AWS Certification Cost and Duration
AWS offers multiple different certifications and paths. Each one is priced differently. We have made a list of different certifications offered by AWS and added the cost for each as of March 2020.
Please note that AWS does not mandate that one needs to have a specific lower level certification to appear for another certification. Also AWS certifications are valid for a period of 3 years.
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Here is a list of various AWS certifications and their cost
Foundation Level
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
This is the only foundation level certification available and aimed at those trying to prove their basic level of understanding of AWS technologies.
Cost: USD 100.00
Duration: 90 Minutes
Associate Level
The next level of certifications available which could get you through most jobs is the associate level. Out of this the Solutions Architect Associate and DevOps are the most popular.
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Cost: USD 150.00
Duration: 130 minutes
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
Cost: USD 150.00
Duration: 130 minutes
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Cost: USD 150.00
Duration: 130 minutes

AWS Certified Professional
The level up from Associate are the professional ones. You need not get the associate level certifications to appear for these. However these ones are the ones that need a fair bit of experience behind you with AWS services to be able to understand and crack.
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Cost: USD 300.00
Duration: 180 minutes
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Cost: USD 300.00
Duration: 180 minutes
AWS Certified Specialist
The specialty certifications are for the pro’s. These are in niche domains and one can only apply for them if they have working experience in the specific field and AWS services. Usually this would mean that only professionals who have been working and managing solutions in the specific domain appear for these.
AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
Cost: USD 300.00
Duration: 170 minutes
AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder – Specialty
Cost: USD 300.00
Duration: 170 minutes
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
Cost: USD 300.00
Duration: 180 minutes
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Cost: USD 300.00
Duration: 170 minutes
AWS Certified Database – Specialty
Cost: USD 300.00
Duration: 180 minutes
AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty
Cost: USD 300.00
Duration: 180 minutes
AWS Practice Exams
AWS also offers many exams as practice exam for a fraction of the cost. These exams do not provide certification post their completion. These can be great before appearing for the actual certification to understand the type of questions.