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31 exams
AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Amazon Web Services

$150·~72% pass
Medium3 years

Use AWS Free Tier for hands-on practice

Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

Microsoft

$165·~70% pass
Medium1 year (renewal required)

Use Microsoft Learn free modules

Google Cloud Professional Architect

Google

$200·~50% pass
Hard2 years

Focus on case studies provided by Google

Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

CNCF

$395·~50% pass
Hard3 years

Practice on killer.sh simulator (included)

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

$100·~85% pass
Easy3 years

Best entry point to AWS certifications

AWS Developer Associate

Amazon Web Services

$150·~65% pass
Medium3 years

Strong Lambda and API Gateway knowledge required

AWS SysOps Administrator

Amazon Web Services

$150·~60% pass
Hard3 years

Master CloudWatch metrics and alarms

AWS Solutions Architect Professional

Amazon Web Services

$300·~30% pass
Very Hard3 years

Requires deep multi-service integration knowledge

Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Microsoft

$165·~50% pass
Hard1 year (renewal required)

Requires AZ-104 or equivalent experience

Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204)

Microsoft

$165·~55% pass
Hard1 year (renewal required)

Strong C# or Python knowledge helps

Azure Data Engineer (DP-203)

Microsoft

$165·~50% pass
Hard1 year (renewal required)

Master Azure Synapse Analytics

Google Cloud Digital Leader

Google

$99·~80% pass
Easy3 years

Best entry point for Google Cloud

Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer

Google

$200·~50% pass
Hard2 years

Master BigQuery inside and out

Databricks Data Engineer Associate

Databricks

$200·~65% pass
Medium2 years

Master Delta Lake fundamentals

Snowflake SnowPro Core

Snowflake

$175·~70% pass
Medium2 years

Understand virtual warehouses and scaling

Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300)

Microsoft

$165·~65% pass
Medium1 year (renewal required)

Master DAX formulas and calculations

Tableau Desktop Specialist

Tableau/Salesforce

$100·~75% pass
Medium2 years

Master basic chart types and when to use them

AWS Security Specialty

Amazon Web Services

$300·~45% pass
Hard3 years

Deep knowledge of IAM, KMS, and CloudTrail required

AWS Database Specialty

Amazon Web Services

$300·~50% pass
Hard3 years

Master RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and Redshift

Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)

Microsoft

$165·~50% pass
Hard1 year (renewal required)

Master Azure AD and identity management

Azure AI Engineer (AI-102)

Microsoft

$165·~55% pass
Hard1 year (renewal required)

Master Azure Cognitive Services

VMware VCP-DCV

VMware/Broadcom

$250·~55% pass
Hard2 years

vSphere 8 knowledge is essential

Red Hat RHCSA

Red Hat

$450·~60% pass
Hard3 years

100% hands-on performance-based exam

Red Hat RHCE

Red Hat

$450·~40% pass
Very Hard3 years

RHCSA is prerequisite

Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1

Linux Professional Institute

$200·~65% pass
Medium5 years

Two exams: 101 and 102

Cisco CCNP Enterprise

Cisco

$400+·~35% pass
Very Hard3 years

CCNA is prerequisite

AWS Machine Learning Specialty

Amazon Web Services

$300·~50% pass
Hard3 years

Strong ML fundamentals required

Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer

Google

$200·~40% pass
Very Hard2 years

Master Vertex AI and AutoML

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure

Cisco

$2,050 ($450 written + $1,600 lab)·~25% (lab) pass
Very Hard3 years

7-10 years of networking experience recommended

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional

Amazon Web Services

$300·~55% pass
Hard3 years

Strong CI/CD knowledge required (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy)

CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist)

CNCF

$395·~30% pass
Very Hard2 years

CKA certification is a prerequisite