Every link below was opened and checked by RoleMath, labelled official or independent, and shown with the date it was last checked where one is recorded. Nothing here is sponsored, and no exam dumps are listed.
RoleMath has checked 4 free resources for this certification: 3 learning resources and 1 official scope document.
See the certification itself: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate · and what it costs to earn and keep.
Best free resources
| Resource | Type | Publisher | Cost | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03) | Exam objectives / outline | Official: Amazon Web Services | Free (see notes) | official |
| AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) full course | Free structured course | Independent community: freeCodeCamp | Free (see notes) | independent community |
| AWS Skill Builder Exam Prep Plan: Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) — includes the official practice question set | Free structured course | Official: Amazon Web Services | Free tier (account req.) (see notes) | official |
| freeCodeCamp / Andrew Brown SAA-C03 full course | Free structured course | Independent community: freeCodeCamp | Free (see notes) | independent community |
What to know
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03): RoleMath records this against exam SAA-C03 and has not verified whether that is still the current exam — check the vendor's page before relying on it. Official exam guide / content outline (HTML; a PDF version is also published). (noted when we read this source, 2026-06-14)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) full course: RoleMath records this against exam SAA-C03 and has not verified whether that is still the current exam — check the vendor's page before relying on it. 50h29m across the SAA-C03 objective set. Uploaded 2024-05-23. SAA-C03 was still the current exam when we last read AWS's certification page and exam guide on 2026-06-30, so this is not a course for a retired version, but service-level detail will have drifted since the upload. (noted when we read this source, 2026-08-05)
- AWS Skill Builder Exam Prep Plan: Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) — includes the official practice question set: RoleMath records this against exam SAA-C03 and has not verified whether that is still the current exam — check the vendor's page before relying on it. Free tier — requires a free AWS Skill Builder account. Standard course + official practice question set are free-tier; the enhanced subscription is paid. (noted when we read this source, 2026-07-10)
- freeCodeCamp / Andrew Brown SAA-C03 full course: RoleMath records this against exam SAA-C03 and has not verified whether that is still the current exam — check the vendor's page before relying on it. Community video published May 2024 and roughly 50 hours; broad coverage is useful for explanation but service details can age. Reconcile to the current official SAA-C03 guide and use the RoleMath labs for account-free evidence. (noted when we read this source, 2026-07-12)
The free path, in order
1. Start from the exam objectives / outline — it is the scope the certifying body itself publishes, and where a vendor also publishes domain weightings they are in it. It may not be a comprehensive list of every exam topic. Study against it, not against a course's table of contents. Where the entry below records an exam version RoleMath has not verified as current, confirm on the vendor's page that you are reading the outline for your exam before you study against it.
2. Work the free structured course(s) above to build the skills — first check each one against What to know above, and where a course was written for a different exam version than the one you will sit, treat it as background rather than as your main preparation. Treat official material as scope authority and community material as instruction; use official sample questions where they exist.
3. Free study lowers what you spend preparing, not what the exam itself costs — see what it costs to earn and keep.
Free resources reduce what you spend to study. No resource guarantees a pass, and a course is not the certification.