Channel RAMP Report

What's Changing in the Channel, and What It Means for Your Revenue

Free with your email PDF report Published November 2026
What the report covers

Four questions, in the RAMP order we use with clients

The same four steps we take every client through, applied to the channel as a whole.

  • Reality

    What has actually changed in how MSPs choose, bundle, and sell vendor products.

  • Arena

    Who now shapes channel revenue: MSPs, marketplaces, distributors, and the hyperscalers.

  • Map

    Where we see the channel going in 2027. Our calls on what changes next, and the bets vendors should make now.

  • Priorities

    What revenue leaders should act on first, and in what order.

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Why listen to us

Written by people who work the channel every day

This isn't a survey roundup. It's what our advisors see from inside vendor launches, distributor programs, and marketplace listings, week after week.

  • 38+Years of combined channel, alliance, and revenue leadership
  • 160+Vendor launches and engagements across the channel
  • 45,000+Partners recruited

Inside the ecosystems

We build and run vendor programs inside the marketplaces and distributors that move MSP revenue.

  • Pax8
  • TD Synnex
  • Ingram Micro
  • SherWeb
  • PartnerStack
  • Microsoft
  • AWS

Operators, not observers

We embed with vendor teams and do the work: marketplace listings, distributor onboarding, partner recruitment, and the revenue plan behind them.

A proven method

RAMP is the diagnostic we run for every client before we build their go-to-market plan. This report applies it to the channel as a whole.

US and EMEA reach

We help vendors grow channel revenue in North America and expand into EMEA when the market calls for it.

The advisors behind the report

  • Cole KnuthCo-Founder
    10+ years of channel expertise
  • Jared SmithCo-Founder
    8+ years of channel expertise
  • Logan RidenourStrategic Advisor
    8+ years of channel expertise
  • Ashley BoshStrategic Advisor
    10+ years of channel expertise