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Free Database Certifications

Data skills pay — and the database vendors themselves give away the training and, in several cases, the certification exam too. These are real, currently-free credentials worth putting on a résumé.

Every application needs a database, so proving you can design and query one is a durable skill. The modern data world spans far more than SQL — document stores, graph databases, key-value caches, and cloud data platforms. The vendors below run free learning platforms to grow their communities, and MongoDB and Neo4j even offer their associate-level certification exams at no cost.