| Official Link: | https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-digital-leader | |
| Length: | 1.5 hours | |
| Questions: | ~60 (not a fixed number, but typically around 60+ questions) | |
| Registration fee: | $99 (plus tax where applicable). There is also a discount for those from countries with lower purchasing power parity. | |
| Exam format: | Multiple choice and multiple select, taken in person at a test center or online. | |
| Recommended experience: | No experience required. | |
| Official Practice Exam: | link | |
| Certification Validity: | Other exams have a validity of 2 years, but the CDL is valid for 3 years. |
| Published | Title/Link | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2026/02 | Aced the ACE: A Strategic Guide to the ACE | Alex Nyambura |
| 2026/01 | How I prepared for the ACE | Luca Cavallin |
| 2025/09 | CDL Study Notes | Nisrine Amimi |
| 2025/08 | How I Passed the ACE | Rishab Kumar |
| 2023/06 | How to get GCP CDL certification on the first try? | Sebastian Hanania |
| 2022/09 | How I studied for the Google CDL Exam | Rycole |
| 2022/03 | How to Prepare For The Google CDL Certification Exam | Sarah Walker-Leptich |
| 2021/09 | How to become GCP Certified CDL | Ramesh Rajini |
| 2021/01 | 6 Best Google CDL Certification Courses for Beginners in 2022 | Javin Paul |
| 2021 | CDL Learning Path | |
| 2021/09 | Get Certified: GCP CDL | Denys van Kempen |
| 2021/07 | Notes from my beta GCP CDL certification exam | Sathish VJ |
| 2021/05 | A quick review of the new CDL (beta) | Hifzullah Celik |
| 2021/05 | My Review on the CDL Beta Exam | Antoni Tzavelas |
| Published On | Title/Link | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Udemy | Google Cloud Certified Cloud Digital Leader Practice Tests | Sathish VJ @ AwesomeGCP |
| Published | Title/Link | Publisher | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/01 | CDL Exam Prep Guide | Sarah Walker-Leptich |
| Published | Title/Link | Publisher | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/08 | Cloud Digital Leader Certification Course - Pass the Exam! | FreeCodeCamp.org | Andrew Brown |
| 2021/07 | Cloud Digital Leader Playlist | AwesomeGCP | Sathish VJ |
| 2021/08 | GCP Sketch Notes | Thecloudgirl.dev | Priyanka Vergadia |
| Site | Title/Link | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Udemy | GCP for Beginners - Become a Google Cloud Digital Leader | in28minutes |
| Coursera | Google Cloud Digital Leader Training Professional Certificate | |
| Coursera | Introduction to Digital Transformation with Google Cloud | |
| Coursera | Innovating with Data and Google Cloud | |
| Coursera | Infrastructure and Application Modernization with Google Cloud | |
| Coursera | Managing Machine Learning Projects with Google Cloud | |
| Coursera | Business Transformation with Google Cloud | |
| Coursera | Google Cloud Product Fundamentals | |
| Coursera | Understanding Your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Costs | |
| Coursera | Optimizing Your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Costs | |
| Coursera | Organizational Change and Culture for Adopting GCP | |
| Coursera | Cloud Architecture with Google Cloud Professional Certificate |
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| Google Cloud Solutions |
| Cloud Adoption Framework |
| Cost Management Blog |
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