The Certified Low-Code Developer (CLCD) is a beginner, vendor-neutral certification for the people building applications with low-code platforms. It validates that you understand low-code foundations and where it fits, can build data-driven apps, can model data and add logic, can automate workflows, can integrate and extend, and can govern and secure what you build. The exam is computer adaptive and performance-based, and the credential is kept current through continuing education.
| Level | Beginner. An entry credential: it establishes solid low-code fundamentals and assumes some hands-on app-building but no formal coding. |
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| Delivery model | Computer adaptive, three stages. Your score on each stage selects the difficulty of the next, so no two candidates sit the same paper. |
| Format | 60 questions. A performance-based exam that includes performance-based questions and multiple-choice questions. Concepts transfer across every low-code platform. |
| Time | 90 minutes for the whole exam, timed. Autosaves every answer. |
| Scoring | You need a score of 700 out of 900 to pass. Results are reported on a scale of 100 to 900, and 700 corresponds to answering 72% of the exam correctly. Harder questions carry more weight, so a score means the same thing on any route. Multiple-response items and PBQs are all or nothing. |
| Retakes | No waiting period after a failed first attempt. Every attempt is paid for at the exam price. See the CertLabz Certification Retake Policy. |
| Voucher validity | 12 months from purchase, for one sitting. |
| Certification validity | 3 years. Renew with 35 CEUs per cycle and the $25 annual CE fee, or pass the current exam. Renewal details. |
| Language | English. |
| Credential | PDF certificate with QR code, public verification page, LinkedIn-ready credential ID. Issuer: CertLabz Certification Board. |
| Free resources | The exam objectives PDF and the ten sample questions PDF. |
| Workforce mapping | No NICE Framework work role covers this credential. O*NET occupations: Software Developers (15-1252.00), Computer Systems Analysts (15-1211.00). Self-declared by CertLabz, not reviewed by NIST or CISA. See the full mapping. |
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The CLCD is a performance-based exam: it includes performance-based questions alongside multiple-choice questions. Instead of only picking A, B, C or D, you match features to their use, order a build task, fix a data or logic problem, and choose the right approach. It is computer adaptive, is proctored and timed, needs no mandatory course, and tests building with low-code rather than reciting one product's menus.
What low-code is, when it fits, building data-driven apps, forms, screens and components.
Data sources, relationships, formulas, variables and conditional logic.
Triggers, actions, approvals, connectors and scheduled flows.
APIs, extensibility, environments, sharing, ALM and security.
Low-code lets more people build software, and skilled low-code developers are increasingly in demand across every function. Every route is shown here at once, so nothing is hidden behind a control you have to find.
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| CertLabz CLCD | Microsoft PL-100 | |
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| What it is | Certification exam | Certification exam |
| Computer adaptive | Yes | No |
| Hands-on PBQs | Yes | No |
| Scope | Low-code, vendor neutral | Power Platform app maker |
| Vendor neutral | Yes | Platform-based |
| Proctored | Yes | Yes |
| Questions | 80 | 40 to 60 |
| Time | 120 min | 120 min |
| Pass mark | 700 of 900 | 700 of 1000 |
| Course required | No | No |
| Exam voucher | $99 | $165 |
Compiled September 2026 from the Microsoft PL-100 pages. That exam is oriented to one platform; the CLCD teaches low-code vendor-neutrally so the concepts transfer to any platform. Product names and trademarks belong to their owners; CertLabz is not affiliated with any of them. Confirm current details with each provider.
Six reasons this credential is worth your time, and worth an employer's attention.
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Every form is drawn from a bank of more than 90 items to these exact weights, whichever adaptive route you take. Filter by the area you want to study.
The exam runs in three stages. Your score on each stage selects the difficulty of the next, so a strong candidate is stretched and a struggling one is measured fairly rather than swamped. No two candidates sit the same paper. Harder questions carry more weight, so a scaled score means the same thing whichever route you took.
Each exam can have up to 5 to 12 performance-based questions, drawn fresh on every attempt, alongside the multiple-choice questions. A PBQ is a task rather than a list: you match features to their use, order a build task, fix a data or logic problem, or choose the right approach. They are scored all or nothing, so partial guesses do not pass.
The CLCD is vendor neutral and describes low-code platforms generically, naming products only as examples. It tests the low-code judgement that transfers across platforms.
Yes. Where a capability such as a connector or a formula is involved, it is described by what it does, not tied to one product.
700 out of 900. Results are reported on a scale of 100 to 900, and 700 corresponds to answering 72% of the exam correctly.
There is no waiting period between a failed first attempt and a second attempt. Buy another voucher and sit the exam again when you are ready, and it will draw a fresh adaptive form from the bank. See the CertLabz Certification Retake Policy.
Yes, after three years. Keep it current by logging 35 CEUs during the cycle and paying the $25 annual CE fee before expiry, or by passing the current exam again.
The exam objectives PDF and the ten sample questions PDF. The CLCD Official Study Guide is a $50 ebook, included in two of the bundles. Hands-on practice comes with the All Access plan, included in the Complete bundle.
A laptop or desktop with a webcam and microphone, Chrome, Edge or Firefox, a stable connection, and a quiet private room for 90 minutes. Phones and tablets are not supported.
CLCD is a continuing-education certification, like the CE credentials from CompTIA and ISC2. It is valid for three years from the day you pass. To keep it, log 35 continuing-education units during the cycle and pay the $25 annual CE fee before your expiry date. Or pass the current version of the exam again. Earning a higher-level CertLabz certification renews it too, the way CompTIA certifications stack.
CEUs are logged from your CertLabz dashboard with supporting evidence. A certification that lapses can be reinstated only by passing the current exam.
Buy a voucher, study the objectives, sit the exam when you are ready. Your credential is issued the moment you pass.