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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
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Resources to build your business. Available upon registration
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Partner Programs to market and sell with AWS. For AWS Select and higher tiers
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier
AWS Global Security & Compliance Acceleration (ATO on AWS) Program
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Marketing resources to promote your business. For AWS Select and higher tiers
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier
Co-branded case study on Success Stories webpage
Early access to AWS events sponsorship packages
AWS Premier Tier Only
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Funding benefits to build, market, and sell with AWS. For AWS Select and higher tiers
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced and Premier Tier
AWS Promotional Credits for solution development
Partner Opportunity Acceleration (POA) funding for POC & Migrations—cash reimbursement, AWS promotional credits
Marketing Development Funds Program (MDF)—cash reimbursement, AWS promotional credits
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.
APN Program availability may vary per region
Requirements
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APN Fee
APN Fee
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced Tier
AWS Premier Tier
Annual APN Fee
$2,500/year
$2,500/year
$2,500/year
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Knowledge Requirements
Knowledge Requirements
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced Tier
AWS Premier Tier
Accredited Individuals
4
2 Technical, 2 Business
Professionals8
4 Technical, 4 Business
Professionals20
10 Technical, 10 Business
ProfessionalsAWS Foundational Certified Individuals
2
4
10
AWS Technical Certified Individuals
2
6
Min. 3 Professional or Specialty25
Min. 10 Professional or Specialty -
Experience Requirements
Experience Requirements
AWS Select Tier
AWS Advanced Tier
AWS Premier Tier
Launched Opportunities
3
(Total MRR>=$1,500)20
(Total MRR>=$10,000)50
(Total MRR>=$50,000)Partner Business Plan
Executive Business Review
AWS Competency, AWS MSP, or AWS Well Architected
3
Must include MSP or DevOps or CloudOps Competency as one of the three
Sustained Attainment of AWS Consulting Partner Tier Criteria
>6 months
Success Stories
Hear from our AWS Premier Tier Services Partners driving innovation for their customers.
Accenture
Velocity
Cloud Technology Partners (CTP)
Logicworks
Slalom Consulting
Onica
Get Started
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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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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.
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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.
