AWS certification paths
Choose your AWS certification.
Each path has its own curriculum and Practice experience. AWS service references stay shared, so you learn a service once and revisit it in the context of each exam.
Select your path
Same AWS foundation. Different exam outcome.
Choose based on what the exam expects you to understand—not which path sounds easier.
Associate · SAA-C03
AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
Learn to make secure, resilient, performant, and cost-aware architecture decisions on AWS.
Best for
Technical learners and engineers ready to reason about how AWS systems should be designed.
Foundational · CLF-C02
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Build a broad understanding of AWS, cloud concepts, security, services, and cost.
Best for
New cloud learners and anyone who needs AWS fluency without deep architecture knowledge.
Shared AWS reference
Need to look up a service while you study?
Service pages and Labs remain supporting resources across both certification paths.