AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (exam SAA-C03) is a certification earned by passing its exam. Training is optional and separate — below is what providers publish to prepare you for it. No provider paid for placement or ordering here and none can; if you later ask us to introduce you to one, that introduction may earn us a fee, and it still cannot change a price, an ordering, or a word on this page.
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Published training prices, by provider
Read the rows before you read the prices. These are not comparable offerings. Provider offerings can appear in the same table despite having different delivery modes because each row is a published price for preparing for the same exam, not because the offerings are the same product. Whether the exam fee is included and how long you keep access all differ — so the lowest number here is the cheapest listed price, and nothing more than that.
Every price in this table is published by the provider and captured on the date shown in 'As of'. Providers change list prices without notice, so treat an older reading as a starting point and confirm on the provider's own page before you budget. They are course-price observations; exam treatment varies by row. 'Exam' shows whether the provider states the exam fee is included in the price, is not, or says nothing either way, and 'Includes / access' repeats the provider's own description of what the course covers — their words, not ours. Where a provider describes a course in PDUs, those are professional development units for maintaining a credential you already hold; they are not the same thing as the contact hours a certifying body may require before you can apply. Check the eligibility requirement on this page against what the provider actually says it delivers.
| Provider | Offering | Delivery | Published price | Exam | Includes / access | As of | Source |
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| ONLC Training Centers | Architecting on AWS (SAA prep; instructor-led) | Instructor-led (live) | $1,495 per course | not stated | Three-day live online course at USD 1,495. The page publishes complete October 7-9 and November 4-6, 2026 daily times. It calls the course hands-on but does not publish the lab exercise list, delivered AWS curriculum revision, explicit SAA-C03 mapping or exam-voucher status; seats remain unverified | 2026-09-13 | link |
| New Horizons | Architecting on AWS (SAA) | Virtual instructor-led | $2,025 per course | exam fee not included | Three-day virtual instructor-led course with five named labs and 90-day recordings. Exam voucher is a separate USD 150 add-on. The checked calendar shows dates and times but omits the year, so no session is added to the matcher. Confirm exact seller or franchise, delivery entity, authorization coverage, seat and terms | 2026-09-13 | link |
| Learning Tree International | Architecting on AWS (commercial) | online | $2,785 per course | not stated | Three-day live course with provider-stated official AWS curriculum and after-course coaching. Exam voucher and exact lab entitlement are not stated. The checked calendar shows dates and times but omits the year, so no session is added to the matcher. Separate government tuition is published | 2026-09-13 | link |
Turn published listings into a decision
The table is evidence, not a recommendation. Before choosing, verify every meeting date and time zone, current seat availability, the final total price, guided-lab hours and access period, voucher conditions, recordings or retakes, cancellation terms, current vendor authorization, and whether the organization selling the course is also delivering it.
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Published spread
Among the 3 provider prices verified below, the published training cost for AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate at ordinary commercial rates ranges from $1,495 per course (ONLC Training Centers, Instructor-led (live)) to $2,785 per course (Learning Tree International, online). This is a published-price range, not a recommendation — delivery mode, exam inclusion, and what's bundled differ, so the numbers are not apples-to-apples.
Budget for the exam separately wherever 'Exam' shows exam fee not included. Where it shows not stated, the provider's page did not say either way — ask before you buy. This comparison includes only offerings whose price we verified on the linked provider page; quote-only offerings cannot be compared in the range above. See the training providers hub.
Government and other restricted rates
These are restricted rates, not ordinary public prices. They are listed separately because eligibility is restricted and they are not part of the range above — confirm with the provider whether your organisation qualifies before treating one as available to you.
| Provider | Offering | Delivery | Published rate | Exam | As of | Source |
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| Learning Tree International | Architecting on AWS (government) | online | $1,702 per course | not stated | 2026-09-13 | link |
Deciding whether to pay
The question these prices answer is not whether to take AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate — it is whether to pay someone to prepare you for it. That turns on something the table cannot tell you: whether you will actually finish without a schedule, whether you need an environment you cannot build yourself, and whether anyone else is paying. Choose instruction, permitted practice and feedback according to your goals, schedule and starting knowledge. Public study is optional. If you are weighing a structured course against studying on your own, bootcamp versus self-study works through that decision with the same published prices.