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CertificationVendor and levelBest forWho can registerFee (US$)DifficultyCareer valueSimilar exams
Microsoft AI Business Professional
AB-730
Microsoft · BeginnerBusiness users getting work done with Microsoft 365 CopilotOpen to anyoneVaries by country 1 2CCAO-F
AB-731
AIF-C01
AWS AI Practitioner
AIF-C01
AWS · FoundationalAnyone who needs a credible AI baseline on AWS; no codingOpen to anyone$100 2 3AIB-C01
MLA-C01
AI-901
Claude Certified Associate – Foundations
CCAO-F
Anthropic · FoundationNon-technical people using Claude every day at workPartner companies only$99 2 2CCDV-F
AIF-C01
AB-730
AWS AI Business Strategist
AIB-C01
AWS · BusinessPeople who lead, sell or fund AI initiativesOpen to anyone$100 ($50 in beta) 2 2AIF-C01
AB-731
Google Gen AI Leader
Google Cloud Generative AI LeaderGoogle Cloud · FoundationalNon-technical people and leaders working with Google's AIOpen to anyone$99 2 3AIB-C01
AB-731
CCAO-F
Microsoft AI Transformation Leader
AB-731
Microsoft · BeginnerLeaders planning AI adoption on Microsoft toolsOpen to anyoneVaries by country 2 2AIB-C01
AB-730
CCAO-F
Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
AI-901
Microsoft · FundamentalsTechnical beginners starting to build AI on AzureOpen to anyone$99 (US price) 2 3AIF-C01
NCA-GENL
AI-103
Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals
AB-900
Microsoft · FundamentalsIT admins rolling out and governing Microsoft 365 CopilotOpen to anyone$99 (US price) 2 3AB-730
AI-901
GitHub Copilot Certification
GH-300
GitHub · IntermediateDevelopers who code with GitHub Copilot every dayOpen to anyoneVaries by country 2 3CCDV-F
AI-103
AB-730
Claude Certified Developer – Foundations
CCDV-F
Anthropic · FoundationDevelopers building on the Claude API, tools and MCPPartner companies only$125 3 3CCAR-F
AIP-C01
AI-103
Claude Certified Architect – Foundations
CCAR-F
Anthropic · FoundationEngineers designing Claude systems, agents and Claude Code setupsPartner companies only$125 3 3CCDV-F
CCAR-P
Google Agentic Architect
Microsoft AI Agent Builder Associate
AB-620
Microsoft · AssociateBuilders of enterprise agents in Copilot StudioOpen to anyone$165 (US price) 3 3AI-103
AB-100
Microsoft Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate
AI-103
Microsoft · AssociateDevelopers building AI apps and agents on Azure with PythonOpen to anyone$165 (US price) 3 4AIP-C01
CCDV-F
AI-500
AWS Data Engineer – Associate
DEA-C01
AWS · AssociateData engineers building the pipelines AI depends on (not an AI exam)Open to anyone$150 3 4MLA-C01
AIP-C01
AWS ML Engineer – Associate
MLA-C01
AWS · AssociateML engineers training and deploying models on SageMakerOpen to anyone$150 3 4AIP-C01
DEA-C01
Google ML Engineer
Microsoft MLOps Engineer Associate
AI-300
Microsoft · AssociateML and MLOps engineers running models in production on AzureOpen to anyone$165 (US price) 4 4MLA-C01
AI-103
NCP-GENL
Claude Certified Architect – Professional
CCAR-P
Anthropic · ProfessionalSenior architects leading Claude solutions into productionPartner companies only$175 4 4CCAR-F
AIP-C01
AI-500
AWS Generative AI Developer – Professional
AIP-C01
AWS · ProfessionalDevelopers shipping generative AI apps on Amazon BedrockOpen to anyone$300 4 4CCDV-F
AI-103
Google Agentic Architect
Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning EngineerGoogle Cloud · ProfessionalML engineers taking models to production on Google CloudOpen to anyone$200 4 4MLA-C01
AI-300
NCP-GENL
Microsoft Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect Expert
AB-100
Microsoft · ExpertArchitects of AI business solutions on Dynamics 365 and Power PlatformOpen to anyone; needs an Associate certification too$165 (US price) 4 4CCAR-P
AI-500
AB-620
Microsoft Multi-Agent AI Solutions Expert
AI-500
Microsoft · ExpertSenior engineers building multi-agent systems on AzureOpen to anyone; needs AI-103 too$165 (US price) 5 4CCAR-P
AIP-C01
NCP-AAI
Google Cloud Professional Agentic ArchitectGoogle Cloud · Professional (beta)Senior engineers designing and running agents on Google CloudOpen to anyone; registration reopens 2 Nov 2026$200 (beta was $120) 5 4AIP-C01
AI-500
NCP-AAI
NVIDIA Generative AI LLMs Associate
NCA-GENL
NVIDIA · AssociateStudents and early-career developers learning to build with LLMsOpen to anyone$125 2 3AIF-C01
AI-901
Google Gen AI Leader
NVIDIA Generative AI LLMs Professional
NCP-GENL
NVIDIA · ProfessionalML engineers who fine-tune, optimise and serve LLMsOpen to anyone$200 4 4Google ML Engineer
AIP-C01
AI-300
NVIDIA Agentic AI Professional
NCP-AAI
NVIDIA · ProfessionalEngineers building agent systems in productionOpen to anyone$200 4 4AI-500
Google Agentic Architect
AIP-C01

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All four Claude certifications currently need a company email from a Claude Partner Network organization. If that rules you out, tick “Open to anyone only” above: the AWS, Microsoft, Google and NVIDIA exams cover similar ground, from AWS AI Practitioner or Google Generative AI Leader for the basics to Microsoft AI-103 or AWS Generative AI Developer – Professional for building, and NVIDIA NCP-AAI for agent systems.

Last updated: 10 October 2026. We add every new guide to this page.

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