Join as a Certified Member

MACH Certified Members carry the stamp of approval buyers need to help them build a guaranteed future-proof tech stack. Our members work together as a global collective shaping the future of enterprise technology.

To become an Alliance member and carry the MACH Certified seal, a company must be in full compliance. Scroll down to see the full membership criteria. The process for applications is detailed in our Admissions Playbook.

Interested to find out more about the benefits of being a MACH Certified Member? Read more here.

What type of member?

ISV

MACH Tech Vendors (ISV's) represent new, best-of-breed technology platforms. They work with a number of other vendors in the MACH space and their customers are both international and enterprise level.

Criteria

In addition we require:

Your entire company product(s) offering/portfolio to be 100% MACH compliant
At least three different microservices that each have their own domain
Live projects with at least 3 other MACH Vendor member companies
15 or more customers, each generating more than $100M in annual revenue must be using MACH compliant product(s)
A company annual revenue of $10million or more from product licenses AND/OR a headcount of 50 or over

Criteria for legacy companies

For additional criteria applied to those companies who have made a transition from legacy to MACH see here.

To view the entire form download the PDF version by clicking here.

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* ISV with less than $100million ARR: $28,000 per annum billed quarterly
** Large ISV with $100million ARR or more: $55,000 per annum billed quarterly

Start-up ISV

MACH Tech Start-up ISV's represent new, best-of-breed technology platforms at the beginning of their journey.

Criteria

Your entire company product(s) offering/portfolio must be 100% MACH compliant
You must have between $2million and $10million annual revenue from product licenses AND/OR at least 30 employees
Application sponsorship from a MACH Alliance board member. Required prior to application

Application

If you already have an Executive Board Sponsor please contact applications@machalliance.org to request an application form. If you do not yet have an Executive Board Sponsor but would like to be considered then please reach out to applications@machalliance.org to request Startup consideration.

Please find the pre-screening form here.

* $10,000 per annum billed quarterly

Boutique SI

MACH System Integrators (SI's) have the experience and expertise to consult, architect, implement, integrate and manage a modern, composable tech environment. A Boutique SI is a smaller specialist SI, at least 90% dedicated to composable with a focus on innovative technology consulting and implementation.

We are looking for agencies at the forefront of innovative applications of MACH technology, think unusual use-cases, award-winning non-traditional experiences, or groundbreaking go-to-market initiatives.

Criteria

A Boutique SI must have:

A minimum headcount of 25
Three public enterprise MACH references* - with one customer willing to speak publicly about how you helped them move hosted solutions/on premise architectures to composable SaaS architecture or, build 'greenfield' MACH ecosystems for a new brand or operation
Executed partnership agreements with at least three MACH Vendor member companies
10 or more engineers and architects, certified by one or more of the major cloud providers (AWS, GCP or Azure) in engineering, architecture, and operations of cloud-native solutions
Executed partnership agreements with one of either AWS, GCP or Azure
At least three clients with annual revenue of $500 million or more
At least one recent thought leadership publications (company authored) about MACH technology
90%+ MACH focused business
2 recent examples of supporting the MACH movement
Uniqueness in the category

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* References should have a minimum of two MACH technology components or two ISV MACH member solutions

** $10,000 per annum billed quarterly

MACH System Integrators (SI's) have the experience and expertise to consult, architect, implement, integrate and manage a modern, composable tech environment. A standard SI is a full-service digital agency/SI with a sizeable composable practice.

Criteria

An SI must have:

A minimum headcount of 250
Five public enterprise MACH references* - with three customers willing to speak publicly about how you helped them move hosted solutions/on premise architectures to composable SaaS architecture or, build 'greenfield' MACH ecosystems for a new brand or operation
Executed partnership agreements with at least four MACH Vendor member companies
100 or more engineers and architects, certified by one or more of the major cloud providers (AWS, GCP or Azure) in engineering, architecture, and operations of cloud-native solutions
Executed partnership agreements with two of either AWS, GCP or Azure
At least five clients with annual revenue of $800M or more
At least three recent thought leadership publications about MACH technology
Dedicated CoE
Centralized MACH mgmt org
Recommended by 3 MACH vendors

To view the entire form download the PDF version by clicking here.

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* References should have a minimum of two MACH technology components or two ISV MACH member solutions
** $28,000 per annum billed quarterly

GSI

MACH System Integrators (SI's) have the experience and expertise to consult, architect, implement, integrate and manage a modern, composable tech environment. A GSI has expertise in consulting, architecture, implementation and operations with a sizeable composable practice and clients in North America, Europe and one other continent.

Criteria

In a GSI we're looking for a strategy to scale/industrialize composable, with a focus on strategy, capacity and capability driven by leadership. In addition, a GSI must have:

A minimum headcount of 5000
Ten public enterprise MACH references* - with three customers willing to speak publicly about how you helped them move hosted solutions/on premise architectures to composable SaaS architecture or, build 'greenfield' MACH ecosystems for a new brand or operation
Executed partnership agreements with at least five MACH Vendor member companies
1000 or more engineers and architects, certified by one or more of the major cloud providers (AWS, GCP or Azure) in engineering, architecture, and operations of cloud-native solutions
Executed partnership agreements with AWS, GCP and Azure
At least five clients with annual revenue of $1billion or more
At least five recent thought leadership publications (company authored) about MACH technology
Centralized MACH membership management/org
Dedicated COE focused on engineering and architecture
Recommendation from 5 MACH Alliance vendors

To view the entire form download the PDF version by clicking here.

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* References should have more than two MACH technology components or two ISV MACH member solutions. A minimum of three references from North America and Europe each.
** $100,000 per annum billed quarterly

Enabler

MACH Enablers support functional areas of a MACH architecture, including monitoring, data storage, cluster/container mgt, tracing, and orchestration.

Criteria

An Enabler must:

Be able to clearly explain how your offering(s) enables MACH architecture
That you enable at least three enterprise-grade solutions or clients using MACH technology
A minimum of five ISV partners with at least $100million in ARR

To view the entire form download the PDF version by clicking here.

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* $55,000 per annum billed quarterly

Application Process

Step 1: Initial screening
Timing: Within 5 business days
This 30-minute call will involve a review of your application, where you'll have the opportunity to introduce your company, share financial data, and discuss your roadmap. We'll also explore your motivation to join the Alliance and assess your commitment to actively participating and collaborating as part of the wider community. The call will be a chance for us to answer any questions you have, and for us to get to know you and your business better.
Step 2: Criteria Scoring & Evaluation
Timing: Within 15 business days
The MACH Alliance admissions team will review your application and two non-competing representatives from the Admissions panel, made up of member company volunteers, will use a scoring system to determine a pass or fail. An average score of 90 must be reached for your application to be passed to the next stage of the process.
Step 3: Escalation to councils
Timing: Within 10 business days
Occasionally, there are instances where scoring can be borderline. This typically occurs when an applicant's qualifications narrowly meet or miss the benchmark criteria. In such scenarios, to ensure a fair and comprehensive evaluation, the application is escalated to the Growth or Tech councils for further review along with the admissions panel. In this case you will be notified and told to expect a delay.
Step 4: Tech Scoring & Evaluation
Timing: Within 30 business days
A ‘tech check’ will take place with two representatives from the Admissions panel. This will involve a 90 minute call to gain a thorough understanding of the technical, architectural and usage aspects of the platform/software or the technical capabilities to ensure full MACH compliance. An average score of 90 will need to be reached in order to advance through the member certification process.
For Enablers, the admissions panel will need to understand how the applicant company operates in a MACH context and how they are working with end users to enable MACH architectures and deployments.
Step 5: Board approval
Timing: Within 10 Business days
Your application, along with all evaluations and notes will be shared with the Executive board for final approval to ensure due diligence is met and to ensure the Alliance operates in accordance with its rules and regulations and to protect the Alliance’s reputation and integrity. Upon successful approval, you will be notified of our decision and invited to the onboarding process.
Onboarding & Final steps
Timing: Within 5 business days
Join a 60-minute onboarding call with Alliance reps. Learn about membership benefits, collaboration opportunities, and more. Plan to include 3-5 key team members, including a potential MACH liaison, Internal Comms, and PR/Marketing.
We will announce your membership approximately 2-3 weeks following completion of your onboarding.

Have further questions?

If you have further questions please send them to applications@machalliance.org and the MACH Alliance Team will be in touch.