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AWS Services Partner Tiers

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Overview

AWS provides tiers (Select, Advanced, Premier) to recognize organizations that have proven technical expertise and demonstrated customer experience. You can unlock more benefits and resources as you progress through the tiers and grow with AWS.

AWS Select Tier Services Partners are partners with trained and certified individuals, as well as customer experience.

AWS Advanced Tier Services Partners are partners with a strong team of trained and certified technical individuals, and have proven customer experience.

AWS Premier Tier Services Partners are the most experienced partners and recognized as leaders in their respective geographical, vertical, or horizontal markets. They have deep technical expertise with multiple partner program validations and demonstrated success working with a large number of customers at scale.

Explore AWS Services Partner Tiers benefits, requirements, success stories, and how to get started below.

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AWS Services Partner Tiers - Benefits and Requirements

Benefits

    AWS Promotional Credits for solution development
    AWS Select Tier
    AWS Advanced and Premier Tier
     
    Partner Opportunity Acceleration (POA) funding for POC & Migrations—cash reimbursement, AWS promotional credits
    AWS Select Tier
    AWS Advanced and Premier Tier
     
    Marketing Development Funds Program (MDF)—cash reimbursement, AWS promotional credits
    AWS Advanced and Premier Tier
     
    All benefits are provided on a yearly basis based on the AWS Partner’s eligibility for each benefit and may not be available in all geographies and markets. Detailed Terms and Conditions for the above benefits are available in AWS Partner Central. Various partner programs and benefits may be subject to additional requirements.

Requirements

    Annual APN Fee
    AWS Select Tier - $2,500/year
    AWS Advanced Tier - $2,500/year
    AWS Premier Tier - $2,500/year

    Accredited Individuals
    AWS Select Tier - 4: 2 Technical, 2 Business Professionals
    AWS Advanced Tier - 8: 4 Technical, 4 Business Professionals
    AWS Premier Tier - 20: 10 Technical, 10 Business Professionals

    AWS Foundational Certified Individuals
    AWS Select Tier - 2
    AWS Advanced Tier - 4
    AWS Premier Tier - 10

    AWS Technical Certified Individuals
    AWS Select Tier - 2
    AWS Advanced Tier - 6: Min. 3  Professional or Specialty
    AWS Premier Tier - 25: Min. 10  Professional or Specialty
     

    Launched Opportunities
    AWS Select Tier - 3 (Total MRR>=$1,500)
    AWS Advanced Tier     - 20 (Total MRR>=$10,000)
    AWS Premier Tier     - 50 (Total MRR>=$50,000)

    Partner Business Plan
    AWS Advanced Tier
    AWS Premier Tier

    Executive Business Review
    AWS Premier Tier

    AWS Competency, AWS MSP, or AWS Well Architected
    AWS Premier Tier - 3 Must include MSP or DevOps or CloudOps Competency as one of the three

    Sustained Attainment of AWS Consulting Partner Tier Criteria
    AWS Premier Tier - >6 months

Success Stories

Hear from our AWS Premier Tier Services Partners driving innovation for their customers.

View Partner Success Stories on the APN Blog

Get Started

1. Step 1: Join the AWS Partner Network

Join the AWS Partner Network (APN) at no cost by creating your AWS Partner Central account.

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2. Step 2: Enroll in the Services Path

Upon joining the APN, enroll in the Services Path and review requirements to meet the minimum validation criteria of the Services Path i.e. earn AWS Select Tier.

3. Step 3: Differentiate your business

Leverage AWS Partner benefits and programs to differentiate your business and gain customer trust by showcasing your partner tiers and earned validations.