Free SailPoint Certification? What Is Free in 2026, and What Is Not

One SailPoint exam is free to anyone: the Identity Security Leader knowledge credential, with no fee for its first 3 attempts. The Professional and Expert knowledge credentials are free when you take their Identity University training path (the handbook says they come free with the path), or 2 training units ($200) bought alone. Every proctored certification costs money: $400 for the Engineer, Administrator and IdentityIQ Engineer, $300 for the IdentityIQ Associate. ProSyllabus is an independent study site, not affiliated with SailPoint. Every rule and price here is quoted or summarised from SailPoint’s own pages, read on 18 October 2026.

SailPoint Leader prep guide, handbook and Identity University, read 18 October 2026.

SailPoint says the courses are the study guide and there is no separate one. You may keep notes open, but it warns the exam “does not simply test recall” and asks you to apply and analyse. The six courses run from launching an identity security career and the history of IAM and IGA to planning a strategy, SailPoint’s products, implementation roadmaps and managing projects. Like every SailPoint exam it ends early once the result is decided, and you cannot go back to a question.

Two habits help on an open-book exam with a 45-minute limit. Take notes as you go through the courses, as SailPoint suggests, and organise them by course so you can find a point in seconds. And do not plan to look everything up: 30 questions in 45 minutes is 90 seconds each, and the exam ends early once your result is decided, so reading the notes for every question is not realistic.

The handbook bans creating multiple Identity University logins and holding several registrations under different logins, and lets SailPoint ban anyone who breaks its terms. A free exam is not a reason to open a second account.

The two other knowledge credentials sit on the Identity Security Cloud training paths. The Identity Security Professional credential follows the Administrator path and the Identity Security Expert credential follows the Engineer path. Both are online and not proctored. The Professional exam has up to 51 multiple-choice and matching questions and the Expert up to 65 multiple-choice and multiple-select questions, each in up to 90 minutes. Neither expires.

The handbook says completing the training path unlocks the exam and that the credential is free when you buy the path; it also lets you buy the exam alone for 2 training units, which it values at $200, and gives no refund on that standalone purchase. Whether the path itself costs you anything depends on access: SailPoint’s January 2025 announcement said these credentials are free with a valid Identity University subscription, which some employers and partners hold. If your employer works with SailPoint, ask before paying.

The Leader credential is the right first step for managers, architects, sellers and people new to identity security. It is not a technical certification; for engineering roles, in our view, the role-based certifications carry more weight. Our SailPoint certification path and cost guide shows all seven exams in order, and the worth-it guide covers when the paid certification pays off.

Three free attempts is generous, but each one still ends early once the result is decided, and SailPoint gives no score beyond a percentage per course. Use the first attempt properly: finish every course, keep your notes in course order, and read the score report afterwards to see which course to revisit. The prep guide promises no fee for the first 3 attempts and does not say what a fourth costs, so check Identity University before you plan one.

SailPoint offers two free Caveon sample tests to learn the DOMC format the proctored exams use; see the DOMC guide. For SailPoint content, 3 questions of our Identity Security Engineer practice exam are free, and here is one like them: