Certification paths

87 vendor certification paths. Each is an end-to-end roadmap: progression diagram, named pathways with timelines, prerequisites, branches, cross-vendor bridges, costs, and salary trajectories — all in one place.

Paths
87
Format
Vendor-by-vendor
Source
Deep Dive/Certification_Roadmaps/

Acronis

Acronis Cyber Protection & Backup Platform

2 certs6-18 months
$0-$400
Open path →verified 2026-08-09

Adobe

Adobe Creative Cloud & Experience Cloud

30 certs6-24 months
$180-$5,400
Open path →verified 2026-08-09

Akamai

Akamai CDN, Security & Edge Platform

3 certs12-24 months
$300-$900
Open path →verified 2026-08-09

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Cloud Computing & DevOps

12 certs18-36 months
$950-$1,450 (full ladder)
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

American Society for Quality (ASQ)

Quality Management & Process Improvement

4 certs12–24 months
$1,068–$1,608
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

AppDynamics

Cisco AppDynamics APM & Observability

1 certs6-18 months
$200-$400
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Arista Networks

Arista Cloud Networking & EOS

2 certs18-36 months
$595-$800
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Aruba (HPE Aruba Networking)

Aruba Wireless, Switching & Security

4 certs18-36 months
$850-$1,200
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Atlassian

Atlassian Agile & Project Management Platform

4 certs12-24 months
$250-$1,000
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Axelos

Axelos ITIL & PRINCE2 Frameworks

7 certs12-36 months
$300-$2,100
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Check Point

Check Point Network Security

6 certs18-36 months
$1,500-$2,500
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Cisco

Cisco Networking, Security & Collaboration

30 certs24-48 months
$3,500-$7,500 (full ladder to CCNP)
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Citrix

Citrix Virtual Apps, Desktops & Networking

2 certs12-24 months
$300-$600
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Cloudera

Cloudera Data Platform (CDP)

4 certs12–18 months
$1,320–$1,650
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Cloudflare

Cloudflare Network Security & Edge Platform

4 certs12-24 months
$200-$800
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation)

Kubernetes & Cloud Native

5 certs12-30 months
$1,290-$1,785
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Cohesity

Cohesity AI-Powered Data Security & Management

1 certs6-18 months
$200-$400
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Commvault

Commvault Intelligent Data Services Platform

3 certs12-24 months
$200-$600
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

CompTIA

CompTIA Vendor-Neutral IT, Cybersecurity, Data & AI

15 certs24–36 months (A+ to SecurityX, including experience)
$1,303–$2,620 (core trifecta to full cybersecurity ladder)
Open path →verified 2026-05-01

Confluent

Apache Kafka & Event Streaming

2 certs6–12 months
$300–$350
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike Falcon Cybersecurity

5 certs12-24 months
$450-$900
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

CWNP

Certified Wireless Network Professional Program

3 certs18-36 months
$800-$1,270
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

CyberArk

CyberArk Privileged Access Management

5 certs12-24 months
$1,200-$1,500
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Databricks

Databricks Lakehouse Platform

6 certs18-36 months
$200-$1,200
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Datadog

Datadog Observability & Monitoring Platform

1 certs6-12 months
$0-$200
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

dbt Labs

Analytics Engineering & Data Transformation

3 certs4–9 months
$200–$250
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Docker

Single-cert containerization platform. DCA is the only vendor certification; ecosystem bridges to Kubernetes (CNCF CKA), DevOps (AWS, Azure), and cloud-native platforms.

1 certs3–6 months
$199–$199
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Dynatrace

Dynatrace AI-Powered Observability Platform

2 certs12-18 months
$0-$300
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

EC-Council

EC-Council Ethical Hacking & Cybersecurity

5 certs18-36 months
$2,949-$4,048
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Elastic

Elastic Stack (ELK) & Security Platform

2 certs12-24 months
$400-$800
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

F5

F5 Application Delivery & Security

3 certs18-36 months
$620-$900
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

FinOps Foundation

FinOps Cloud Financial Management

3 certs6-18 months
$300-$900
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Fortinet

Fortinet Network Security Expert (NSE Program)

13 certs18-36 months
$400-$2,400
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

GIAC (SANS Institute)

GIAC Cybersecurity Certifications

40+ (4 primary focus: GSEC, GPEN, GCIH, GSE) certs12-36 months
$949-$24,000
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

GitHub

GitHub Developer & DevOps Platform

4 certs12-18 months
$396-$792
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Google Cloud

Google Cloud Platform & Workspace

11 certs12–24 months
$324–$2,099 (CDL + ACE + all Professional)
Open path →verified 2026-05-01

Grafana

Grafana Open Source Observability Stack

1 certs6-12 months
$200-$400
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

HashiCorp

HashiCorp Infrastructure Automation

5 certs12-24 months
$350-$600 (full pathway)
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Huawei

Huawei ICT & Cloud Certification Program

2 certs18-36 months
$200-$600
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

HubSpot Academy

CRM & Digital Marketing

6 certs3–6 months
$0
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

IAPP

IAPP Privacy Law & Compliance Certifications

1 certs6-18 months
$550-$1,100
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

IBM

IBM Cloud, AI, Data & Automation

16 certs18-36 months
$550-$2,200 (full ladder)
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Informatica

Informatica IDMC (Intelligent Data Management Cloud)

4 certs10–16 months
$1,360–$1,700
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

ISACA

ISACA IT Governance, Audit & Security

4 certs24-48 months
$1,350-$2,100
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

ISC2

ISC2 Cybersecurity Certifications

5 certs24-60 months
$199-$3,494 (CC through CISSP + concentrations)
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

ISTQB

ISTQB Software Testing Certifications

10 certs12-36 months
$200-$2,000
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Juniper Networks

Juniper Networking, Security & Cloud

13 certs24-48 months
$2,600-$5,200 (full ladder)
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Linux Foundation

Linux Foundation Open Source Training

3 certs18-24 months
$395-$1,185
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Microsoft

Azure, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Copilot

42 certs12-18 months (path-dependent; some tracks 18-24 months)
$1,485-$2,310 (fundamental + 2 associates + 1 expert)
Open path →verified 2026-05-01

MikroTik

MikroTik RouterOS Networking

7 certs12-30 months
$800-$2,500
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Mimecast

Mimecast Email Security (Email Protection, Continuity, Archive, Compliance)

Open path →

MongoDB

Document-based NoSQL database. Three parallel entry-level Associate certs (Developer, DBA, Data Modeler); optional Professional and Advanced tiers for specialists. Bridges to data engineering, cloud-native development, and polyglot database architectures.

3 certs6–12 months
$450–$650
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

MuleSoft

MuleSoft Anypoint Integration Platform

2 certs12-24 months
$300-$600
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

NetApp

NetApp Unified Storage & Cloud Data Services

7 certs24-48 months
$300-$2,100
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

New Relic

New Relic Observability & Telemetry Platform

1 certs6-12 months
$0-$200
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Nutanix

Nutanix Hybrid Multi-Cloud Platform

4 certs18-36 months
$199-$796
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

NVIDIA

NVIDIA AI & GPU Computing Platform

1 certs12-24 months
$200-$500
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

OffSec

OffSec Penetration Testing & Red Team

8 certs12-36 months
$1,299-$5,000
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Okta

Okta Identity & Access Management

5 certs12-24 months
$600-$1,100
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Database & Applications

42 certs18-36 months
$2,500-$8,500 (full ladder)
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity

10 certs18-36 months
$430-$980
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Pega Systems

BPM & Low-Code Platform

4 certs6–12 months
$600–$800
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

PMI

Project Management Institute Certifications

5 certs12-36 months
$225-$1,855
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Proofpoint

Proofpoint Email Security & Compliance (CASB, DLP, Insider Threat, Email Protection)

Open path →

Pure Storage

Pure Storage All-Flash Storage Platform

3 certs12-24 months
$200-$600
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Qualys

Qualys Cloud Security Platform

4 certs6-18 months
FREE-$300
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux & OpenShift

4 certs18-36 months
$400-$6000
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Rubrik

Rubrik Zero Trust Data Security Platform

1 certs6-18 months
$200-$400
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

SailPoint

SailPoint Identity Security

4 certs12-24 months
$1,200-$2,400
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Salesforce

Salesforce CRM & Platform Ecosystem

69 certs12-36 months
$200-$6,900
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

SAP

SAP ERP & Business Technology Platform

36 certs18-48 months
$500-$18,000
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Scaled Agile

SAFe Scaled Agile Framework

5 certs12-24 months
$995-$4,975
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Scrum Alliance

Scrum Alliance Agile Certifications

2 certs6-24 months
$995-$1,990
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Scrum.org

Scrum.org Professional Scrum Certifications

2 certs6-18 months
$150-$300
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

SentinelOne

SentinelOne Singularity XDR Platform

3 certs6–12 months
$126–$595
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

ServiceNow

ServiceNow ITSM & Digital Workflow Platform

14 certs12-36 months
$300-$4,200
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Snowflake

Snowflake Data Cloud Platform

5 certs12-24 months
$175-$875
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Sophos

Sophos Cybersecurity

Open path →

Splunk

Splunk SIEM & Observability Platform

9 certs24-36 months
$130-$1,170
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Tenable

Tenable Vulnerability Management

3 certs6-18 months
$250-$550
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

The Open Group

Enterprise Architecture Framework

2 certs3–6 months
$720–$800
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Trend Micro

Trend Micro Cybersecurity (Trend Vision One, Cloud One, TippingPoint IPS)

Open path →

Veeam

Veeam Data Protection & Backup Platform

5 certs12-24 months
$0-$600
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Veritas

Veritas Enterprise Data Management & Backup

1 certs12-24 months
$200-$400
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

VMware

VMware by Broadcom Virtualisation Platform

10 certs24-48 months
$250-$2,500
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Workday

Workday HCM & Financial Management Platform

11 certs12-30 months
$0-$3,300
Open path →verified 2026-05-02

Zscaler

Zscaler Zero Trust & SASE

4 certs12-24 months
$1,100-$1,400
Open path →verified 2026-05-02