If you have many Salesforce certifications and are worried about the maintenance cost (Salesforce release exam) . Here is a salesforce certification update news for you if you already don’t know it.
Go to theSalesforce certification update page for more info.
In short if your certification cost is more than, it will be a very good news for you. As of now if you are spending more than USD $300 per year, you will have to spend USD $300 a year now. Rest of the exams are free from Salesforce. They will provide vouchers to cover the cost of the release exams.
Quoted from Salesforce pages:
Release Exams Required by Credential
Below is a list of the Salesforce certification release exams, The release exam(s) required to maintain it, and how often the release exams are published.
| Salesforce Certifications | Maintenance Requirements (Number of Times Published per Year) |
| Salesforce Certified Administrator | Salesforce Certified Administrator Release Exam (3 times a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator | Salesforce Certified Administrator Release Exam (3 times a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant | Salesforce Certified Administrator Release Exam (3 times a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant | Salesforce Certified Administrator Release Exam (3 times a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Community Cloud Consultant | Salesforce Certified Administrator Release Exam (3 times a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Email Specialist | Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Email Specialist Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Social Specialist | Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Social Specialist Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Consultant | Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Email Specialist Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Pardot Specialist | Salesforce Certified Pardot Specialist Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Pardot Consultant^ | Salesforce Certified Pardot Specialist Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder | Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Release Exam (3 times a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I | Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Release Exam (3 times a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II | Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Release Exam (3 times a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Data Architecture and Management Designer | Salesforce Certified Data Architecture and Management Designer Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer | Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Identity and Access Management Designer | Salesforce Certified Identity and Access Management Designer Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Integration Architecture Designer | Salesforce Certified Integration Architecture Designer Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Mobile Solutions Architecture Designer | Salesforce Certified Mobile Solutions Architecture Designer Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Sharing and Visibility Designer | Salesforce Certified Sharing and Visibility Designer Release Exam (1 time a year) |
| Salesforce Certified Application Architect |
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| Salesforce Certified System Architect |
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| Salesforce Certified Technical Architect* | All release exams listed under Salesforce Certified Application Architect and Salesforce Certified System Architect |
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