Who should choose Azure Administrator (AZ-104)?

Targeting Fortune 500 companies. Working with Microsoft stack. Want enterprise cloud skills. Interested in hybrid cloud.

Who should choose Google Cloud Professional Architect?

Interested in data and ML. Want Kubernetes expertise. Targeting tech-forward companies. Prefer simpler pricing model.

Azure dominates enterprise while GCP leads in data/ML. Both are valuable second cloud certifications after AWS.

Microsoft

Google

Microsoft

Provider

Google

$165

Cost

$200

Medium

Difficulty

Hard

~70%

Pass Rate

~50%

1 year (renewal required)

Validity

2 years

$85k-$125k

Salary Impact

$130k-$180k

The Verdict

Choose Azure for enterprise and Microsoft shop careers. Choose GCP for data engineering, ML, and modern tech companies.

Choose Azure Administrator (AZ-104) if you:

Choose Google Cloud Professional Architect if you:

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