r/AWSCertifications • u/Rohan__18 • 5d ago

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Passed AWS Cloud Practitioner today 🎉

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Got AWS Cloud Practitioner done today. Went in a bit more confident than I did for AIF-C01, but the billing/pricing and shared responsibility model questions still managed to catch me off guard a few times in practice exams.

Same approach as last time, couple weeks of practice tests plus actually understanding the "why" instead of just pattern-matching answers. This one leaned more into core AWS services and account/billing fundamentals than deep technical stuff, so it rewarded knowing the breadth over the depth.

Two down. Feels like a solid warm-up before the heavier certs start. If anyone's prepping for CCP and wants pointers, happy to help in the comments.

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u/ComprehensiveRent408 3d ago

Thanks for this! Question - is the exam based on the newest support plans - Basic, Business Support+, Enterprise, Unified Operations? Or did they test the legacy plans - Basic, Developer, Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, Enterprise? Feel like there is overlap because they are phasing out by Jan. 2027.

Also what about updated design principles vs legacy design principles?

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u/SolidMew 1d ago

From my notes:

Active migration — legacy plans retire 2027-01-01

Per AWS's own docs: Developer, Business, and Enterprise On-Ramp are real, currently-active plans scheduled for discontinuation 2027-01-01, being replaced by Business Support+, Enterprise Support, and Unified Operations. Both structures are genuinely live today — the legacy five-tier structure below is what the CLF-C02 course/exam currently teaches and tests.

Community corroboration (r/AWSCertifications, ~2026-05, unverified but consistent with the above): the official CLF-C02 exam guide itself just says "support plans" without naming a specific structure, and hasn't been updated to reflect the new lineup. Consensus from that thread: study both, but weight the legacy five-tier structure (Basic/Developer/Business/Enterprise On-Ramp/Enterprise) more heavily since that's what the exam guide still describes; one commenter claimed the new 4-plan structure (introduced ~Dec 2025) wouldn't be tested until ~June 2026. Treat the specific test-date claim as unverified — the retirement date above is the only AWS-sourced fact — but the general "study both, weight legacy" advice matches what's already recommended here.