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Custom terms and pricing in AWS Marketplace

Meet your software procurement needs with custom terms, volume pricing, and flexible payment options negotiated privately with your preferred independent software vendor (ISV) or Consulting Partner.

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AWS Marketplace private offers overview

Seller Private Offers and Consulting Partner Private Offers enable you to receive custom software pricing and terms from a third-party that is not publicly available in AWS Marketplace. You can access the following benefits:

Flexible pricing, terms, and payment options

Negotiate custom terms like Standard Contracts and create unique agreements

Use flexible options like pay-as-you-go, multi-year contracts, and custom payment scheduler

Speed and governance while procuring software

Balance speed and agility using a streamlined purchasing process and one-click deployment while ensuring procurement oversight

Simplified AWS billing

Leverage consolidated AWS billing, cost analysis using Cost Explorer, and subscription management

Purchases in AWS Marketplace qualify against your EDP commitment

How it works

To start negotiating custom terms and pricing, talk to your preferred ISV or Consulting Partner. When negotiations are complete, provide your AWS Account ID(s) and the point of contact who will manage the offer. Next, your ISV or Consulting Partner will create a Seller Private Offer or Consulting Partner Private Offer including the negotiated pricing and terms. When your offer is ready, your point of contact will receive an offer URL to complete the purchase in just a few clicks.

Prepare to accept an offer

Verify your AWS payment method and tax settings for your payer account in the Billing and Cost Management console.

Review licensing terms from your ISV or Consulting Partner and your AWS Enterprise and AWS Customer Agreements.

Verify if your company utilizes AWS Organizations to manage multiple linked accounts and identify who will take the next step subscribing to an offer.

How to subscribe

After negotiating with your ISV or Consulting Partner, you will accept and manage your offer.

To accept an offer

Visit the custom offer page that your ISV or Consulting Partner emailed to you. Be mindful of the offer expiration date.

View private offers extended to your account in the AWS Marketplace Console.

AMI or SaaS Subscriptions

(1) Review the details of the offer for accuracy including the EULA, AWS terms, and your enterprise agreement. If the details are correct, choose Accept Terms.

(2) A confirmation page will open, indicating that you have successfully subscribed.

AMI Annual

(1) Review the details of your offer for accuracy including the EULA, and your customer agreement or other agreement governing your use of AWS services. If using a payment schedule, review payment installment amount and dates.

(2) If the details are correct, choose Accept Terms.

(3) Choose View options in the Annual license section, then indicate your desired instance type and number of subscriptions.

(4) You can add additional licenses by choosing Add Another License.

(5) After you've entered your desired licenses, choose Add.

(6) Choose Purchase and then Pay Now.

SaaS Contract

(1) Review the details of the offer for accuracy including the EULA, AWS terms, and your enterprise agreement.

(2) Indicate your desired units and contract duration. If you have agreed to a payment schedule, review payment installment amount and dates.

(3) If the details are correct, choose Create Contract. A confirmation page will open, indicating that you have successfully subscribed. Select Pay Now.

(4) Choose Set Up Your Account to be redirected to the seller's page and finish configuring your account on the seller's website.

AMI Contract

(1) Review the details of the offer for accuracy including pricing, EULA, AWS terms, and your customer agreement or other agreement governing your use of AWS services.

(2) If the details are correct, choose Accept Terms.

(3) Indicate your desired instance type and number of licenses. If you have agreed to a payment schedule, review payment installment amount and dates.

(4) If the details are correct, choose Create Contract, then Confirm. A confirmation page will open, indicating that you have successfully subscribed.

Start using your software

When you're ready, choose Continue to Configuration for AMI or Set up your account for SaaS.

Have questions? We're here to help.

For miscellaneous questions or additional partner participation information, contact AWS Marketplace channel team at aws-mp-channel@amazon.com

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No. There is price neutrality across channels for ISVs and Consulting Partners who work with AWS.

Yes. Consulting Partner Private Offers was launched in October 2018 to enable the same functionality as Seller Private Offers for resellers, like Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Consulting Partners. For more information, visit https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/partners/channel-programs

Account structures vary based on your organization. To get started, talk to your procurement department. For more information on ways to structure your account, see AWS Organizations and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).

Software subscriptions made in AWS Marketplace are governed by terms negotiated between a customer and ISV or Consulting Partner. Use of AWS Marketplace is governed by your AWS Customer Agreement or other agreement governing your use of AWS services. For more information, please visit: https://aws.amazon.com/agreement/ or https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/enterprise.

The AWS account ID you use will depend on who will be using the software within your organization. Keep in mind that:

  • If your AWS account is linked to your payer account, you can accept an offer from that linked account. You don’t need to use the payer account unless you want all the linked accounts to be bound by the offer.

  • For more information, see AWS Organizations and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Make sure to review your payment and tax settings to ensure they are current and:

  • Confirm that your payment method supports paying the entire cost. To verify your payment method, open the Billing and Cost Management console.

  • If your company qualifies for a tax exemption, verify your tax settings in the AWS Management Console.

  • If you are preparing to purchase a SaaS or AMI solution with a flexible payment schedule, make sure you have invoicing, rather than credit card billing, in place before you accept the offer.

Yes. Using Purchase Order Management for SaaS contracts, you can enter your purchase order number when transacting in AWS Marketplace. Purchase order numbers entered in AWS Marketplace show on the relevant AWS invoices and in the AWS Purchase Order Management Console. For other AWS Marketplace product types other than SaaS contracts, you can add a blanket purchase order number to your AWS Marketplace invoices in the AWS Purchase Order Management Console. Refer to the AWS Documentation to learn more about Purchase Order Management for SaaS Contracts.

Your custom offer may have expired, or you could be logging in from an AWS account not linked to the offer. Contact your ISV or Consulting Partner for support.

After subscribing to your offer, complete the registration and contact your ISV or Consulting Partner for any implementation assistance.

Some of the products eligible for those offers are below. For a full list, please visit the Private Offers page in the AWS Marketplace subscribers guide for more information.

  • AMI or SaaS subscriptions: With subscription-based products, you agree on a price and you are only billed for what you use.

  • AMI annual: With AMI annual, you negotiate the hourly and total contract duration prices over any custom contract duration of up to 3 years. Payment can be made upfront or with a payment schedule.

  • SaaS or AMI contract: With contract-based products, you can commit to upfront payment for your expected usage of the product or negotiate a payment schedule. Custom contract durations are available for up to 3 years.

  • AMI BYOL: With AMI BYOL, you can negotiate a price for using an AMI and use software licenses that you already own. Work with the ISV or Consulting Partner to sign a custom transaction request (CTF) form to agree to pricing, terms, and payment schedule. The form allows AWS Marketplace to subscribe to the BYOL AMI product on your behalf.

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