APN Consulting Partners

APN Consulting 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 Marketplace Channel Programs Recommend and deliver software to AWS customers.
  APN Navigate Foundations Path Receive step-by-step guidance to help you achieve APN Select 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.
  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 Partner Transformation Program 110 days to transformation is a comprehensive assessment, training, and enablement program for APN Public Sector Consulting Partners.
  Online Training and Accreditations Access APN business and technical partner trainings, subsidized classes, and AWS credits.		AWS Global Sponsorship Packages Sponsorship packages to help APN partners drive brand awareness, thought leadership, personalized customer interactions, and more.
  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.		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 Solutions Implementations and AWS Quick Starts Leverage these pre-built, vetted solutions to build your production environment faster and solve common customer problems.

   

   

   

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

  	APN Select tier	APN Advanced and Premier tier
  AWS Solution Provider Program
  APN Customer Engagements (ACE) Program
  AWS Public Sector Partner Program
  ISV Workload Migration Program
  AWS Service Delivery Program
  AWS Distribution Program
  AWS Well-Architected Partner Program
  Managed Service Provider (MSP) 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 and Premier 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 Success Stories webpage
  Social marketing with APN Blog guest post
  Featured on AWS Solution webpages
  Eligible for APN Immersion Days
  Eligible to develop solutions and offerings for featuring on AWS Solution Space
  Featured on APN Premier Consulting Partners webpage		APN Premier Tier Only
  Early access to sponsorship packages for AWS events		APN Premier Tier Only

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

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

   

• Knowledge Requirements
  

  Knowledge Requirements	APN Select tier	APN Advanced tier	APN Premier tier
  Accredited Individuals	Min. 4 2 Technical, 2 Business Professionals	Min. 8 4 Technical, 4 Business Professionals	Min. 20 10 Technical, 10 Business Professionals
  AWS Foundational Certified Individuals	2	4	10
  AWS Technical Certified Individuals	2	6 Min. 3  Professional or Specialty	25 Min. 10  Professional or Specialty

   

• Experience Requirements
  

  Experience Requirements	APN Select tier	APN Advanced tier	APN Premier tier
  Launched Opportunities	3 Launched Opportunities (Total MRR>=$1,500)	20 Launched Opportunities (Total MRR>=$10,000)	50 Launched Opportunities (Total MRR>=$50,000)
  Partner Business Plan
  Executive Business Review
  Technical Program Validations			3*
  Sustained Attainment of APN Premier Tier Criteria			>6 months

   

  * Must include AWS MSP Designation or AWS DevOps Competency

• Customer Success Requirements
  

  Customer Success Requirements	APN Select tier	APN Advanced tier	APN Premier tier
  Publicly Referenceable Customers	1	2	6
  Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) Responses	5	20	30

   

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