The program rules on this page were checked against the certification program's own FAQ and policies on 9 September 2026. Nobody on this site can register you, and nothing here is endorsed by Anthropic.
First, check your own employer
The fastest sponsor is the company you already work for, if it is a partner. Plenty of people at large consultancies and agencies do not know their employer is in the Claude Partner Network, and some of those employers have a certification budget or discount nobody mentioned. Before you apply anywhere else:
- Try to register on the Partner Academy with your work address.
- If the form rejects the domain, your employer may still be a partner whose domain is not recognized yet. Email partner-support@anthropic.com and allow 7 to 10 days, which is how long the program's FAQ says adding a domain takes.
- Ask whoever runs training or partnerships at your company whether there is a budget or a discount for these exams.
If that works, you need nothing else on this page. The next step is registration to badge.
The rule, as of 9 September 2026
Certification is available to people at Claude Partner Network organizations, and registration requires a partner email address on a recognized company domain. Personal addresses do not work. Who can take these exams covers who that locks out.
Sponsorship works inside that rule. A partner registers you on its own domain, and partners have a reason to: certified people count toward their standing in the partner program.
No partner? Apply through Intent Solutions Learn
Claude certification exams require registration through a Claude Partner Network organization. If your employer is not a partner, you can apply to Intent Solutions Learn. Accepted members may be registered through Intent Solutions.
Applications are open worldwide and reviewed by a person. Members are accepted in small waves, so access is not immediate or guaranteed.
Keep studying while you wait, and do not pick an exam date until you are registered.
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What changes when a partner sponsors you
- The partner may see your result. The policy page says your result and certification status may be shared with the partner organization you registered through. If that matters to you, ask about it before you register.
- The credential is still yours. It belongs to you, not the partner. It stays with you if the relationship ends, and the partner cannot reassign it.
- Your name has to match your ID. The name on your Pearson VUE profile must match your government-issued ID exactly, whoever's domain you registered on. A mismatch means no exam and a forfeited fee.
- The price depends on the partner's tier. Select, Preferred and Global Premier partners get 50% off at checkout. Who pays the fee is between you and the partner, so agree on it before you register.
If no sponsor works out
Two other routes satisfy the rule, and the eligibility guide covers both: contracting into a partner firm, which people have reported being offered after asking publicly, and joining the Partner Network yourself, which Anthropic says is free but starts with a commitment to certify 10 practitioners. That makes it a business decision more than an exam decision.
What does not work: registering with a personal address and hoping, or borrowing a friend's partner domain. The identity you register under is the identity that sits the exam.
Practice while you wait
The gate is the slow part, and the studying is the part you can start today. Every exam has a free full-length practice form here, with no account and every answer option explained: CCAO-F, CCDV-F, CCAR-F, CCAR-P. Not sure which one? Which of the four should you take?