AWS Partner Network
- What it is
- The AWS Partner Network (APN) — the global community of companies that build products on or provide services around AWS.
- Partner types
- Software partners (ISVs) — independent software vendors whose products run on AWS; often listed in AWS Marketplace.
- Services partners — consulting firms, system integrators, managed service providers, and resellers that help you design, migrate, and operate.
- Also hardware, training, and distribution partners.
- Tiers and competencies
- Partners advance through tiers (Select → Advanced → Premier) and earn Competencies validating expertise in a domain (Security, Migration, Machine Learning, Healthcare).
- Benefits of being a partner
- Training and certification support, funding programs, partner events, co-selling, and volume discounts.
- Related
- AWS IQ — hire individual certified experts for short projects.
- AWS Professional Services — AWS’s own consulting arm, not a partner.