Most “free QA course with certificate” results are two-hour tutorials that hand out an automatic completion badge. This is different: a free, 80-hour, 320-lesson QA engineering course built by a Senior QA Lead with experience at Google and AI platforms, with an optional verified certificate for people who want a shareable credential once they have done the work.

The course is, and always will be, 100% free. The certificate is a separate, optional product — planned at $29, one-time, with regional pricing. It is still in development; you can finish the entire course today for free and join the waitlist to be notified when certification opens.

How the certificate works

  1. Learn — free. Work through the 12 modules at your own pace (~80 hours). No account, no paywall, all three languages.
  2. Prove it. Pass the end-of-module assessments and the comprehensive final exam in Module 12.
  3. Get verified. Claim a verified certificate ($29) with a public verification URL you can put on your resume, portfolio, or LinkedIn.

What this certificate proves — and what it does not

It proves: that you completed a comprehensive, modern QA curriculum — manual testing, test design, documentation, web and API testing, automation with Playwright, Selenium and Cypress, CI/CD, and QA leadership — and passed its assessments. Paired with real projects on GitHub, that is a credible signal for a junior or mid-level QA application.

It does not replace an accredited, industry-standard certification. It is not equivalent to ISTQB and carries no formal accreditation or regulatory standing. Anyone who tells you a $29 single-issuer certificate is an industry standard is misleading you. Treat this as honest proof of effort and applied skill — a portfolio artifact — not a license.

This certificate vs. ISTQB

They solve different problems, and you can use both. ISTQB is a paid, globally recognized exam centered on testing theory and vocabulary. This certificate is tied to a specific, hands-on curriculum that goes well beyond ISTQB Foundation into automation, API testing, CI/CD, and leadership.

Because Modules 1–4 of the free course cover the entire ISTQB Foundation Level syllabus, you can use this course to prepare for ISTQB and earn this certificate for the applied work — see the dedicated lesson Certifications: ISTQB and Beyond for how to approach the official exam.

What the certificate covers (syllabus → assessment)

The certificate maps to all 12 modules of the course:

  • Modules 1–4 — Testing fundamentals, levels and types, test design techniques, documentation (also the ISTQB Foundation syllabus).
  • Modules 5–7 — Web testing, API and backend testing, mobile testing.
  • Module 8 — Test automation with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, plus programming fundamentals for testers.
  • Modules 9–11 — CI/CD and DevOps, performance and security, specialized and AI/ML testing.
  • Module 12 — QA leadership, strategy, hiring, and the comprehensive final exam.

Each module ends with an assessment; passing all of them plus the final exam qualifies you for the certificate.

Why this certificate is worth issuing

The course — and the credential behind it — comes from Yuri Kan, a Senior QA Lead with 7+ years in the field, including QA engineering at Google (Waze, serving 150M+ users) and leading QA at an AI platform with 140+ model providers. The assessments test the same skills used to hire and evaluate real QA engineers. That is the basis on which the certificate is issued: not a generic completion trigger, but passing evaluations designed by someone who does this work and hires for it.

Ready to earn it? Start the free course now — the certificate is the finish line, not the entry ticket.