Cantrill vs Google Cloud Skills Boost

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.

Google Cloud Skills Boost, also called Google Skills, is a web learning platform for building skills including Google Cloud and AI. Its catalog combines courses and labs with videos, documents, practical activities, and quizzes. Cloud labs provide temporary credentials for practice using real cloud resources. Guided learning paths bring together selected courses or labs around a role, use case, or solution. Completing learning content can earn learners shareable skill badges and certificates. Subscription content includes material from Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Google for Education, Google Marketing, and more. Labs require a laptop or desktop, an internet connection, and a supported browser, and a subscription permits one lab at a time. Current versions of popular browsers are supported; Firefox or Chrome are recommended. GEAR participants can claim 35 monthly learning credits at no cost. Google Cloud customers can request access to the Google Skills for Organizations catalog and other exclusive learning resources and programs.