This repository contains information about the performance testing and monitoring certifications.
I will try to keep this information up to date. But it is your responsibility to check the relevant official links before you register for the certification.
If you see a certification is no longer updated or retired, please submit a PR to improve this repo. Thank you!
The purpose of this repo is to give an idea about the performance testing certifications, not to impose.
Learning multiple tools and getting certified will help you understand why one tool is not suited for some cases than the other. Earning certification doesn't mean that you know everything, please remember learning is an endless journey, never stop.
Happy Journey!
- Micro Focus
- Apache JMeter
- Neotys NeoLoad
- Gatling
- Dynatrace
- New Relic
- LoadView
- AppDynamics
- ISTQB
- Neocortix
- Postman
- Others
- Retired
- Cert Name: LoadRunner Professional 2020 Certified Professional Exam previously known as LoadRunner v12.5 Certified Professional
- Price: 200 USD
- Registration: https://microfocus.viewcentral.com/events/uploads/microfocus/contact.html
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Tough
- Free Retake: No
- Number of questions: 50
- Exam time: 2 hours
- Passing score: 70%
- Each question has a time duration of 3 minutes to be attempted by the student, failure to mark a response within the stipulated time will move the student to the next question on the block.
- Cert Name: Silk Performer Certified Professional
- Price: 200 USD
- Registration: https://marketplace.microfocus.com/education/content/slk200-silk-performer-certified-professional-exam
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Moderate
- Free Retake: No
- Number of questions: 32
- Exam time: 2 hours
- Passing score: 70%
- Each question has a time duration of 2 minutes to be attempted by the student, failure to mark a response within the stipulated time will move the student to the next question on the block.
References:
- How I successfully cleared MicroFocus LoadRunner certification?
- https://marketplace.microfocus.com/education/content/loadrunner-certified-professional-exam
There is no official certification from Apache Foundation. But I recommend Blazemeter certification.
- Cert Name: Apache JMeter Pro
- Price: Free
- Registration: https://university.blazemeter.com/
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Moderate
- Free Retake: Yes (3 attempts max)
- Number of questions: 20
- Passing score: 90%
- Exam time: 2 hours
- Cert Name: Certified JMeter Tester
- Price: 3,499 INR
- Registration: https://www.vskills.in/certification/testing/jmeter-tester-certification
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Moderate
- Free Retake: No
- Number of questions: 50
- Passing score: 50%
- Exam time: 1 hour
Vskills is a certification programme run by ICSIL (Intelligent Communication Systems India Limited) which is a Government of India PSU, and a Joint Venture of TCIL (Govt of India PSU) and DSIIDC (A Govt of NCT Delhi PSU).
- Cert Name: Neotys Certified Professional for NeoLoad
- Price: Free
- Registration: https://www.neotys.com/professional-services/neotys-certification-program
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Tough
- Free Retake: Yes (3 attempts max)
- Number of questions: 50
- Passing score: 70%
Reference
- Cert Name: Neotys Certified Expert for NeoLoad
- Price: Free
- Registration: https://www.neotys.com/professional-services/neotys-certification-program
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Tough
- Free Retake: NA
- Exam time: 1 day
- Morning > Practical Exam : 3 hours
- After noon > Theory : 2 hours
- Cert Name: Gatling Certification
- Course Fee: Free
- Certificate Fee: Starting from 90 EUR + VAT
- Registration: https://academy.gatling.io/
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Moderate
- Free Retake: Yes
- Number of questions: Varies
- Passing score: 80%
If you want to receive certificate, you need to purchase it. Certification cost starting from 90 EUR + VAT.
| Cert Names | Dynatrace Associate | Dynatrace Professional |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 200 USD | 250 USD |
| Registration | https://university.dynatrace.com/certification/dynatrace | https://university.dynatrace.com/certification/dynatrace |
| Validity | 2 years | 2 years |
| Complexity | Moderate / Tough | Tough |
| Free Retake | No | No |
| Number of questions | 70 | 100* |
| Exam Time | 105 minutes | 120 minutes |
| Passing Score | 72% | 70% |
*Dynatrace Professional cert has Practical Exam w/ multiple choice questions. You get 2.25 hours to complete practicals and multiple choice questions. Passing score is 86%
Dynatrace Master Journey requires submitting the application form to Dyntrace.
- Cert Name: New Relic Fundamentals
- Price: Free
- Registration: https://learn.newrelic.com/series/fundamentals
- Validity: 1 year
- Complexity: Moderate
- Free Retake: Yes
- Passing score: 80%
PS: New Relic Certified Performance Pro certification has been retired as on Nov 15 2019.
- Cert Name: LoadView Certification Program
- Price: Free
- Registration: https://learning.dotcom-monitor.com
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Moderate
- Free Retake: Yes
- Passing score: NA
PS: Manual grading which takes couple of days to get certified.
| Cert Names | AppDynamics Certified Associate Performance Analyst | AppDynamics Certified Professional |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 400 USD | 400 USD |
| Registration | https://education.appdynamics.com/ | https://education.appdynamics.com |
| Validity | 2 years | 2 years |
| Complexity | Moderate / Tough | Tough |
| Free Retake | No | No |
| Number of questions | 60-65 | 50-55 |
| Exam Time | 105 minutes | 90 minutes |
| Passing Score | 62% | 64% |
- Cert Name: Foundation Level Performance Testing
- Price: 199 USD
- Registration: https://www.istqb.org/certification-path-root/performance-testing.html
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Moderate
- Free Retake: No (there will be promos for free retakes, please check with ISTQB)
- Number of questions: 40
- Exam Time: 90 minutes
- Passing score: 65%
- Cert Name: Global Last-Mile Load Testing
- Price: Free
- Registration: https://neocortix.com/certifications
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Moderate
- Free Retake: NA
- Number of questions: NA
- Exam Time: NA
- Passing score: NA
- Cert Name: 30 days of Postman - for developers
- Price: Free
- Registration: https://www.postman.com/postman/workspace/30-days-of-postman-for-developers/overview
- Validity: Lifetime
- Complexity: Moderate
- Free Retake: NA
- Number of questions: NA
- Exam Time: NA
- Passing score: NA
- IBM Rational Performance Tester v8
