Architecture gets harder as systems grow
Account sprawl, shared networking, and one-off services pile up. Decisions that were fine at launch become expensive to unwind later.
AWS Select Tier Services Partner
Build better on AWS with FactualMinds
FactualMinds is an AWS consulting partner that helps businesses modernize, secure, and operate on AWS. As an AWS Select Tier Services Partner with 50+ certifications on staff, we take on architecture, migration, cost, security, and generative AI work against the goals the business actually has.
- Tier Services Partner
- Select
- AWS certifications
- 50+
- Verified seller
- Marketplace
- Clients served
- 100+
Verify the partnership
Select Tier status and Marketplace seller identity are public, and AWS maintains both pages. Check them on AWS, then come back if the work fits.
- Select Tier Services
- is the partner program AWS lists under Validated Qualifications.
- 3 practices
- validated by AWS: RDS solution and delivery, CloudFront migration from Cloudflare, and static image delivery on S3 and CloudFront.
- 23 listings
- published under the FactualMinds seller profile on AWS Marketplace.
Credentials you can check
50+ AWS certifications on staff, across Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, Security, Machine Learning, Database, Data Analytics, Networking and SysOps.
- AWS Select Tier Services Partner
- An official AWS Services Partner designation based on certified people and launched customer opportunities. It is publicly listed. It is validation, not endorsement.
- Verified AWS Marketplace seller
- Procurement teams can review the seller profile on AWS Marketplace without taking our word for the relationship.
- Outcome-oriented AWS work
- Engagements start with the business problem (spend, risk, delivery speed, or a workload that is not production-ready), then the architecture that supports it.
- Security and cost awareness through delivery
- Access controls, monitoring, and spend ownership are part of the build, not a slide at the end. We help from architecture through implementation.
What Select Tier means
AWS has three Services Partner tiers. Pick one to see what AWS requires. FactualMinds is listed at Select.
| Requirement | Select | Advanced | Premier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accredited individuals | 4 (2 technical, 2 business) | 8 (4 technical, 4 business) | 20 (10 technical, 10 business) |
| Foundational certified individuals | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Technical certified individuals | 2 | 6, at least 3 Professional or Specialty | 25, at least 10 Professional or Specialty |
| Launched customer opportunities | 3 (total MRR $1,500+) | 20 (total MRR $10,000+) | 50 (total MRR $50,000+) |
| Partner business plan | Not required | Required | Required |
| Executive business review | Not required | Not required | Required |
| AWS Competency, MSP or Well-Architected designations | Not required | Not required | 3, one of them MSP, DevOps or CloudOps |
| Annual APN fee | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| FactualMinds | Listed at this tier | Not held | Not held |
Source: AWS Services Partner Tiers, checked 28 October 2026.
Specializations we are pursuing
These are areas of delivery expertise. FactualMinds does not currently hold AWS Competency designations in these programs. Until AWS grants them, we write “specialization in,” never “AWS [X] Competency.”
- Cloud security
- WAF, Security Hub, GuardDuty, IAM, and compliance work for regulated workloads.
- DevOps
- CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and Well-Architected reviews.
- Generative AI
- Bedrock, SageMaker, RAG pipelines, and Guardrails.
- Agentic AI
- We are pursuing the Consulting Services category. We do not hold an Agentic AI Competency.
Why businesses work with an AWS partner
The next architecture, spend, security, or migration decision is hard to reverse once it is in production.
Cloud spend is hard to see clearly
The invoice arrives; ownership of each line item often does not. Waste hides in idle capacity, data transfer, and services nobody remembers turning on.
Security and compliance need ongoing attention
Access, logging, and evidence collection are not a one-time project. Gaps show up during audits, incidents, or a new workload that handles regulated data.
Migration needs a plan and an execution team
Lift-and-shift without a target architecture is how bills rise after cutover. Sequencing, dependencies, and a rollback path matter as much as the move itself.
AI workloads need architecture and controls
A working demo is not a production system. Data access, cost ceilings, evals, and write boundaries decide whether the workload survives real traffic.
Internal teams often need extra AWS capacity
A small platform group cannot cover architecture, FinOps, security, and delivery at once. Extra hands should leave IaC and runbooks with the team that stays.
Photographs: Julien Moreau, Roman Kraft, Todd Quackenbush, Matthew Wiebe, Carl Nenzen Loven and Rob Bye, via Unsplash.
AWS expertise that fits where you are
Planning a migration, already live and due an architecture review, growing a SaaS product, running eCommerce, or exploring AI. Same partner, a different first conversation.
How we approach AWS engagements
Scope stays locked until the next agreed step. Drag through the five stages.
Understand the goal first
Current-state assessment
- Accounts and workloads in scope
- Spend by owner
- Business goals that drive the architecture
Stays with your team
Recommend one next step
Target approach
- Ranked opportunities
- Target architecture
- A fixed-scope next step, before any SOW grows
Stays with your team
Build in accounts you own
Change set
- Infrastructure as code
- Integrations
- Engineering changes, reviewed with your team
Stays with your team
Validate against the metrics
Readiness check
- Security
- Reliability and performance
- Operational readiness
Stays with your team
Improve as the workload grows
Handover pack
- Runbooks
- IaC the team keeps
- Optimization backlog for the bill
Stays with your team
Case studies you can open
AWS work for TargetBay, Henne Organics, Little Sponges, TarpsNow, ProRollers, a B2B SaaS platform, a regional healthcare network, a fintech payment startup, a mid-size manufacturer and an eCommerce retailer.
200M+
Amazon SES messages a month for TargetBay, with zero blacklisting incidents.
$85k to $58k
Monthly AWS spend for a B2B SaaS platform, a 32% cut with p99 unchanged.
8 weeks
From engagement to a zero-trust HIPAA telehealth platform in production.
Named clients and numbers come from published write-ups. None of these are AI-agent case studies; we have zero of those. See all AWS case studies
Frequently asked questions
What does AWS Select Tier mean?
AWS Select Tier is the first official Services Partner tier. It requires trained and certified people, plus launched customer opportunities recorded with AWS. Select Tier partners are listed in the AWS Partner Solutions Finder. It is validation of those requirements, not an AWS endorsement. Advanced and Premier set a higher bar: more certified people, more launched opportunities, and, for Premier, AWS Competency or MSP designations.
How do I verify FactualMinds is an AWS partner?
Open the FactualMinds listing on the AWS Partner Solutions Finder, and the AWS Marketplace seller profile. Both are public and maintained independently of this website.
Can FactualMinds list services on AWS Marketplace?
Yes. FactualMinds is a verified AWS Marketplace seller. Buyers can review the seller profile and procure listed offers through Marketplace where that path fits their purchasing process.
Does FactualMinds work with existing AWS teams?
That is the default. We embed alongside the people who will run the environment, in accounts you own, with infrastructure as code and runbooks that stay with you. Dedicated-expert and managed-services paths exist when you want capacity rather than a handoff.
How does an AWS engagement usually begin?
With a conversation about the current problem: spend, risk, a migration, or a workload that is not ready for production. We assess the environment and the goal, then recommend a fixed-scope next step. You do not need a prepared architecture deck to start.
What AWS work does FactualMinds take on?
Architecture, migration, security, cost optimization, DevOps, generative AI, data platforms, and managed operations. The services catalog has the delivery detail; this page is the partnership and trust overview.
Talk to an AWS expert
Tell us the migration, the bill, the security gap, or the workload that is not production-ready. We typically respond within 4 business hours.