Salesforce, a cloud-based company, is a CRM interaction platform that enables quality interactions and collaborations between employees in a company. Salesforce also ensures quality monitoring of sales and customer requirements. To equip employees and other company players, Salesforce offers training and certifications to those who want to advance their skills in using this platform. The credentials are targeted at administrators, app builders, architects, consultants, developers, marketers, pardot experts, and specialists.

The Salesforce Administrator certification is for those who are responsible for managing, configuring, and extending the experience of the Salesforce platform while working with Sales cloud and Service cloud. It is divided into the Salesforce Certified Administrator and the Salesforce Advanced Administrator certificates with one exam each. The test consists of 60 multiple-choice questions, the completion time of 105 minutes, and the passing score of 65%. The exam costs $200.

Salesforce Platform App Builder certification validates the candidate’s skills to design, build, and implement custom applications with the use of the well-known lightning platform’s declarative capabilities. This certification exam comprises 60 multiple-choice questions and lasts for 105 minutes. The passing score is 63%, while the exam fee is $200.

Salesforce Architect certifications include Certified B2C Commerce Technical Solution Designer, Certified Data Architecture and Management Designer, Certified Development Deployment and Lifecycle Designer, Certified Designer of Integration Architecture, Certified Identity Access and Management Designer, Certified Visibility and Sharing Designer, Certified Mobile Solutions Architecture Designer, Certified System Architect, Certified Application Architect, and Certified Technical Architect. Most of the tests for these credentials consist of 60 multiple-choice questions and cost $400. The exam durations range from 105 to 120 minutes, while the passing score for each test can be from 63 to 68%.

The Salesforce Consultants certifications are divided into Certified Community Cloud Consultants, Certified Field Service Lightning Consultant, Certified Marketing Cloud Consultant, Certified Pardot Consultant, Certified Sales Cloud Consultant, and Certified Service Cloud Consultant. Each of these certifications exams consists of 60 multiple-questions and costs $200. The duration varies from 90 to 105 minutes, while the passing score for each ranges from 57 to 70%.

The Salesforce Developers certifications are divided into Certified B2C Commerce Developer, Certified Platform Developer I, Certified Platform Developer II. Each certification exam comprises 60 multiple-choice questions and costs $200. The time limit can be 105-120 minutes, and the passing scores are 70%, 65%, and 63%, respectively.

The Salesforce Marketers certifications consist of Certified Marketing Cloud Consultant, Marketing Cloud Email Specialist, and Certified Marketing Cloud Social Specialist. The exam for each of them has 60 multiple-choice questions and lasts from 90 to 105 minutes. The passing scores are 63%, 65%, and 67%, respectively. The exam fee is $200.

The Salesforce Pardot Experts certifications are Certified Pardot Consultant and Certified Pardot Specialist. Each one of them has one exam with 60 multiple-choice questions, which costs $200. The Pardot Consultant test takes 105 minutes while the Pardot Specialist exam lasts 90 minutes. The passing scores are 70% and 67%, respectively.

The last credential is Salesforce Certified CPQ Specialist for those who implement the Salesforce CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) software solutions. The exam in this case comprises 60 questions, takes 105 minutes, and costs $200. The passing score is 68%.

Each Salesforce exam includes extra 5 unscored questions. Salesforce releases updates for the systems every year. Therefore, the candidates are required to update their credentials annually.