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AWS Services Partner Tiers

For consulting, professional, managed, and value-added resale organizations

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

APN Customer Engagements (ACE) Program
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

AWS Global Security & Compliance Acceleration (ATO on AWS) Program
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

AWS Competency Program
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

AWS Distribution Program for resellers
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

ISV Workload Migration Program
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

AWS Managed Service Provider (MSP) Program
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

AWS Public Sector Partner Program
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

AWS Service Delivery Program
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

AWS Well-Architected Partner Program
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

AWS Partner Tier badge
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

AWS Partner Solutions Finder listing
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

Marketing Central partner ready campaigns
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

Co-branded case study on Success Stories webpage
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

APN Blog post
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

AWS Solution webpages listing
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

APN Immersion Days
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier

Early access to AWS events sponsorship packages
AWS Premier Tier Only

 

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.

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.

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.