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Certification Quick Reference

Certification Provider Cost Difficulty
CompTIA A+ (Core 1 & 2) CompTIA ~$738 Beginner
CompTIA Network+ CompTIA ~$369 Beginner
CompTIA Security+ CompTIA ~$392 Beginner
CompTIA Linux+ CompTIA ~$369 Intermediate
RHCSA Red Hat ~$450 Intermediate
RHCE Red Hat ~$450 Advanced
GitHub Foundations GitHub ~$99 Beginner
AWS Cloud Practitioner AWS $100 Beginner
AWS AI Practitioner AWS $100 Beginner
Terraform Associate (004) HashiCorp $70.50 Intermediate
Terraform Authoring & Ops Professional HashiCorp $295 Advanced
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate AWS $150 Intermediate
AWS Developer – Associate AWS $150 Intermediate
AWS CloudOps Engineer – Associate AWS $150 Intermediate
AWS Data Engineer – Associate AWS $150 Intermediate
AWS ML Engineer – Associate AWS $150 Intermediate
Docker Certified Associate Mirantis ~$195 Intermediate
KCNA Linux Foundation $250 Beginner
KCSA Linux Foundation $250 Beginner
CKA Linux Foundation ~$395 Intermediate
CKAD Linux Foundation ~$395 Intermediate
Prometheus Certified Associate Linux Foundation ~$250 Intermediate
Datadog Fundamentals Datadog $100 Intermediate
Datadog Log Management Fundamentals Datadog $100 Intermediate
Datadog APM & Distributed Tracing Fundamentals Datadog $100 Intermediate
New Relic Verified Foundation (NVF) New Relic Free Beginner
New Relic APM Practitioner – Associate New Relic Free Intermediate
New Relic Performance Engineer – Professional New Relic $175 Advanced
New Relic Reliability Engineer – Professional New Relic $175 Advanced
AWS Solutions Architect – Professional AWS $300 Advanced
AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional AWS $300 Advanced
AWS Advanced Networking – Specialty AWS $300 Advanced
AWS Security – Specialty AWS $300 Advanced
CKS Linux Foundation ~$395 Advanced
CCSP ISC2 $599 Advanced
AWS GenAI Developer – Professional AWS $300 Advanced
NVIDIA AI Infra & Ops Associate NVIDIA $125 Intermediate
NVIDIA GenAI with LLMs Associate NVIDIA $125 Intermediate
NVIDIA GenAI with LLMs Professional NVIDIA $200 Advanced
NVIDIA Agentic AI Professional NVIDIA $200 Advanced
GitHub Admin GitHub ~$99 Intermediate
GitHub Actions GitHub ~$99 Intermediate
CJE (Certified Jenkins Engineer) CloudBees ~$99 Intermediate
GitHub Advanced Security GitHub ~$99 Intermediate
Anthropic Academy (all courses) Anthropic Free Beginner
Postman API Fundamentals Student Expert Postman Free Beginner
Postman API Testing Path Postman Free Intermediate
Postman Engineer Learning Path Postman Free Intermediate
MuleSoft Integration & API Associate MuleSoft $250 Intermediate
MuleSoft Certified Developer L1 MuleSoft $400 Advanced
Atlassian Managing Jira Projects (ACP-620) Atlassian ~$249 Intermediate
Atlassian Jira Administration (ACP-120) Atlassian ~$249 Intermediate
Atlassian Confluence Administration (ACP-220) Atlassian ~$249 Intermediate
Atlassian Managing JSM Projects (ACP-420) Atlassian ~$249 Intermediate
Atlassian Cloud Organization Admin (ACP-520) Atlassian ~$249 Advanced

Total Cost Per Track

Track Certs Total Cost
1. Tech Fundamentals 3 ~$1,499
2. Linux Administration 3 ~$1,269
3. Git & SCM 2 ~$198
4. Scripting & Automation 2 ~$354
5. Cloud Platforms (AWS) 7 ~$1,400
6. Infrastructure as Code 2 ~$365.50
7. CI/CD Pipelines 2 ~$399
8. Containers & Kubernetes 4 ~$1,235
9. Observability & Monitoring 8 ~$1,100
10. Security & DevSecOps 5 ~$1,643
11. AI & Machine Learning 8 ~$1,325
12. API Development & Testing 5 ~$650
13. Project Management & ITSM 5 ~$1,245
All Tracks 56 ~$12,682.50