Exam cost
Professional Cloud Architect Exam Cost
The published price for the Professional Cloud Architect certification exam, what it covers, and what the real total budget looks like once retakes and study time are counted.
- $200 (plus tax where applicable) exam fee
- 120 min
- 60 questions
certilumWhat the exam costs
Published by the certification body. No estimates, no ranges.
What the fee covers
Knowing the boundary of the price stops the surprise costs later.
| Item | Included in the exam fee |
|---|---|
| The exam session | Yes, including the 120-minute session |
| Exam retake | Depends on the vendor policy, check before booking |
| Discount voucher | Not listed in the published price |
| Practice questions | No, those are a separate Certilum product (60 questions for this exam) |
| Training course | No, sold separately by providers and training companies |
The exam fee buys you one attempt at the Professional Cloud Architect. Everything else on your path to certification, revision material included, sits outside this price, and that is where most of the budget of a certification actually goes.
Note from the vendor record: Google's Cloud Certification FAQ states only pass/fail results are provided because exams are designed to determine whether an individual meets a minimum passing standard and numerical scores are not meaningful to the examinee, so no numeric passing score is published (the historical 'Passing score: 70%' wording is not on current Google pages). Standard exam is 2 hours, $200 plus tax, includes 2 case studies worth 20–30% of the exam; renewal options are a shorter 1-hour/25-question/$100 renewal exam, the standard exam, or designated Google Skills courses/badges (adds 1 year). Professional certifications are valid 2 years with renewal eligibility opening 60 days before expiration (renewable up to 30 days after); there are no prerequisites (3+ years industry experience incl. 1+ year on Google Cloud recommended). Exam Terms & Conditions retake policy: maximum four attempts in a two-year period, waiting 14 days after a first failure, 60 days after a second, and 365 days after a third, with payment required for each attempt.
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