The leader in cloud learning
Accelerate cloud success with hands-on learning at scale. Upskill 10 or 10,000 with the most comprehensive and up-to-date learning library.
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The leader in cloud learning
Accelerate cloud success with hands-on learning at scale. Upskill 10 or 10,000 with the most comprehensive and up-to-date learning library.
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400+ courses and 1,800+ hands-on labs
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Trusted by partners and customers
Effective and engaging
We’ve helped more than 2.2 million engineers and 4,000+ businesses build modern tech skills and learn to cloud — and we’d love to help you, too.
We use proven adult learning principles to create a tailored, effective learning experience for all skill levels. Only A Cloud Guru offers the freshest courses and labs, paired with comprehensive tools and presented by instructors every bit as unique as you are.
Build organization-wide cloud fluency
Get teams across your org speaking the same language and ahead of the cloud curve with the most effective, hands-on, and comprehensive platform for cloud learning at scale.
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Build your cloud dream team and stop looking for Bigfoot
Cloud transformation takes skill — skilled talent.
But 63% of IT leaders say it’s harder to find qualified engineers than Bigfoot. Unlike mythical upright-walking primates, there’s no doubt the right talent exists. But how do you find it? You already have.
Source: Logicworks
50%
of enterprise IT organizations’ migration to the cloud will be slowed by two years or more due to insufficient cloud skills
Source: Gartner
Only 21%
of technologists feel completely confident they have the cloud skills to master their current job
Source: State of Upskilling 2023
2-6x ROI
Cloud training initiatives can have a return on investment of up to 2–6x
Source: ACG: The ROI of Cloud Training
50%
of enterprise IT organizations’ migration to the cloud will be slowed by two years or more due to insufficient cloud skills
Source: Gartner
Only 21%
of technologists feel completely confident they have the cloud skills to master their current job
Source: State of Upskilling 2023
2-6x ROI
Cloud training initiatives can have a return on investment of up to 2–6x
Source: ACG: The ROI of Cloud Training
Continuous cloud learning
Your path to cloud nirvana
ACG for Business can navigate your team from here to the cloud with our fresh, hands-on approach to continuous learning at scale — and a boatload of tools built to teach your people better and faster.
Accelerate cloud strategy
We integrate engaging content with hands-on learning-by-doing. Your people get real skills in real environments.
Build cloud-ready talent
Build cloud-literate, cloud-ready, and cloud-native talent—with experiences built for every stage of cloud maturity
Tap into multi-cloud learning
Develop the modern tech skills needed to support any multicloud initiative, from building fluency to strategic migrations.
Deliver personalized learning at scale
Learning tailored for every stage and style. Give your teams the information they need, when they need it.
Don't take it from us
Check out these real reviews from cloud learners:
"ACG’s multicloud course library is huge for us because we have so many different products and technology stacks across our organization."
Mike Berg
Director of Service Development at Thomson Reuters
"We’ve seen real value from A Cloud Guru’s expanded focus on learn-by-doing with features like Cloud Playground. We’ve accelerated Accenture’s learning journey and helped drive cloud skill development across our company."
Jeff Hammond
Accenture, AWS Business Group Global Capability Development Lead
"A Cloud Guru’s Cloud Playground and Hands-on Labs made it easy for us to play around and learn in a protected environment where no one had to be worried about breaking something in our app or incurring unintentional costs."
Frank Ashcraft
Director of Software Engineering CloudChekr
What’s it like?
Learn by doing
Our learn-by-doing method gets you hands-on with the cloud, so you can build practical experience that sticks. 85% of our learners say they retain more when they learn by doing.
Cloud Playground
Learn by doing with live Cloud Playground AWS, Azure, and GCP sandboxes. Cloud along with courses, test ideas, and prep for exams.
Practice Exams
Pass on the first try. Prep for certifications with practice exams that mimic the real thing. And get personalized pointers on how to improve.
Hands-on Labs
Learn new skills faster and get your hands cloudy with thousands of real, guided labs on all things cloud from novice to guru.
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Comprehensive cloud learning library
With hundreds of courses and thousands of labs, we give you plenty of room to roam. Whether you’re accelerating your own career or skilling up teams, you can go as broad or as deep as you need, and then some.
We offer full certification training and technical deep dives for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and so much more. What would you like to learn?
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Amazon Web Services
We're an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, and have trained over two million engineers on AWS.
- Access all AWS Certification Courses
- Hundreds of hours of certification & courses
- Thousands of quiz questions
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Microsoft Azure
Our Microsoft Azure experts provide courses perfect for beginners and advanced Azure users.
- Certification and deep dive courses
- Weekly updates on new developments in Azure
- Fireside chats with leading Azure experts
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Google Cloud Platform
Learn to master the Google Cloud Platform with our expert-led courses and labs.
- Associate & Pro certification courses
- Hands-on Labs and deep dive projects
- Kubernetes and serverless courses
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Linux
Learn your way around the OS that underpins modern tech, from humble appliances to most of the cloud.
- Courses and labs covering major Linux certs
- Red Hat, Linux Foundation, LPIC, and SUSE
- Deep dives into open source, DevOps, and more
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Plans & pricing
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Personal Basic
Fast-track certifications with hands-on learning
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Personal Plus
Learn by doing in unlimited AWS, Azure & GCP Sandboxes
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Who doesn’t love options? No matter your domain or expertise, we’ve got the content you’re looking for.
Individual | Team | ||||
| Hands-on learning fundamentals | Free | Personal Basic | Personal Plus | Business Basic | Business Plus |
| Free trial | n/a | For 7 daysLimited hands on lab access | For 7 daysLimited hands on labs and access to playground not included | n/a | n/a |
| Unlimited Courses Free courses updated monthly | Limited Quickly check your knowledge on a variety of topics and know where to brush up with short quizzes. | ||||
| Paths Build on your proficiency by knowing which courses to watch in which order, with course work curated by experts. | |||||
| Unlimited guided labs Learn by doing with guided labs based on real-world scenarios in a secure, risk-free environment. Build new skills in as little as 15 minutes. | |||||
| Practice exams Prepare for your certs with practice exams that mimic the real thing, including challenge labs that put you in the cloud hot seat. Plus, get personalized pointers on improving your score. | |||||
| Interactive diagrams Snag clickable, PDF versions of core concepts to revisit later. Our diagrams make great study aids, help build retention, and can act as handy cheat sheets for a quick refresher down the road. | |||||
| Learning scheduler Create a consistent study schedule based on the weekly hours you have available or the date you want to complete the course, and the scheduler will keep you on track to meet your goals. | |||||
| Challenge mode for hands-on labs Put your skills to the test with unguided labs that score your work | |||||
| Build expertise in full cloud environments | |||||
| Cloud playground - servers Spin up pre-configured, auto-provisioned servers in just a few clicks. Cloud along with courses, practice whenever you feel like it, and never worry about a surprise cloud bill. | |||||
| Cloud playground - instant terminal Quickly launch a secure, in-browser SSH terminal into any instance on any provider – even behind a firewall. | |||||
| Cloud playground - sandboxes Learn by doing with Cloud Playground. Try out new cloud skills in live AWS, Azure, and GCP sandbox environments — without racking up a surprise bill. Cloud along with courses, test an idea at work or prepare for exams. | |||||
| Custom cloud sandboxes Build one-of-a-kind sandbox experiences and give your teams a risk-free way to play with cloud services in an environment customized to your cloud infrastructure. | to add this to your plan. | ||||
| Team onboarding fundamentals | |||||
| Centralized user management & billing Easily assign new users, track learning and ROI with usage and skill analytics, and manage the entire ACG for Business experience from one central location. | |||||
| Business reporting Keep tabs on skills and certifications across your organization to properly staff projects, track progress, and inform learning goals. | |||||
| Skills assessment Take stock of your organization’s cloud readiness so you can know exactly where to start. | |||||
| Dedicated business support | |||||
| Customer success manager*Get the most out of ACG for Business with a dedicated cloud learning consultant to provide you with best practices and continued business support. | |||||
| Scalability for larger teams | |||||
| Team management Create and assign learners to teams for easier management, tracking, and reporting. Designate team coordinators to help keep teams on track, and know who’s conquering the cloud or needs a nudge with the team leaderboard. | |||||
| Study groups Group learners together so they can support each other and build skills faster. Discussing topics and helping others understand concepts boosts retention and builds camaraderie. | |||||
| Custom learning paths Build Custom Learning Paths that align with unique roles, upcoming projects, or identified skill gaps. Assign Paths to individuals or teams, and easily track their learning progress – no spreadsheets or expensive training coordinators needed. | |||||
| Learning accelerator Fast-track your organization’s path to cloud fluency with sprint-based certification tracks, including weekly lessons, hands-on projects and whitepapers. | |||||
| Integrations & APIs | |||||
| API accessAutomatically transfer raw usage and skills data to your data warehouse or other repository. | |||||
| Professional services | |||||
| Onboarding Get started on the right foot so you can drive progress towards initiatives faster. | to add this to your plan. | to add this to your plan. | |||
| Cloud strategy plans Fast track results by aligning cloud skills development with your business objectives. | to add this to your plan. | to add this to your plan. | |||
| Single sign-on Use your company’s ID and password to make management and scalability a breeze. | to add this to your plan. | to add this to your plan. | |||
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