A Cloud GuruReviews of acloudguru.com

I signed up for a month to month plan this past year (before realizing how outdated the material was) and was surprised to find that they had also signed me up for their annual plan (I am positive there was no user error on my end). So my account was allowed two subscriptions at the exact same time. I tried to get support but no luck. Then, without refunding anything I lost all access to the site. Not to mention that another person in my household also uses the site on their own account, having logged in once on the same computer. Which account you were logged in as changed depending on which page you went to even after making sure to log out time after time. All of this and the UI was terrible, the content was outdated, and the price is a bit steep for even good content. Plus the site is sluggish, with pages 'loading' and then another few seconds before the app actually renders.

The content of the AWS Cloud Practioner is totally irrelevant to what is actually needed to pass the exam. Also, I received a Roal Mail fee to pay, and for my surprise, it was a "gift" that A Cloud Guru sent to me which I am never going to use. It was a RIDICULOUS sock. You guys really need to rethink about your content and your definition of gifts.... I am not sure if I cry or laugh, very disappointing experince.

The first couple of courses were great AWS Solutions Architect and AWS Developer but since then pretty terrible. The AWS AppSync course was bad and the AWS Alexa Skill Builder was probably the worst course I've ever taken. They craft one huge app, write some PowerPoint from the docs and then just read it all to you. Unless you have a photographic memory you won't retain much because the learning experience is so badly executed.

Impossible to do labs for an AWS training. The environments provided don't allow you to to labs wich is very frustrating. Old Linux academy was very good at that but for that part, Cloud Guru is a peice of crap !!!!!

AZ-301 - The material is never explained from a problem statement perspective, or real use case. It always starts with Click Here -> New -> Type ABC -> Click OK. Done. Next module 2. The narrator has the most monotonous voice in the world. I find official sources from "microsoft learn" a diamond in comparison to acloudguru. The material from microsoft always starts with a context problem "As a XXX, suppose you need to YYYY, and you have ZZZZ, you've heard about ABC but you're not sure. ". I suggest these guys follow the example

Terrible! Most of the courses on here are well out of date... Not worth the money at all, I would advise everyone to stay away.

I'm writing this in March 2018 and the Cloud Guru Solution Architect Associate course is hopelessly out of date, isn't comprehensive enough, covers only around 60% of what is needed to pass comfortably, probably 50-55% if you want to pass with a very high mark. Practice exams are useless. No responses on the messaging boards. Avoid.

Purchased the AWS SysOps Associate Exam Prep course, read the comments before you buy, lots of people including myself have noticed that the videos are WAY out of date, filmed in 2015 for a 2017 course! Asked what videos had been updated to 2017 and was met with a defensive and uncooperative response to what is a completely acceptable question from a paying customer asked in a polite manner. They have basically just changed the date on the artwork and added a video at the start claiming to keep it updated but this is not the case according to their support so beware. I have no confidence in their work now, as do a lot of other people who have asked the same questions in their forums and not received a reply, which is probably why they are being so defensive. I paid for a 2017 course and this was filmed in April 2015 with no updates! This is being mis-sold and mis-represented by the totally misleading bolted-on intro video added this year to give the impression of a new or updated course. From their unhelpful response basically refusing to let me know which parts had been updated this year (as promised in the intro video), it is clear that it is neither. Awful. Why would anyone want to revise from something filmed 2.5 years ago.