AWS Skill Builder vs Cantrill

AWS Skill Builder is a web-based training service for developing AWS Cloud and AI skills, with material for learners from fundamental to advanced levels. Its free resources include 1,000+ learning resources and over 900 self-paced digital courses. Individual subscriptions add AWS Builder Labs, game-based learning, AWS Jam challenges, a no-fee practice sandbox, exam-preparation courses with guided labs, and Official Practice Exams. The annual Individual subscription also includes AWS Digital Classroom courses, which provide self-paced digital training based on classroom courses. Team subscriptions provide administration for assigning and tracking training, plus reports on course enrollment, labs, AWS Cloud Quest, active users, and AWS Jam challenge results. Team learners can use company credentials when their organization has SSO through ADFS, Azure AD, Ping, or Okta. Courses can be browsed, searched, and enrolled in on phones and tablets, though labs and game-based learning are best experienced on a laptop or workstation. Individual subscriptions exclude live classroom training and AWS Certification exams. Team seats are limited to the purchasing company’s employees and contractors.

Cantrill provides self-paced cloud and technical training through its website, with courses covering AWS, Microsoft Azure, Docker, and technical fundamentals. Lessons combine theory with practical demonstrations; the Advanced Networking course also describes section quizzes, practice exams, GitHub demo assets, visual aids, and captions. A free Docker Fundamentals course covers installing Docker, containerization, and deployment. Paid options include $29 a month for ALL THE THINGS PLUS and one-time plans at $400, paid once for ALL THE THINGS and $600, paid once for ALL THE THINGS PLUS — 1 PAYMENT. Other listed choices split payments across two or three months. The ALL THE THINGS bundle includes current and future courses, unlimited access across devices, and early access to new and in-production courses 6–8 weeks before public availability. Advanced Networking is aimed at experienced engineers or consultants and people with AWS associate-level knowledge, though it starts with fundamentals. It requires an AWS account, which learners need an email address and credit or debit card to obtain. The course page offers a 14-day unconditional money-back guarantee.