AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate Exam Cost

150 USD. Visit Exam pricing for additional cost information, including foreign exchange rates

The exam fee is the published figure above. Budget 130 minutes of exam time, plus the revision time you need for 4 domains. The vendor retake terms vary, so confirm whether a second attempt is charged separately before you budget.

Retake terms for the AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate are set by Amazon Web Services and are not included in the figure above. Check the official exam page before scheduling, because the waiting period is what usually costs you time, not the fee.

The published price for the AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate does not list a voucher. Discounts usually arrive through employer sponsorship or training budgets rather than from the vendor directly, so check with your employer before paying full price.

No. The exam fee is paid to Amazon Web Services and covers the exam itself. Certilum is a separate product: 65 practice questions for this certification, tagged to the official domains, with a difficulty score of 2.2/10.

1. Start with the official AWS Data Engineer exam guide and sample questions. 2. Complete hands-on labs on AWS Workshops and AWS Skill Builder – focus on AWS Glue, S3, Redshift, and Kinesis. 3. Build a real-world project: ingest streaming data with Kinesis, transform it with Glue (Spark), store results in S3 (Parquet), query with Athena, and orchestrate with Step Functions. 4. Master IAM policies for data lake access and Lake Formation. 5. Practice with the official AWS Practice Exam and third-party simulators (e.g., Tutorials Dojo). 6. Review re:Invent sessions on modern data architecture. Expected study time: 80–120 hours for experienced data engineers; 150+ hours for those newer to AWS.