APN Technology Partners

APN Technology Partner Benefits and Requirements

• APN resources to build your business. Available to all partners upon registration and across all APN tiers

  APN Partner Central Access online trainings and APN webcasts for technical and program videos.		AWS SaaS Factory Program Business and technical enablement resources to build, migrate, and optimize SaaS on AWS.
  APN Navigate Foundations Path Step-by-step guidance to help you achieve APN Select tier.		AWS Marketplace Listing Gain eligibility to publish your solution on AWS Marketplace.
  APN Navigate Specialization Tracks Receive prescriptive guidance to become specialists in a solution, industry, workload, or service area on AWS, to define programs that best serve your business needs, and progress to your next APN tier.		AWS Educate Job Board Post career opportunities to the job board and access a pool of hundreds of thousands of candidates interested in a cloud career.
  Online Training and Accreditations Access APN business and technical partner trainings, subsidized classes, and AWS credits.		AWS Device Qualification Program A hardware validation program to list qualified devices on partner Device Catalog.
  ACE Program for Partner Referrals Gain eligibility to share new partner-led opportunities with AWS account teams with the APN Customer Engagements (ACE) Program for co-sell and engagement support.		AWS Partner Transformation Program 110 days to transformation is a comprehensive assessment, training, and enablement program for APN Public Sector Technology Partners.
  AWS Quick Starts Program Leverage Quick Starts to help you build your production environment quickly.		Support from Partner Development Representative (PDR) A PDR will contact you within one business day of signing up with the APN. As you progress through the APN tiers, you can receive more dedicated support from PDR and Partner Solutions Architects (PSA).
  AWS Global Sponsorship Packages Sponsorship packages to help APN Partners drive brand awareness, thought leadership, personalized customer interactions, and more.

• APN Programs to market and sell with APN. For APN Select and higher tiers.
  

  	APN Select tier	APN Advanced tier
  AWS Database Ready Program
  APN Customer Engagements (ACE) Program
  AWS Service Ready
  AWS Public Sector Partner Program
  ISV Workload Migration Program
  APN Global Startup Program
  AWS Competency Program
  AWS Authority to Operate (ATO) Program

• APN marketing resources to market your business. For APN Select and higher tiers
  

  	APN Select tier	APN Advanced tier
  Listing in Partner Solutions Finder
  Access to APN Marketing Central for resources to generate demand for your offerings
  Co-branding marketing assets: AWS Logo, APN Partner Badge usage
  Eligible for joint AWS case study showcased on APN Spotlights
  Social marketing with APN Blog guest post
  Early access to sponsorship packages for AWS events
  Featured on AWS Solution webpages
  Eligible to develop solutions for featuring on AWS Solution Space

• APN funding resources to build, market and sell with the APN. For APN Select and higher tiers
  

  	APN Select tier	APN Advanced 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

  Acceptance into APN Tiers is at the sole discretion of AWS. All APN benefits are provided on a yearly basis based on the APN Partner’s eligibility for each benefit and may not be available in all geographies and markets. Some APN benefits are subject to additional requirements, Terms and Conditions as described in APN Partner Central and applicable APN Program guidelines.
  

• APN Program Fee
  

  APN Program Fee	APN Select tier	APN Advanced tier
  Annual APN Program Fee	$2,500/year	$2,500/year

• Knowledge Requirements
  

  Knowledge Requirements	APN Select Tier	APN Advanced Tier
  AWS Technical Certified Individuals	1	4 Min. 2  Professional or Specialty

   

• Experience Requirements
  

  Experience Requirements	APN Select Tier	APN Advanced Tier
  Direct Revenue or Launched Opportunities	$15,000 in direct revenue, or 3 Launched Opportunities Total MRR => $1,500	$350,000 in direct revenue, or 20 Launched Opportunities with Total MRR => $10,000
  Product Listing
  Partner Business Plan
  AWS Technical Baseline review

• Customer Success requirements
  

  Customer Success requirements	APN Select Tier	APN Advanced Tier
  Publicly Referenceable Customers	1	2
  Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) Responses	5	20

  Detailed Terms and Conditions for the above requirements are available through APN Partner Central.