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Last updated on July 25, 2023

AWS Support Plans Cheat Sheet

With hundreds of services and features, AWS provides a combination of various tools, technologies, programs and human resources to proactively help their customers. AWS offers various support plans that customers can choose from based on their needs.

5 AWS Support Plans

  1. Basic
  2. Developer
  3. Business
  4. Enterprise On-Ramp
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  6. Enterprise

The Basic Support plan is already available to all AWS customers by default and is free of charge. It also offers support for account and billing questions including requests for service limit increases. This AWS Support type includes the following:

  • Customer Service & Communities – You have 24×7 access to customer service, AWS documentation, whitepapers, and support forums.
  • AWS Trusted Advisor – This provides guidance on how to properly provision your AWS resources based on the best practices to further increase performance and improve the overall security of your cloud architecture. You are only provided access to the 7 core Trusted Advisor checks.
  • AWS Personal Health Dashboard – This is a personalized view of the health status of each AWS service that you currently have. It also provides an alert when your resources are impacted by an AWS-initiated activity.

A Technical Account Manager (TAM) is a technical point of contact who provides advocacy and guidance to assist you in planning and building solutions in AWS using industry best practices. This person proactively coordinates and liaises your concerns with subject matter experts and product teams to ensure that your AWS environment operates optimally. 

Take note that a designated TAM is only available if you opt for the AWS Enterprise Support plan.

Comparison of AWS Support Plans

 

DEVELOPER

BUSINESS

ENTERPRISE ON-RAMP

ENTERPRISE

Use Case

Recommended if you are experimenting or testing in AWS

Recommended if you have production workloads in AWS

 

Recommended if you have business and/or mission critical workloads in AWS

AWS Trusted Advisor Best Practice Checks

Service quota and security checks

Full set of checks

Architectural Guidance

General

Contextual to your use-cases

Consultative review and guidance based on your applications

Technical Account Management 

X

X

A pool of Technical Account Managers to provide proactive guidance, and coordinate access to programs.

Designated Technical Account Manager (TAM) to proactively monitor your environment and assist with optimization.

Training 

X

X

X

Access to online self-paced labs

Account Assistance 

X

X

Concierge Support Team

Enhanced Technical Support

Business hours’ ‘ email access to Cloud Support Associates,

Unlimited cases / 1 primary contact

Prioritized responses on AWS re:Post

24×7 phone, email, and chat access to Cloud Support Engineers

Unlimited cases / unlimited contacts (IAM supported)

Prioritized responses on AWS re:Post

Programmatic Case Management

X

AWS Support API

Third-Party Software Support

X

Interoperability & configuration guidance and troubleshooting

Proactive Programs

Access to Support Automation Workflows with prefixes AWSSupport.

Access to Infrastructure Event Management for additional fee. 

Access to Support Automation Workflows with prefixes AWSSupport.

Infrastructure Event Management (one-per-year)

Access to Support Automation Workflows with prefixes AWSSupport and AWSPremiumSupport.

 

Infrastructure Event Management

Access to proactive reviews, workshops, and deep dives.

Access to Support Automation Workflows with prefixes AWSSupport and AWSPremiumSupport.

Customers with an Enterprise support plan are eligible for additional services that are not available in the Developer or Business plans. Aside from having a designated Technical Account Manager, you will also have the following benefits if you opt for Enterprise-level support in AWS: 

  • Infrastructure Event Management 
  • Architecture Support
  • White-glove case routing
  • Management business reviews
  • Concierge Support Team

AWS Technical Support Response Times 

 

DEVELOPER

BUSINESS

ENTERPRISE ON-RAMP

ENTERPRISE

Case Severity / Response Times* 

  General guidance:

< 24 business hours**

General guidance: < 24 hours

General guidance: < 24 hours

System impaired:

< 12 business hours**

System impaired: < 12 hours

System impaired: < 12 hours

 

Production system impaired: < 4 hours

Production system impaired: < 4 hours

 

Production system down: 

< 1 hour

Production system down: 

< 1 hour

   

Business-critical system down: < 30 minutes

Business-critical system down: < 15 minutes

You can also choose a type of AWS Support Plan based on your production workload. If you are only experimenting, testing, or doing a Proof of Concept (POC) in AWS, it is recommended that you choose the Developer plan. If you have production workloads running in AWS, it is suitable to opt for the Business plan. Lastly, if you have mission-critical workloads, it is better to stick with an Enterprise plan because it provides the most efficient response times to support your systems.

With its Enhanced Technical Support, the Enterprise Support plan provides you with 24×7 access to the AWS Cloud Support Engineers via phone, chat, and email. You can also have an unlimited number of contacts that can open an unlimited amount of cases. AWS also provides you with a response time of less than 15 minutes in the event that your business-critical systems go down. 

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Written by: Jon Bonso

Jon Bonso is the co-founder of Tutorials Dojo, an EdTech startup and an AWS Digital Training Partner that provides high-quality educational materials in the cloud computing space. He graduated from Mapúa Institute of Technology in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in Information Technology. Jon holds 10 AWS Certifications and is also an active AWS Community Builder since 2020.

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