Partners

Partner with Varnish to build faster, safer, higher-margin digital services

Varnish helps partners turn performance, control and infrastructure efficiency into repeatable revenue. Whether you resell, embed, integrate or deliver expert services, we provide the technology, enablement and support to help you win and retain customers.

Add proven performance and caching technology to your portfolio
Build recurring revenue through resale, co-sell, managed services or embedded solutions
Work with Varnish experts across architecture, enablement and go-to-market
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Partner models

Find your partner path

Start with how you want to work with Varnish. Each path has a different commercial model, enablement setup and go-to-market motion.

I want to resell or manage services

Channel partners

  • Managed services
  • Resale
  • White-label

For MSPs, VARs, SIs, ISPs and media platforms that want to add Varnish to their service portfolio.

Good fit if you

  • Manage customer infrastructure or digital services
  • Want recurring revenue around performance, delivery or security
  • Prefer resale, co-sell, managed service or white-label motions

What Varnish provides

  • Partner account management
  • Demo environment and onboarding
  • Co-sell and pre-sales support
  • Co-branding, white-label assets and case studies
Commercial model
Reseller or revenue share
Customer relationship
Partner owns the customer relationship
Typical motion
Resell, co-sell, managed service or white-label
I want to embed or validate technology

Technology partners

  • OEM or Embedded
  • Joint architecture
  • Platform differentiation

For hosters, hardware vendors, SaaS platforms, neoclouds and infrastructure providers building Varnish into their stack.

Good fit if you

  • Build infrastructure platforms or cloud services
  • Want to validate joint architectures with Varnish
  • Need OEM, embedded or co-engineered solutions
  • Want to improve time to market when infrastructure capacity is scarce

What Varnish provides

  • Technical account management
  • Development sandbox
  • Engineering support
  • Joint go-to-market planning
Commercial model
OEM or embedded pricing
Customer relationship
Partner embeds Varnish into its own platform or stack
Typical motion
Joint architecture, embedded service or validated solution
I want to deliver expert services

Platform Expert partners

  • Professional services
  • VCL expertise
  • Advanced implementations

For Varnish specialists and services firms that design, optimize and operate advanced Varnish environments.

Good fit if you

  • Have deep platform, application or delivery expertise
  • Deliver architecture, implementation or optimization services
  • Want to sell expert services through or alongside Varnish
  • Work with complex customer environments where performance and control matter

What Varnish provides

  • Partner account management
  • Technical account management
  • Development sandbox
  • Engineering support
  • Ability to sell through Varnish channels
Commercial model
Services, resale or transactional revenue share
Customer relationship
Partner delivers expert services around Varnish environments
Typical motion
Implementation, optimization, platform services
Program benefits

What you get as a Varnish partner

Commercial model, enablement and go-to-market support tailored to how you work with Varnish.

Benefit Channel partners Technology partners Platform Expert partners
Commercial model Reseller pricing or revenue share OEM or embedded pricing Reseller, services or transactional revenue share
Co-sell support Co-sell and pre-sales support Joint go-to-market planning Ability to sell through Varnish channels
Technical enablement Demo environment and onboarding Development sandbox and engineering support Development sandbox and engineering support
Market assets Co-branding, white-label assets and case studies Co-branding, white-label assets and case studies Co-branding, white-label assets and case studies
Dedicated partner contact Partner account manager Partner account manager and technical account manager Partner account manager and technical account manager
Lead generation Inbound lead generation Referrals and inbound lead generation Referrals and inbound lead generation
How we work with partners

A clear path from first conversation to growth

Step 01

Discover

We map your business model, customer base and technical fit.

Step 02

Validate

We define the right commercial motion and technical architecture.

Step 03

Enable

We provide onboarding, demo environments, assets and partner support.

Step 04

Launch

We support co-sell, white-label, embedded or services-led activation.

Step 05

Grow

We help identify new opportunities, use cases and accounts.

Partner use cases

Where partners build with Varnish

Embedded CDN and delivery services

Package Varnish as part of a managed delivery or edge performance service.

Infrastructure and cloud performance

Help customers improve throughput, reduce origin pressure and increase platform efficiency.

Secure software supply chains

Add Artifact Firewall and Varnish Virtual Registry to platform and DevSecOps offerings.

AI and GPU infrastructure

Use Varnish to reduce data movement, improve cache efficiency and support high-throughput AI infrastructure.

Products partners can build with

Bring proven Varnish technology into your portfolio

Product

Varnish Virtual Registry

Support secure, controlled and efficient access to software packages across development and platform teams.

Product

Varnish Artifact Firewall

Help customers protect software supply chains by controlling which packages and artifacts are allowed into their environments.

Product

Varnish Sovereign CDN

Help customers deliver content with greater control over infrastructure, geography and data sovereignty.

Product

Varnish CDN in a Box

Launch CDN services using partner infrastructure and Varnish technology, with a model designed for service providers and regional delivery networks.

Build your next revenue stream with Varnish

Whether you resell, embed, integrate or deliver expert services, Varnish gives you the technology and partner support to turn performance, security and infrastructure control into commercial advantage.

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