The AI certifications worth your time

Still not sure where to start?

Follow your job and your platform.

flowchart TD
  A{"What is your job?"} -->|"Design systems"| B{"Which platform?"}
  A -->|"Build AI features"| C{"Which platform?"}
  A -->|"Run data pipelines"| D{"Which platform?"}
  A -->|"Run GPUs and clusters"| E["NCA-AIIO, then NCP-AII or NCP-AIO"]
  A -->|"Write app code"| F["GH-300, then GH-600"]
  B -->|Claude| B1["CCAR-F"]
  B -->|Microsoft| B2["AB-100"]
  B -->|AWS| B3["AIP-C01"]
  B -->|Google| B4["PCA"]
  C -->|Claude| C1["CCDV-F"]
  C -->|Azure| C2["AI-103"]
  C -->|AWS| C3["AIP-C01"]
  C -->|Google| C4["PMLE"]
  D -->|Databricks| D1["GenAI Engineer"]
  D -->|Fabric| D2["DP-700"]
  D -->|AWS| D3["DEA-C01"]
  D -->|Google| D4["PDE"]

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Prices are in US dollars from vendor pages. Microsoft and GitHub set prices by country. Study hours are our own estimate for someone with the recommended experience.

How to pass any of these

1. Read the blueprint first

   Each exam publishes its domains and weights. Spend your time in proportion to them, and start with your weakest heavy domain.

2. Build the thing

   Scenario questions punish people who only read. Build one small working system that touches each domain, even if nobody else will use it.

3. Practice with official questions

   Most vendors publish free samples or practice tests. Use those first, then our mock exams, and study the reason behind each wrong answer.

4. Book a date, then taper

   A booked exam keeps you honest. In the final days, review your weak domains and stop learning new material.

About the mock exams

We wrote all 27 mock exams ourselves from each published blueprint. They are not real exam questions, and you should avoid anyone selling those: every vendor makes you sign a confidentiality agreement, and dumps can cost you the credential. Prices and dates change, so confirm them on the vendor page before you book. Looking for our own credential? That is AI Wisdom Certification. To go straight to practice, open the mock exams.