Software Path.
3
Review program requirements
AWS Partners must meet the requirements listed in the relevant AWS Well-Architected Partner Program Guide to apply for the program, available in Partner Central.
4
Apply
After meeting the program requirements and completing onboarding, you will receive an email to confirm your status as an AWS Well-Architected Partner. You can immediately take advantage of AWS Partner benefits, which include showcasing your AWS Partner badge with the Well-Architected designation, access to funding, marketing resources, and more. AWS Partner benefits, which include showcasing your AWS Partner badge with the Well-Architected designation, access to funding, marketing resources, and more.
Partner Testimonials
Budhi Wibawa, CEO of PT Innovation Cloud Services (ICS Compute)
"One of the biggest advantages of the Amazon Partner Network (APN) is the AWS Well-Architected Partner Program. By following the best practices in the AWS Well-Architected Framework, companies can develop solutions with proven architectures that can cut time and costs, improve solution quality, and deliver positive customer outcomes."
David Webster, AWS Practice Lead, Schuberg Philis
“I have realized being Well-Architected is the golden thread through everything we do on AWS. I mean that when it comes to any of the AWS competencies, AWS only wants to know you have followed correct best practices when building the use cases. If you have been Well-Architected all the time, you will find that you have plenty of evidence to gather.”
André van der Riet, Director, Cambrian Technologies
“Being a Well-Architected Partner adds a valuable dimension to our AWS competencies. We leverage Well-Architected along the lifecycle of our engagements: from advising on and implementing best practices to providing our managed services and solutions. The Well-Architected Partner Program is foundational to building the trusted, productive and long-term relationships with our customers.”