Adrian Cantrill’s platform offers AWS courses built around diagrams, video lessons and labs in your own AWS account. The catalog also includes James Lee’s AWS and Azure courses.
Passers praise the depth of the AWS explanations and hands-on labs.
Candidates describe extensive lessons and labs that take longer than a focused exam review.
A detailed architecture course built on diagrams, video lessons and demos, with practical builds in your own AWS account. It goes deeper than a focused exam review and takes longer. Purchases carry a 14-day refund.
Great fit if you want to understand the designs and build them yourself
Poor fit if you want a short, exam-focused course; choose Stéphane Maarek
Adrian Cantrill's free lab instructions, diagrams and templates on GitHub for building AWS projects in your own account. They cover labs across several certifications and are not a course, so pair them with a video course.
Great fit if you want practical exercises to pair with your study
Poor fit if you want lessons that teach the concepts; choose Maarek or Cantrill's course
Short theory and demo lessons, none longer than 20 minutes, with a quiz after each section and a full practice exam. The demo code is on GitHub, and updates are included for the life of the certification.
Great fit if you want to understand how the services work and build them yourself
Poor fit if you already use most of the services and want a short review; use AWS's Exam Prep Plan
Scenario-driven theory lessons and demos that build advanced identity, networking, migration and disaster recovery designs in your own AWS account. Downloadable diagrams support each lesson. It is the deepest hands-on option on this list.
Great fit if you want deep understanding and hands-on builds
Poor fit if you want a short review of material you know; choose Maarek
Video lessons and architecture diagrams are paired with labs in your own AWS account. Courses are sold individually and in bundles.
Yes, individual purchases carry a 14-day full refund; business and team packages get a 30-day window.
Yes, the hands-on labs have you build real infrastructure in your own AWS account, so you should budget for some AWS usage costs on top of the course price.
Cantrill's courses are longer and go deeper with hands-on builds; Maarek's are shorter, more exam-focused, and pair with console demos rather than a full self-built environment.
Last updated October 2026
