FOCPexam prep · FinOps Foundation · intermediate
FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP)
Master cloud financial management through the FinOps Foundation's framework — principles, personas, and the Inform / Optimize / Operate lifecycle that turns cloud spend into a strategic advantage. Build practical skills in cost visibility, tagging governance, commitment-based discounts, anomaly detection, and unit economics across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Designed to prepare you to pass the FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) exam on your first attempt.
- 12 hours
- 26 lessons
- 6 modules
- 45-question practice exam
- updated May 2026
Mapped to the FOCP exam guide
Every module is tagged with the exam domain it covers.
Try it before you sign up
Read a full lesson and answer 3 questions from the Module 1 quiz. No account needed.
What is FinOps? Principles, Personas & Maturity
6 modules, 26 lessons
Module 1 is free — lessons, hands-on walkthrough and quiz. The course ends with a 45-question practice exam.
- readWhat is FinOps? Principles, Personas & Maturity25 min
- videoVideo: An Introduction to FinOps20 min
- hands-onHands-on: Exploring a Sample AWS Cost and Usage Report25 min
- quizQuiz: FinOps Principles, Personas & Maturity15 min
Built by the CloudaQube team
No celebrity instructor — here is exactly what goes into the course instead.
- 01 Follows the official FOCP exam guide — every module is tagged with the exam domain it covers.
- 02 7 guided hands-on walkthroughs you run in a real environment.
- 03 6 module quizzes and a 45-question practice exam — every answer comes with an explanation.
- 04 Last updated May 2026.
- 05 Any module can become a hands-on lab in Labs Studio.
What you'll be able to do
- 01 Explain the six FinOps principles and the Crawl/Walk/Run maturity model
- 02 Identify the responsibilities of each FinOps persona (Engineer, Finance, Executive, Procurement, Product)
- 03 Build a cloud tagging taxonomy and governance policy across AWS, Azure, and GCP
- 04 Apply shared cost allocation methods (proportional, even-split, fixed coefficient) and compute unit economics
- 05 Apply rate and usage optimization techniques including commitments, spot, and rightsizing
- 06 Evaluate forecasting and anomaly detection strategies for an Operate-phase FinOps practice
- 07 Evaluate FinOps tooling options and map capabilities to the 2025 FinOps Framework Scopes
- — Working knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- — Familiarity with reading a cloud billing dashboard or invoice
- — Basic spreadsheet and data analysis skills (sorting, pivoting, simple formulas)
- — Understanding of how modern software engineering teams operate (sprints, services, deployments)
Before you start FOCP
Is this course current for the FOCP exam?
It follows the current FOCP exam guide — all 6 exam domains, with the weights shown on this page, and was last updated May 2026.
How do I book the FOCP exam, and what does it cost?
You book it directly with FinOps Foundation. The official exam page lists the current fee, format, length and passing score, which can vary by country.
Is this an exam dump?
No. The lessons and quiz questions are written to teach the exam objectives, and every answer comes with an explanation. Real exam questions (“dumps”) break the exam provider’s candidate agreement and can cost you the certification.
How long does it take?
About 12 hours of lessons, videos and hands-on walkthroughs across 6 modules, plus a 45-question practice exam.
What’s free?
Module 1 in full — lessons, hands-on walkthrough and quiz — with no card required. Any paid plan (from $8.99/mo) unlocks all 6 modules and the practice exam, and starts with a 14-day free trial.
Start FOCP with Module 1 free.
No card required. Unlock every module and the practice exam from $8.99/mo when you’re ready.