associate Cloud — AWS paid
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Engineers and architects who design distributed, resilient, and cost-optimized solutions on AWS.
Exam facts
- Provider
- Amazon Web Services
- Exam code
- SAA-C03
- Level
- associate
- Domain
- Cloud — AWS
- Exam format
- Multiple choice + multiple response, online proctored or Pearson VUE test center
- Duration
- 130 minutes
- Cost
- $150 USD
- Renewal
- 3 years
- Prerequisites
- None; AWS recommends at least 1 year of hands-on AWS experience.
Recommended preparation
Build real architectures covering VPC networking, high availability, storage, and serverless patterns in a sandbox account. Study the AWS Well-Architected Framework and complete the official exam prep plan on AWS Skill Builder.
Follow the free CloudOps 90-Day Learning Path — its final phase (days 76–90) is built for certification preparation.
⚠ Certification details change. Always verify on the official provider website before booking.