Oracle’s new $1 billion pledge to its business partners is not a grant that any company can apply for. Oracle announced the commitment on 23 October. It said the money will be spread over the next four years and is subject to its program terms and eligibility requirements. It has not said how the money will be split or how much a single partner could receive.
The commitment targets Oracle’s partners. These are the software vendors, systems integrators, resellers and managed service providers that build, sell and run Oracle technology for customers. Oracle says the commitment covers training and certification, technical environments, migration support and joint selling. It applies across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Database and Fusion Applications. The company links the investment to customer demand for AI solutions and services.
Support flows through Oracle PartnerNetwork, the company’s partner program. A member might use it to assess a customer’s move to Oracle’s cloud, demonstrate software, or build an integration. Oracle lists annual membership fees of US$500 at Level 0, $5,000 at Level 1, $100,000 at Level 2, and $500,000 at Level 3, plus applicable taxes. These numbered levels opened in August 2025, before this announcement.
Moving from Level 0 to Level 1 adds $4,500 a year, a tenfold increase. Level 0 covers help with sales leads, deals where customers bring their own licenses, and qualifying free Marketplace listings. It excludes paid publisher listings and the program’s general benefits and incentives. Level 1 adds five advanced training seats and US$5,000 to use toward discounted Oracle cloud environments for development, testing and demonstrations.
Not every business can join. Oracle’s membership requirements say the program is “geared toward established companies” that are at least six months old with at least five employees. Sole proprietorships are not covered.
Paying for a level does not guarantee each benefit either. Oracle says all benefits and incentives are subject to applicable program terms and eligibility requirements.
Alongside the pledge, Oracle announced Marketplace changes. Customers can now apply more of their eligible Universal Credits, the credits customers buy for Oracle cloud services, to qualifying purchases, though Oracle did not give the new percentage. Partners also get negotiated private offers and billing based on how much customers use.
Multi-Party Private Offers are available now in the US, Spain and Brazil. They are Oracle’s format for negotiated Marketplace deals involving partners. The date to watch is the end of 2026, when Oracle plans to add more EU countries. It has not named them or said whether the UK is included.
