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Sitecore Platinum Partner
A practical guide to evaluating Sitecore Platinum Partners and understanding how the right expertise protects your investment, accelerates delivery and drives long-term value.
A practical guide to evaluating Sitecore Platinum Partners and understanding how the right expertise protects your investment, accelerates delivery and drives long-term value.
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A Sitecore implementation is only as capable as the team guiding it. Whether you are moving to SitecoreAI (formerly XM Cloud), modernizing legacy installs, or scaling a multi-site ecosystem, precision is not optional. It is the difference between a platform that evolves with your business and one that becomes a costly bottleneck.
This demands a partner operating at the highest tier: a Sitecore Platinum Partner. Fishtank's distinction in this elite group isn't just about status; it's about a difference in philosophy. We made a deliberate choice to remain a Sitecore-exclusive partner. We don't just chase volume; we obsess over the craft. Our Sitecore Platinum Partner status validates years of specialized focus and proves that when Fishtank leads the way, your Sitecore investment generates measurable revenue.
The Sitecore Partner Program uses tiers Silver, Gold, Platinum, and now Diamond to denote not just service levels but set benchmarks of capability, specialization, and alignment. The Platinum tier stands out because it reflects both the breadth and depth of a partner's commitments: certified talent, proven delivery, close collaboration with Sitecore itself and the agility to support large-scale, complex digital ecosystems. More specifically, Platinum partners are expected to:
In short: choosing a Platinum partner means you're opting for more than delivery—you're choosing a partner deeply embedded in the Sitecore ecosystem, capable of supporting your platform's future, not just its present.
Evaluating a Sitecore Platinum Partner requires more than checking certifications or scanning a logo wall. High-performing organizations focus on the questions that reveal how a partner thinks, how they deliver value, and how they will support a platform well beyond launch. The goal is not to interrogate vendors, but to identify whether their capabilities, processes and philosophies match the level of investment you are preparing to make. The right questions expose whether a partner can protect your platform from technical debt, accelerate time to value, and help your teams operate confidently on Sitecore. Below are essential questions smart organizations use when assessing a Platinum-tier partner, along with the signals that demonstrate whether a partner is genuinely equipped to guide an enterprise Sitecore program.
| Question | Why it matters | What a Platinum Partner should demonstrate | What Fishtank delivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Is Sitecore their core competency? | A partner juggling multiple CMS platforms may dilute their expertise and default to generic solutions. Sitecore requires depth, not surface familiarity. | Exclusive or near-exclusive Sitecore focus, continuous certification, and proven evolution with the platform's major releases and architectural shifts. | Fishtank is a Sitecore-exclusive consultancy with one of the highest MVP-to-staff ratios in the ecosystem. Every investment—training, hiring, R&D—flows into Sitecore, and our team maintains certifications across Sitecore's ecosystem. |
| Do they have proven enterprise and multi-site experience? | Enterprise Sitecore programs involve governance, security, multi-brand orchestration and complex integrations. This scale cannot be improvised. | Case studies demonstrating multi-region, multi-domain platform experience, global content operations, composable architectures and long-term maintainability. | We support enterprise clients across financial services, energy, healthcare, insurance, and professional services. Examples include ENMAX (XM Cloud migration), Milliman (40+ global sites on XM Cloud), and multi-brand enterprise platforms across regulated industries. |
| Do they offer an accelerator, starter kit or opinionated foundation? | Starting from scratch increases cost, risk and delivery timelines. Mature partners bring reusable patterns that accelerate delivery and reduce technical debt. | A hardened foundation with reusable components, accessibility-ready patterns and governance that increases velocity and quality. | TIDAL, our SitecoreAI accelerator, provides enterprise-ready components, accessibility-first patterns, proven architecture and a faster, lower-risk path to modernization. |
| How do they tie Sitecore strategy to business outcomes? | Technology is only valuable when it drives measurable results. Without alignment to KPIs, Sitecore becomes an expensive content repository. | Methodologies that connect Sitecore implementation to KPIs: time-to-market, conversion improvements, performance gains, operational efficiency and personalization maturity. | We architect Sitecore programs around value first: reduced authoring time, scalable governance, performance benchmarks, improved SEO foundations and measurable operational gains. Our strategies align directly with client KPIs. |
| What is their long-term support, governance and evolution model? | Sitecore platforms evolve continuously. Without ongoing optimization and stewardship, performance and scalability deteriorate over time. | Proactive support offerings, roadmap alignment, architectural oversight and participation in Sitecore's product councils or early access initiatives. | Our team delivers proactive governance, monitoring, optimization and roadmap alignment. As a Platinum Partner, we receive early access to product updates and bring those learnings directly into client environments. |
These questions help organizations focus on the capabilities that truly determine long-term platform success, not superficial credentials. The right Platinum Partner should bring clarity, confidence and strategic direction long before the work begins.
Not all Platinum Partners earn their status the same way. Some reach the tier through scale: large headcounts, broad footprints, and volume-driven programs. Fishtank's path is different. Our Platinum recognition comes from impact, not size. We are one of the few firms in our weight class to reach this tier, and that distinction is rooted in focus, depth and the outcomes we consistently deliver for both customers and the Sitecore ecosystem.
Our commitment to Sitecore is not incidental. It is structural. Fishtank is a Sitecore-exclusive consultancy, which means every investment we make—hiring, training, R&D, accelerators, architecture patterns, internal tooling—flows into mastering one platform. That focus allows us to operate with a level of precision that generalist digital agencies can't replicate.
While some partners scale by adding people, we scale by deepening expertise. Our MVP-to-employee ratio is among the highest in the ecosystem, and our teams bring proven leadership across Sitecore's product portfolio. This expertise density ensures that client programs are shaped by architects and specialists who understand not just how Sitecore works, but how to make it perform at an enterprise level.
Our Platinum recognition reflects the value we generate across the entire ecosystem:
SitecoreAI is defining the next era of the platform, and our investment in this future began long before Platinum status. TIDAL, our SitecoreAI accelerator, was developed to give enterprise clients a faster, safer and structurally sound starting point for modernization. It's another example of how we invest ahead of the curve—not to chase the platform, but to help shape how it is used successfully. Fishtank's Platinum status is the outcome of this focus, not the goal. It is a signal that our size has never been a limitation, our commitment to the platform has never wavered, and our impact has consistently met the highest standards of the Sitecore ecosystem.
A Sitecore investment is only as strong as the partner guiding it. Platinum status is not a badge; it is a signal of depth, discipline and long-term commitment to helping organizations extract meaningful value from the platform. Fishtank's exclusive focus on Sitecore, our enterprise delivery record, our modernization expertise and our XM Cloud accelerator all reflect a single intent: to ensure your Sitecore ecosystem becomes a strategic asset that performs reliably, scales confidently and evolves with your business.
