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Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Platform Architect exam guide

Exam Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Platform Architect

The MuleSoft Platform Architect certification validates that you can define and govern an organization's Anypoint Platform strategy: application networks, API-led layers, API governance, deployment models and operations. It targets the people who decide how MuleSoft is run across an enterprise, not just how a single integration is built.

Questions60 (+ up to 5 unscored)
Time limit120 minutes
Passing score70%
Exam fee$400 USD
Valid forSee official page
DeliveryProctored at a Pearson VUE test center or online proctored (registered through Trailhead Academy)

Format: Multiple choice and multiple select. Fee note: Retake $200; plus applicable taxes. Unscored questions (up to 5) do not count toward the result.

Who it's for

Architects and technical leads responsible for an organization's Anypoint Platform strategy, Center for Enablement and API governance.

What the exam covers

Explaining application network basics7%
Establishing organizational and platform foundations10%
Designing and sharing APIs10%
Designing APIs using System, Process, and Experience Layers12%
Governing web APIs on Anypoint Platform17%
Architecting and deploying API implementations11%
Deploying API implementations to CloudHub11%
Meeting API quality goals10%
Monitoring and analyzing application networks12%

Eligibility & prerequisites

Required: None

Recommended: Experience defining and owning an organization's Anypoint Platform strategy and familiarity with common integration approaches such as SOA.

Keeping it active

Complete the annual Trailhead maintenance module for this certification by its release-cycle deadline (Salesforce requires one maintenance badge per certification per year). If you miss the deadline the certification expires.

Skills & careers

Skills it validates

  • Designing API-led architectures across system, process and experience layers
  • Setting up a Center for Enablement (C4E)
  • Applying API Manager policies, SLA tiers and governance
  • Choosing deployment models (CloudHub 2.0, Runtime Fabric, hybrid)
  • Designing for API quality: caching, rate limiting, fault tolerance
  • Monitoring application networks with Anypoint Monitoring

Job roles

MuleSoft Platform ArchitectEnterprise Integration ArchitectAPI ArchitectIntegration Center of Excellence LeadSolution Architect

Where it fits in your path

Planning a degree too? See how this cert earns college credit in the College Credit Navigator.

Build my study plan

  1. Week 1: Read the exam guide; review the free Anypoint Platform Architecture: Application Networks course materials or equivalent.
  2. Week 2: Foundations and API-led design (29%): practice assigning APIs to layers, C4E setup and Exchange reuse.
  3. Week 3: Governance (17%): policies, SLA tiers, client applications, API Governance rulesets.
  4. Week 4: Deployment and implementation (22%): CloudHub workers/replicas, Runtime Fabric, VPCs, load balancers and environments.
  5. Week 5: Quality goals and monitoring (22%), then timed practice tests and review.

Make it yours: pick your exam date and weekly hours. We'll split your time by domain weight and give you a printable plan.

Exam-day tips

  • Governance is the largest domain; know which policy (rate limiting, spike control, client ID enforcement) solves which scenario.
  • Expect questions where several layers could work; choose the one that maximizes reuse and decoupling.
  • Know CloudHub scaling (vertical vs horizontal) and its effect on availability.
  • Understand C4E roles and KPIs, not just technology.
  • Read 'NFR' scenarios carefully: caching, timeouts and circuit-breaker style answers are commonly correct for quality goals.

Key terms for this exam

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Frequently asked questions

How much does the MuleSoft Platform Architect exam cost?

$400 USD plus applicable taxes; a retake is $200.

Is there a prerequisite?

No formal prerequisite.

Platform Architect vs Integration Architect?

Platform Architect focuses on enterprise-wide platform strategy and API governance; Integration Architect focuses on designing individual integration solutions to meet functional and non-functional requirements.

What is the passing score?

70% on 60 scored questions in 120 minutes.

How do I maintain it?

Complete the annual Trailhead maintenance module for it by the deadline.

Official page: trailhead.salesforce.com. Reviewed November 2026. Vendors change fees and objectives, so confirm with the vendor before you book. Spot something out of date? Tell us.