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CCA-F vs. Anthropic's other Claude certifications

Anthropic runs four role-based Claude certifications. This site prepares you for CCA-F (Claude Certified Architect — Foundations) specifically — the architecture-and-orchestration tier, not the associate, developer, or professional tiers below.

CCAO-FClaude Certified Associate — Foundations
$99

Business & non-technical roles working alongside Claude — prompting, workflows, AI literacy.

CCDV-FClaude Certified Developer — Foundations
$125

Developers building applications with the Claude API — integration, tool use, SDKs.

CCA-FClaude Certified Architect — FoundationsThis site
$125

Engineers & architects designing agentic systems: orchestration, Claude Code, MCP, context management.

CCAR-PClaude Certified Architect — Professional
$175

Senior architects — the advanced tier, building on Architect Foundations knowledge.

Fees per attempt, via Pearson VUE. CCA-F rose from $99 to $125 on June 30, 2026. Partner tiers can get 50–100% off. See the official announcement of the 4 certifications ↗ for Anthropic's own description of each tier.

Preparing for CCA-F?

This site's lessons, quizzes, and mock exams are built directly against the CCA-F exam blueprint. For the registration steps, prerequisites, and retake policy, see the full guide.

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