Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Certifications and Courses
The following are the various GCP certifications and courses you might want to take up to master Google Cloud Platform.
1. Level 1: Foundational Google Cloud Certified (Exam)
This certification is designed for those who want to showcase their knowledge of Cloud Computing Fundamentals. This Cloud Digital Leader examination assesses your expertise in the following areas:
- Digital transformation with Google Cloud (~10% of the exam)
- Infrastructure and application modernization (~30% of the exam)
- Self-taught web programmers who want professional certificationInnovating with data and Google Cloud (~30% of the exam)
- Google Cloud security and operations (~30% of the exam)
Offered by: Google Cloud
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Registeration Cost: $99 (plus tax where applicable)
Languages: English, and Japanese
Duration of Exam: 90mins
Exam Format: 50-60 multiple choice and multi-select questions
Recommended Experience: Experience collaborating with technical professionals
Link: https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/cloud-digital-leader
2. Level 2: Associate Google Cloud Certified (Exam)
This Associate Cloud Engineer examination tests your knowledge of planning, configuring, implementing and deploying a cloud solution environment. Associate Cloud Engineers use the Google Cloud Console and the command-line interface for performing platform-based tasks to maintain deployed solutions and can also use google-managed services on Google Cloud.
Offered by: Google Cloud
Level: Intermediate
Registeration Cost: $125 (plus tax where applicable)
Languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese
Duration of Exam: 2hrs
Exam Format: 50-60 multiple choice and multi-select questions
Recommended Experience: 6+ months hands-on experience with Google Cloud
Link: https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-engineer
3. Level 3: Professional Google Cloud Certified (Exam)
This certificate program is designed for anyone interested in learning about web development and for novices with no prior experience.This examination assesses advanced skills in Google Cloud product design, implementation, and management. This exam is recommended for professionals who have in-depth experience setting up cloud environments and deploying solutions for an organization.
Offered by: Google Cloud
Level: Advanced
Registeration Cost: $200 (plus tax where applicable)
Languages: English, and Japanese
Duration of Exam: 2hrs
Exam Format: 50-60 multiple choice and multi-select questions, and 2 case studies (questions make up 20-30% of the exam)
Recommended Experience: 3+ years of industry experience including 1+ years designing and managing solutions using Google Cloud
Exam Links for various professionals:
Cloud Architect - https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/cloud-architect
Cloud Database Engineer - https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/cloud-database-engineer
Cloud Developer - https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/cloud-developer
Data Engineer - https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/data-engineer
Cloud DevOps Engineer - https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/cloud-devops-engineer
Cloud Security Engineer - https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/cloud-security-engineer
Cloud Network Engineer - https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/cloud-network-engineer
Google Workspace Administrator - https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/google-workspace-administrator
Machine Learning Engineer - https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/machine-learning-engineer
4. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Fundamentals for Beginners
This course has been carefully designed to assist newcomers in getting started with GCP. This course is for:
- Developers or System Administrators interested in learning more about GCP.
- Students interested in pursuing a career in cloud computing.
- AWS and Azure users interested in learning GCP.
Offered by: Udemy
Ratings: 4.5/5
No. of students enrolled: 95K+
Level: Beginner
Cost: $24.99
Duration: 4hrs 7mins (Total course length on-demand video)
Link: https://www.udemy.com/course/google-cloud-platform-gcp-fundamentals-for-beginners/
5. Architecting with Google Compute Engine Specialization
This program consists of 5 specialized courses and they will teach you the skills you need to succeed in your profession as well as prepare you for the industry-recognized Google Cloud Associate Engineer certification.
Offered by: Coursera, and Google Cloud
Ratings: 4.7/5 (26K+ ratings)
No. of students enrolled: 76K+
Level: Intermediate
Cost: $49 / month
Duration: 5 months (2 hrs/week recommended)
Link: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/gcp-architecture
6. Cracking the Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification
This course will prepare you to become Google Associate Cloud Engineer. The Google Cloud Platform can be used for project development through GUI and CLI. This course is also one of the prerequisites for preparing for the Google Cloud Architect certification.
Offered by: Educative
Level: Beginner
Cost: Premium Plan (includes: 110 hands-on projects and personalized paths) - $24.99 / month or $299 / year
Standard Plan - $16.66 / month or $199 / year
Duration: 4hrs
Exam Format: 1 Assessment (53 lessons, 5 quizzes, and 16 playgrounds)
Link: https://www.educative.io/courses/google-cloud-assoc-certification
7. Developing Applications with Google Cloud Specialization
Application developers in this specialization course will learn how to design, create, and deploy apps that seamlessly incorporate Google Cloud managed services. They will also learn how to utilize Google Cloud services and pre-trained machine learning APIs to construct safe, scalable, and intelligent cloud-native apps. Learners can complete labs in their preferred language, such as Node.js, Java, or Python.
Offered by: Coursera, and Google Cloud
Ratings: 4.7/5 (8K+ ratings)
No. of students enrolled: 76K+
Level: Intermediate
Cost: $49 / month
Duration: 6 months (2 hrs/week recommended)
Link: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/developing-apps-gcp
8. Machine Learning on Google Cloud Specialization
This specialization course teaches you:
- how to use Vertex AI AutoML and BigQuery ML to build, train and deploy ML models.
- how to implement machine learning models using Keras and TensorFlow 2.x
- how to perform data analysis and improve data quality
Offered by: Coursera, and Google Cloud
Ratings: 4.6/5 (8K+ ratings)
No. of students enrolled: 86K+
Level: Intermediate
Cost: $49 / month
Duration: 4 months (6 hrs/week recommended)
Link: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/machine-learning-tensorflow-gcp
9. Data Engineering, Big Data, and Machine Learning on GCP Specialization
This specialization course teaches you to:
- identify the Google Cloud data-to-AI lifecycle and the primary products of big data and machine learning.
- determine several possibilities for building machine learning solutions on Google Cloud.
- use AutoML to design a machine learning pipeline.
- design streaming pipelines with Dataflow and Pub/Sub.
Offered by: Coursera, and Google Cloud
Ratings: 4.6/5 (12K+ ratings)
No. of students enrolled: 53K+
Level: Intermediate
Cost: $49 / month
Duration: 4 months (3 hrs/week recommended)
Link: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/gcp-data-machine-learning
10. Networking in Google Cloud Specialization
This specialized course provides participants with a thorough understanding of Google Cloud Platform, its key architecture and networking options. The course will also cover common network design patterns as well as automated deployment using Deployment Manager.
Offered by: Coursera, and Google Cloud
Ratings: 4.8/5 (5K+ ratings)
No. of students enrolled: 37K+
Level: Intermediate
Cost: $49 / month
Duration: 6 months
Link: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/networking-google-cloud-platform
11. Security in Google Cloud Specialization
This specialization course teaches you to:
- Understand Google's security strategy.
- Resolve critical vulnerabilities, including public access to data and virtual machines.
- Understand how to use Google Cloud Resource Manager and Cloud IAM to implement least privilege administrative access.
Offered by: Coursera, and Google Cloud
Ratings: 4.7/5 (4K+ ratings)
No. of students enrolled: 20K+
Level: Intermediate (Recommended for: information security analysts, architects, engineers, Info security/cybersecurity specialists, infrastructure architects)
Cost: $49 / month
Duration: 6 months
Link: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/security-google-cloud-platform
12. GCP: Complete Google Data Engineer and Cloud Architect Guide
This specialization course is designed for those:
- who are interested in architecting compute, networking, loading balancing and other solutions using the GCP.
- who want to deploy serverless analytics and big data solutions on the Google Cloud.
- who want to build & deploy TensorFlow models on Google Cloud.
This specialization course teaches you to:
- deploy apps on Google Cloud.
- build deep learning models using TensorFlow on Google Cloud.
- use Big Data technologies like BigTable, Apache Beam etc.
Offered by: Udemy
Ratings: 4.2/5
No. of students enrolled: 50K+
Level: Intermediate
Cost: $99.99
Duration: 27hrs 51mins (Total course length on-demand video)
Link: https://www.udemy.com/course/gcp-data-engineer-and-cloud-architect/
13. Ultimate Google Cloud Certifications: All in one Bundle (6)
This specialization course helps you to prepare for Google Cloud Certification exams and become a master in Google Cloud Platform. This course is organized into sections in which you master all the concepts in one course and then focus on each certification individually.
Offered by: Udemy
Ratings: 4.3/5
No. of students enrolled: 100K+
Level: Beginner to advanced
Cost: $89.99
Duration: 41hrs 55mins (Total course length on-demand video)
Link: https://www.udemy.com/course/google-certified-architect-developer-engineer-data-devops/