Built on AWS
Products that run inside the customer's AWS account. Not multi-cloud tools with an AWS connector. AWS-native from the architecture up.
Better Together
We partner with like-minded companies and entrepreneurs who are driving AWS AI adoption by building and marketing innovative solutions deployed on AWS.
Cloud Scal3 Better Together partners are complementary by design. We extend what they deliver, and they extend what we deliver, so the customer gets a more complete picture of AWS governance than either company could provide alone.
What We Look For
The right partner is not just any AWS ISV. It is a specific kind of builder.
Cloud Scal3 Better Together partnerships are selective. We look for companies and founders solving a real governance or adoption problem on AWS, for business teams, with AWS-native architecture.
Built for business teams
Solutions designed for the people who own budgets and outcomes, not just the engineers who own infrastructure. The non-technical team is the user.
Accelerates AWS AI adoption
Products that make AWS AI workloads more governable, more accessible, or more economically sound for the organizations deploying them.
Complementary by design
Solutions that extend what Cloud Scal3 delivers rather than overlap with it. Two control planes closing different gaps for the same customer.
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Thoughtbox AI
thoughtbox.ai
Thoughtbox AI builds purpose-built AWS-native solutions for the business teams who own software spend. They are the founders behind Marketplace Central and the first company to meet every criterion in the Cloud Scal3 Better Together program.
Marketplace Central — AWS Marketplace Procurement Control Plane
FinOps Center governs what you spend. Marketplace Central governs how you procure it.
Stop managing AWS Marketplace in spreadsheets. Marketplace Central gives your procurement, finance, and IT teams a purpose-built command center for every vendor agreement, private offer, free trial, and invoice, connected directly to your ERP.
Serverless. AWS-native.
LambdaDynamoDBAPI GatewayCognitoEventBridgeAmazon BedrockCost ExplorerAWS KMS
Deployed in your delegated AWS account. Your data never leaves your environment.
Cloud Scal3
FinOps Center
- IAM-level cost attribution by team, application, and workload
- AI model approval catalog with CCoE governance workflow
- Bedrock spend tracking by model and IAM principal
- Weekly spend approval via FinOps Center Spend Cards
- MAP Migration Acceleration Program lifecycle management
- CFM Scoreboard with letter grades per team and portfolio
Thoughtbox AI
Marketplace Central
- Centralized view of all AWS Marketplace agreements and renewals
- Free trial tracking with automated expiry governance
- Private offer review with Bedrock-powered term extraction
- Internal approval workflow before offer acceptance
- Automatic PO generation in SAP, Coupa, and Workday on agreement
- Invoice to agreement reconciliation with variance flagging
The complete AWS governance lifecycle
Procure
Marketplace Central
- ›Discover vendors and evaluate offers with full context
- ›Govern free trials before they auto-convert
Commit
Marketplace Central
- ›Accept agreement in AWS Marketplace
- ›Marketplace Central triggers PO in your ERP automatically
Govern
FinOps Center
- ›Marketplace spend flows into FinOps Center automatically
- ›FinOps Lead approves AI models; Product Owners set estimates
Optimize
FinOps Center
- ›CFM Scoreboard grades every team on spend efficiency
- ›Agent Bill answers governance questions in plain English
Reconcile
Marketplace Central
- ›Invoice matched automatically to the originating agreement
- ›Discrepancies flagged for finance review before books close
Built for every business stakeholder accountable for AWS spend
CFO and Finance Leadership
Problems today
- ✗AWS spend is growing but I cannot attribute it to business outcomes
- ✗Marketplace commitments are invisible until the invoice arrives
- ✗I have no way to enforce budget accountability on AI workloads
What changes
FinOps Center gives every dollar an owner. Marketplace Central connects every commitment to a PO. Together they give finance leadership a complete, governed view of AWS spend from procurement through reconciliation.
FinOps Practitioners
Problems today
- ✗Bedrock shows up as one line item with no team-level attribution
- ✗Teams are deploying foundation models without governance workflows
- ✗MAP credits are being lost to tagging gaps I find out about too late
What changes
FinOps Center provides IAM-level attribution for every Bedrock dollar, a model approval catalog with drift detection, and MAP lifecycle management that surfaces tagging gaps before credits are lost.
Procurement and IT Leaders
Problems today
- ✗AWS Marketplace agreements are tracked in email threads and spreadsheets
- ✗Free trials auto-convert without procurement sign-off
- ✗Our ERP has no connection to what is running in AWS Marketplace
What changes
Marketplace Central creates a structured procurement workflow for every stage of the AWS Marketplace lifecycle. Agreements trigger POs automatically. Renewals are governed. Invoices reconcile back to offer terms.
Product Owners
Problems today
- ✗I own the budget but I cannot see what my application is spending on AI
- ✗I do not know which AI models my team is authorized to use
- ✗I get notified about overages after the month has already closed
What changes
FinOps Center shows Product Owners their AI spend by workload in real time, surfacing only approved models in the estimate workflow and alerting on overages mid-cycle.
Cloud Scal3 is an authorized implementation partner for Marketplace Central. A joint engagement means one team configures both control planes and onboards every stakeholder role in a single delivery motion.
Built on AWS
Both products are AWS-native. Your data never leaves your environment.
FinOps Center is deployed via CloudFormation from AWS Marketplace into your AWS account. Marketplace Central is a serverless application deployed into your delegated AWS account. Neither product requires cross-account data egress.
FinOps Center
CUR 2.0Amazon BedrockQuickSightAthenaControl TowerS3Lambda
Marketplace Central
LambdaDynamoDBAPI GatewayCognitoEventBridgeAmazon BedrockCost ExplorerKMS
Ready to give your business teams full command of AWS?
Cloud Scal3 will scope your environment, configure both control planes, and have your finance, FinOps, and procurement teams operational in weeks.