Agentic AI certifications for the UAE and Saudi Arabia in 2026: NVIDIA, GitHub and Salesforce compared

NVIDIA, GitHub and Salesforce each offer an agentic AI certification, and each one is tied to a different platform. This guide compares exam content, published USD fees with indicative AED and SAR conversions, registration steps and maintenance requirements.

Nikolay Zuykov · Agenticum · 31 October 2026

Which agentic AI certifications does this guide cover?

This guide compares three vendor certifications, each from a different company:

• NVIDIA-Certified Professional: Agentic AI (exam NCP-AAI)
• GitHub Certified: Agentic AI Developer (exam GH-600, listed on Microsoft Learn and scheduled through Pearson VUE)
• Salesforce Certified Agentforce Specialist

Each exam is tied to a different platform. NVIDIA tests architecting, developing, deploying and governing agentic AI solutions, and its blueprint includes a domain named NVIDIA Platform Implementation, worth 7% of the exam. GH-600 covers using GitHub to deploy, operate, integrate and govern AI agents in software delivery workflows. The Salesforce exam targets the people responsible for managing Agentforce. So the right exam depends on which platform you will run agents on.

Three certifications side by side

We converted the AED and SAR figures at the fixed currency pegs, 1 USD = 3.6725 AED and 1 USD = 3.75 SAR.

What each exam actually tests

NVIDIA NCP-AAI. NVIDIA says it validates your ability to architect, develop, deploy and govern advanced agentic AI solutions. One domain, NVIDIA Platform Implementation (7%), is named after NVIDIA's own platform.

GitHub GH-600: Developing in Agentic AI Systems. This exam covers deploying, operating, integrating and governing AI agents in production SDLC workflows, with GitHub as the control plane. The study guide lists these domains, among others:

• Implement tool use and environment interaction, including configuring MCP servers: 20 to 25% (the largest domain)
• Orchestrate multi-agent coordination: 15 to 20%
• Implement guardrails and accountability: 10 to 15%

Salesforce Agentforce Specialist. This exam is for the people who manage Agentforce. It tests building and customising AI agents, writing prompts, connecting the right data sources and managing the agent development lifecycle.

Which one fits your role

• You architect, develop, deploy and govern agentic AI solutions: consider NVIDIA NCP-AAI. NVIDIA lists a dedicated NVIDIA Platform Implementation domain worth 7% of the exam. NVIDIA recommends 1 to 2 years in AI/ML roles and hands-on experience with production agentic AI projects.
• You are a developer, DevOps or platform engineer and your team runs coding agents in GitHub: consider GH-600. Its domains include MCP, tool use and guardrails inside the delivery pipeline.
• You are a Salesforce admin or consultant and your company runs Salesforce: consider the Agentforce Specialist. It has no formal prerequisite, and it is the only one of the three offered in more than one language.
• You don't have AI/ML experience yet, or you haven't used coding agents: hold off on NCP-AAI and GH-600 until you meet their stated expectations. Both are aimed at people who already do this work.

Exam fees and indicative AED and SAR conversions

• NVIDIA NCP-AAI: USD 200 = AED 734.50 / SAR 750.00. NVIDIA recommends Building Agentic AI Applications With LLMs as a preparation course. It is self-paced, takes 8 hours and costs USD 90 = AED 330.53 / SAR 337.50, with a course certificate.
• GitHub GH-600: The price is based on the country or region where the exam is proctored. The US price is USD 165 = AED 605.96 / SAR 618.75. Check the price that applies to you on the exam page before you budget.
• Salesforce Agentforce Specialist: USD 200 = AED 734.50 / SAR 750.00, plus applicable taxes. A retake costs USD 100 = AED 367.25 / SAR 375.00, plus applicable taxes.

Example: if you take the Salesforce exam, fail once and pass on the retake, you pay USD 300 before tax, which is AED 1,101.75 / SAR 1,125.00. If you take NVIDIA's course and then pass the exam first time, you pay USD 290, which is AED 1,065.03 / SAR 1,087.50.

How to register for each exam

NVIDIA NCP-AAI

1. Create a Certiverse account. You need this account to access the exam.
2. Book the exam. It runs online with a remote proctor.
3. Plan for 120 minutes and 60 to 70 questions, all in English.

GitHub GH-600

1. Register with a personal Microsoft account. Microsoft warns that exam records linked to a work or school account become unrecoverable when you leave the organisation.
2. Check the price for your country on the certification page.
3. Schedule the exam through Pearson VUE. It is proctored and offered in English.
4. You need 700 or higher to pass. If you fail, you can retake the exam 24 hours after your first attempt. After that, the waiting period between retakes varies.

Salesforce Agentforce Specialist

1. Register for the exam. The registration fee is USD 200 plus applicable taxes.
2. Choose English, Japanese, French or Spanish.
3. Plan for 105 minutes: 60 scored questions and up to five unscored ones.

Keeping the certification valid

For companies: certifying a team vs. shipping an agent

If you are funding certifications for a team in the UAE or Saudi Arabia, start with the platform the agents will actually run on. For a service team using Agentforce, consider the Agentforce Specialist. For an engineering team running coding agents in GitHub, consider GH-600. For a team that architects, develops, deploys and governs agentic AI solutions, consider NVIDIA NCP-AAI.

Exam blueprints also work as skills checklists. Use the exam topics to plan interviews and training: tool use, MCP, multi-agent coordination and guardrails for GH-600; architecture, development, deployment and governance for NCP-AAI. Add renewal dates to your training calendar. The Salesforce maintenance deadline and NVIDIA's two-year term both need someone to track them.

After certification, test your agent in a production pilot with defined permissions, approvals and monitoring.

Sources

• NVIDIA: NVIDIA-Certified Professional: Agentic AI
• Microsoft Learn: GitHub Certified: Agentic AI Developer
• Microsoft Learn: Study guide for Exam GH-600
• Trailhead Academy: Salesforce Certified Agentforce Specialist exam
• Salesforce Help: Certification maintenance requirements