Updated on 29 October 2026. What’s new: exam fee corrected to $239 and the vendor's page lists the exam as open book, not closed book
If you carry a pager for servers someone else designed, a credential will not make you an SRE, but it can show a hiring manager that you already speak the language: service level objectives, error budgets, toil, blameless reviews. SRE Foundation from DevOps Institute is the entry paper for that language. It has 40 questions, runs 60 minutes, needs 65% and costs $239, and this guide explains what it is worth to your career and how to prepare for it.
