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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Benefits
Resources to build your business. Available upon registration
- AWS Partner Central
- Online Training and Accreditations
- AWS Solutions Implementations and AWS Quick Starts
- AWS Educate Job Board
- AWS Global Sponsorship Packages
- AWS Solutions Reference Architecture
- SaaS Factory Tools
- APN Navigate Tracks
- APN Customer Engagements (ACE) Program for Partner Opportunities
- AWS Marketplace Channel Programs
- AWS Partner Transformation Programs
- Well-Architected Tools
- TechShift Program
- Whitepapers
Partner Programs to market and sell with AWS.
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
Marketing resources to promote your business.
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
Funding benefits to build, market, and sell with AWS.
Requirements
APN Fee
Annual APN Fee
AWS Select Tier - $2,500/year
AWS Advanced Tier - $2,500/year
AWS Premier Tier - $2,500/year
Knowledge Requirements
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
Experience Requirements
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
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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.