The hyperscaler. An application platform by our definition, with a mature certification ecosystem of its own.
How well Amazon Web Services supports the people who look after it
- Protect90
- Change96
- Observe83
- Governance97
- Documentation89
- Data84
- Integrate99
- Support100
- Agents89
- Security81
The synopsis
AI-generated draft- ProtectLeading90
Backup and restore is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.
- ChangeLeading96
Code management, staging and rollback is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.
- ObserveOptimizing83
Amazon Web Services supports schema monitoring and change visibility well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- GovernanceLeading97
Users, authentication and access control is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.
- DocumentationLeading89
Documentation in the platform and across teams is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.
- DataOptimizing84
Amazon Web Services supports data cleansing, hygiene and integrity well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- IntegrateLeading99
Integrations and how they are secured is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.
- SupportLeading100
Support from the platform and to end users is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.
- AgentsLeading89
Using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.
- SecurityOptimizing81
Amazon Web Services supports access, secrets, audit and compliance well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
This is an estimate until the survey closes. After that, it is the score from everyone who answered for Amazon Web Services, labeled survey-generated and published with its report.
Three bodies, seats open.
The people who run Amazon Web Services’s part of the Alliance: a steering committee of five that makes the decisions, a certification working group that writes the exam, and an ops working group that looks after the community.
- Platform Steering Committee5 per platform
Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.
Seats open - Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform
The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.
Seats open - Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped
Content and moderation within the platform’s community.
Seats open
Amazon Web Services has not joined as a participating platform member. It is here because the people who use it registered for it.
Join for Amazon Web Services.
Every name on the join form counts toward the twenty Amazon Web Services needs to open, and toward seating its steering committee.
- Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join
Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.
- Q1 2027First survey opens
The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.
- Summer 2027The Alliance forms
Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.
- AfterCertification opens
The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.