The Certified No-Code Application Builder (CNAB) is a beginner, vendor-neutral certification for the people building applications with no-code tools. It validates that you understand no-code foundations and where it fits, can design apps and their data, can work with data and content, can automate, can integrate and publish, and can govern and operate 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 no-code fundamentals and assumes some hands-on tool experience but no 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 no-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: 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 CNAB 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 automation problem, and choose the right approach. It is computer adaptive, is proctored and timed, needs no mandatory course, and tests building with no-code rather than reciting one product's menus.
What no-code is, when it fits, designing apps, forms, pages and UI components.
Tables and records, relationships, filtering, imports and calculated fields.
Workflows, triggers, notifications, approvals and scheduled automations.
Connectors, embedding, publishing, permissions and cost.
No-code lets anyone turn an idea into a working app, and the ability to do it well is increasingly valued across every team. Every route is shown here at once, so nothing is hidden behind a control you have to find.
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| CertLabz CNAB | Microsoft PL-900 | |
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| What it is | Certification exam | Certification exam |
| Computer adaptive | Yes | No |
| Hands-on PBQs | Yes | No |
| Scope | No-code building, vendor neutral | Power Platform fundamentals |
| Vendor neutral | Yes | Platform-based |
| Proctored | Yes | Yes |
| Questions | 80 | 40 to 60 |
| Time | 120 min | 60 min |
| Pass mark | 700 of 900 | 700 of 1000 |
| Course required | No | No |
| Exam voucher | $99 | $99 |
Compiled September 2026 from the Microsoft PL-900 pages. That exam is oriented to one platform; the CNAB teaches no-code building vendor-neutrally with a longer exam and hands-on performance-based questions so the skills transfer to any tool. 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 automation problem, or choose the right approach. They are scored all or nothing, so partial guesses do not pass.
The CNAB focuses on no-code building, where you assemble apps without writing code. The CLCD adds low-code, where you extend apps with logic, formulas and light code. Many people take the CNAB first and the CLCD next.
Yes. No-code platforms are described generically, named only as examples. What you prove transfers across whatever tool you use.
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 CNAB 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.
CNAB 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.