AWS Activate
Free AWS credits for startups.
AWS Activate gives qualifying startups free AWS credits — from $5,000 on the self-serve Founders tier up to $200,000 on the Portfolio tier — to cover cloud infrastructure costs while you build and validate your product.
Early-stage startups (pre-seed to Series A) not yet heavy AWS users. The higher credit tiers typically require backing by an accelerator, VC, or recognised incubator — or applying via an AWS Partner like Cloudstok.
We assess your eligibility, identify the right credit tier, prepare your application, and submit it on your behalf. We also ensure your infrastructure is set up to use the credits effectively.
Up to $200,000 in credits + AWS technical support + Activate-exclusive training
AWS Lift
Credits for businesses new to AWS.
AWS Lift is built for businesses with little to no AWS usage yet. It starts with a $250 credit to get you onboard, then unlocks tiered promotional credits of up to $83,500 over 12 months as your usage grows.
Businesses averaging under $750/month in AWS spend over the past 3 months, and not currently receiving AWS Activate credits or more than $500 in other AWS credits.
We check your usage history against Lift's eligibility thresholds, register your application, and design your initial workloads so you progress cleanly through the credit tiers.
$250 starter credit, then up to $83,500 in tiered credits over 12 months
AWS MAP
Migration funding at scale.
Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) is AWS's primary migration funding programme. It provides financial credits across three phases — Assess, Mobilize, and Migrate & Modernize — to offset the cost of moving workloads to AWS.
Businesses migrating production workloads with projected post-migration AWS ARR between $500,000 and $10M. SAP, Oracle, VMware, and mainframe workloads qualify for additional SPI top-ups.
As an AWS Migration Competency Partner, we run the full Assess → Mobilize → Migrate process, file funding requests at each milestone, and manage the AWS approval workflow on your behalf.
15%+ of your migration spend back in AWS credits, faster approvals, proven methodology
AWS MAP Lite
Streamlined migration funding for smaller teams.
Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) Lite is the streamlined version of MAP for smaller migrations — same methodology, simplified approval, reduced overhead. Ideal for teams earlier in their cloud journey.
Businesses with projected post-migration AWS ARR between $100,000 and $500,000.
We scope your migration, identify MAP Lite eligibility, prepare the workload inventory, and handle the full single-approval submission. Faster process, same outcome.
Faster approval, accessible for smaller ARR
SAP on AWS
Purpose-built support for SAP migrations.
Migrating SAP ECC, S/4HANA, or RISE environments to AWS carries extra architectural and licensing complexity. AWS provides dedicated migration funding support for these workloads, on top of standard cloud migration incentives.
Organisations running SAP on-premises or in third-party data centres. Eligible: SAP ECC, S/4HANA, SAP BW, and related SAP applications.
We scope the SAP migration, qualify it for the available AWS funding support, and combine it with your broader migration incentives to maximise total credit value. We also handle SAP-specific architecture decisions on AWS.
Additional funding specifically for SAP complexity, combined with your broader migration incentives
VMware on AWS
Purpose-built support for VMware migrations.
Migrate from VMware vSphere to VMware Cloud on AWS or AWS-native EC2. AWS provides dedicated migration funding support for VMware workloads, on top of standard cloud migration incentives — helping you exit rising VMware licensing costs.
Businesses running VMware workloads on-premises looking to exit VMware licensing costs or modernise to cloud-native infrastructure.
We assess your VMware estate, choose the right migration path (VMware Cloud on AWS vs native EC2), qualify it for the available AWS funding support, and execute the migration.
Additional funding specifically for VMware migrations, combined with your broader migration incentives
AWS Well-Architected Review
Free architecture review. Real findings.
A structured review of your existing AWS architecture against AWS's six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimisation, and Sustainability.
Any business running workloads on AWS — no size minimum. Relevant whether you're running a two-service startup stack or a multi-account enterprise environment.
We prepare your architecture documentation, run the official AWS WAR review, produce the findings report, and implement remediation items — all as a single engagement.
Free review; uncovers hidden cost and security risks; can unlock AWS remediation credits
AI Readiness Assessment
Know your AI opportunity before you build.
A structured assessment of where GenAI and ML can move the needle in your business — data readiness, use-case prioritisation, and the right AWS AI stack (Bedrock, SageMaker) for the job — before you commit engineering time.
Any business evaluating AI/GenAI investment — from teams with no AI in production yet to those looking to prioritise their next AI use case.
We run structured discovery sessions, audit your data readiness, shortlist viable use cases, and deliver a prioritised roadmap with AWS AI service recommendations and cost projections.
Clear use-case priorities, data-readiness gaps, and AWS AI cost projections — before you build
AWS Partner Billing Discounts
Up to 10% billing discounts on AWS.
As an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, Cloudstok can bring your AWS account under our partner billing — passing through discounts of up to 10% on your AWS spend, with no change to your architecture or workloads.
Businesses with ongoing AWS spend that want to lower their bill and get partner-level support, without paying AWS directly at list price.
We move your billing under our AWS partner account, apply partner discounts to your monthly spend, and stay your single point of contact for billing, support, and architecture.
Up to 10% billing discounts on AWS spend, one invoice, one point of contact
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