Currently, the cost of an AWS Certification exam starts from 150 USD for associate-level exams and up to a whopping 300 USD for professional-level and specialty-type exams. For some, this amount is negligible but to many IT professionals around the world, this amount is relatively expensive. The official AWS Practice Exam ranges from 20 to 40 USD, which you can only take once (unless you shell out another $20 or $40 again in order to retake it).
With the recent pandemic resulting in job cuts everywhere, it's surely more important now than ever to be smart with your spending while making sure that your skills are still kept up-to-date. Keep in mind that there are also a lot of re