AWS SaaS Factory Program
Your place for all things SaaS on AWS
What is the AWS SaaS Factory Program?
The AWS SaaS Factory Program helps AWS Partners at any stage of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) journey. Whether you are looking to build new products, migrate existing applications, or optimize SaaS solutions on AWS, the AWS SaaS Factory Program can help.
You will receive direct access to technical and business content, best practices, solution architects, and SaaS experts that can guide and help you accelerate delivery of SaaS solutions on AWS.
Discover program benefits, how to get started, the AWS SaaS Factory Insights Hub, and partner success stories below.
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AWS SaaS Factory Program Benefits
Boost your SaaS knowledge
Access AWS SaaS Factory Insights Hub, a growing library of business and technical content, such as whitepapers, case studies, and best practices, enabling you to enhance your SaaS knowledge.
Engage with SaaS experts
Choose from a range of options to engage with SaaS experts including immersive events, self-guided learning modules, and high-touch engagements that align with your business needs.
Leverage ready-to-use resources
Receive practical guidance and tools to build and launch your SaaS solutions with hands-on resources, such as reference architectures, and AWS Quick Starts.
AWS SaaS Factory Partner Journey
Start your SaaS journey with expert guidance and best practices based on years of AWS experience and feedback from thousands of partners that have engaged with the AWS SaaS Factory team. Follow these steps to make the most of the AWS SaaS Factory Program.
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Step 1: Join the APN
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Step 2: Assess Your SaaS Readiness
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Step 3: Plan and Build your solution
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Step 4: Grow and Optimize
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Step 1: Join the APN
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If you haven’t already registered your company with the APN, join at no cost by creating your AWS Partner Central Account.
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Step 2: Assess Your SaaS Readiness
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Review the AWS SaaS Journey Map to assess your organization’s readiness and view available resources to accelerate the journey.
- Leverage the Forrester study, The ISV Business Case for Building SaaS on AWS, to analyze your business opportunity and the potential financial impact of developing a SaaS product
- Understand the dynamics of the SaaS business model and assess your organization’s current state with the following resources:
- Evaluate the technical trade-offs to move to a SaaS delivery model and leverage resources to create the best alignment between your domain, market, strategic, and customer needs:
- For those establishing a SaaS consulting and technical practice, start with the APN Navigate SaaS Enablement track to develop expertise in designing and implementing end-to-end solutions architecture on AWS
- Get inspired with partner success stories on how others have been successful in driving SaaS transformation
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Step 3: Plan and Build your solution
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Start planning and building your SaaS solution with these prescriptive resources.
- Access AWS SaaS Boost, an open source ready-to-use reference environment that enables ISVs to jump-start your move to SaaS
- Use the AWS Well-Architected SaaS Lens to build and accelerate delivery of your SaaS solutions leveraging AWS best practices and prescriptive guidance from AWS SaaS experts
- Leverage sample solutions that accelerate your path to SaaS best practices such as SaaS Quick Starts
- Access end-to-end narratives that provide an in-depth look at building SaaS on different AWS services:
- Get specific guidance on approaches to migrate existing single-tenant systems to a multi-tenant SaaS model with these resources:
- Get help from the AWS SaaS Competency Partners that have deep experience helping organizations design and build SaaS and cloud-native solutions on AWS
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Step 4: Grow and Optimize
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Continue to follow AWS SaaS Factory best practices to further optimize your business model and technical architecture.
- Access a broad range of AWS Partner Programs and resources to grow your business such as:
- AWS Partner Solutions Finder (PSF) to help you generate customer demand
- AWS Partner Marketing Central for go-to-market assets
- APN Customer Engagements (ACE) Program to collaborate with AWS Sales teams and drive successful customer engagements
- APN Funding resources to support POC and migration opportunities including cash reimbursement and AWS promotional credits
- Check the Forrester New Wave: SaaS Marketplaces Report to understand the SaaS cloud marketplaces landscape and emerging industry trends
- Deliver your solution to end customers as a SaaS offering through AWS Marketplace
- Access a broad range of AWS Partner Programs and resources to grow your business such as:
AWS SaaS Factory Insights Hub
Explore our collection of resources to empower and enable you at any stage of your SaaS on AWS journey. You can filter by topic most relevant to your business, content types, and your specific business or technical role to gain insights and make informed decisions.
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AWS SaaS Factory Success Stories
From its inception, AWS SaaS Factory team has engaged with thousands of businesses from startups to larger enterprises. Watch the video to hear from the AWS SaaS Factory Partners as they share the value of the building, marketing, and selling their SaaS-based solutions on AWS.
Explore the AWS SaaS Factory success stories to discover how AWS Partners are delivering SaaS solutions to customers.
