Adopt AWS best practices, reduce risks, and build robust applications
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The AWS Well-Architected Partner Program helps organizations establish good architectural habits, reduce risks, and respond faster to changes that affect designs, applications, and workloads. AWS Well-Architected Partners gain expertise to build high-quality solutions, implement best practices, check the state of workloads, and make improvements to fit business and customer needs.
New to AWS Well-Architected? Learn how the AWS Well-Architected Framework helps cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructures for their applications and workloads.
Explore success stories and how to get started below.
Enrich customer relationships
Leverage AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews to identify and remove high-risk issues in workloads, enabling you to establish customer trust and drive new engagements.
Apply AWS best practices
Save time, reduce costs, drive efficiencies, and provide fact-based improvement plans to customers to track and improve workload compliance.
Increase your visibility
Utilize the AWS Partner badge in marketing collateral with the Well-Architected designation to showcase your expertise to customers, AWS teams, and partners.
Looking to mitigate risks in your workloads?
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 or Software Path
- After joining the APN, enroll in the Services or Software Path
- Gain eligibility to apply for the AWS Well-Architected Partner Program by first meeting the minimum validation criteria for the Services or Software Path.
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Step 3: Review program requirements
AWS Partners must meet the requirements listed in the relevant AWS Well-Architected Partner Program Guide to apply for the program, available in Partner Central.
AWS Well-Architected Partner Program Guide »
AWS Well-Architected Software Partner Program Guide »
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Step 4: Apply
- After meeting the program requirements and completing onboarding, you will receive an email to confirm your status as an AWS Well-Architected Partner. You can immediately take advantage of AWS Partner benefits, which include showcasing your AWS Partner badge with the Well-Architected designation, access to funding, marketing resources, and more. AWS Partner benefits, which include showcasing your AWS Partner badge with the Well-Architected designation, access to funding, marketing resources, and more.
- After meeting the program requirements and completing onboarding, you will receive an email to confirm your status as an AWS Well-Architected Partner. You can immediately take advantage of AWS Partner benefits, which include showcasing your AWS Partner badge with the Well-Architected designation, access to funding, marketing resources, and more. AWS Partner benefits, which include showcasing your AWS Partner badge with the Well-Architected designation, access to funding, marketing resources, and more.
Partner Testimonials

"One of the biggest advantages of the Amazon Partner Network (APN) is the AWS Well-Architected Partner Program. By following the best practices in the AWS Well-Architected Framework, companies can develop solutions with proven architectures that can cut time and costs, improve solution quality, and deliver positive customer outcomes."
- Budhi Wibawa, CEO of PT Innovation Cloud Services (ICS Compute)