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Our notes on freeCodeCamp

We wrote these notes when we read the freeCodeCamp site for our SQL comparisons. For each note, you see the day of our check and a link to the page that we read.

We give the label "Product's own words" to a note that holds only what freeCodeCamp says about its own product.

freeCodeCamp price and plans

  • Free. freeCodeCamp is a donor-supported charity. Checked October 12, 2026 (source)

freeCodeCamp free use

  • The whole certification is free, with the verified certification exam. Checked October 12, 2026 (source)

freeCodeCamp account

  • You can read lessons without an account. For the SQL workshops, you need a GitHub account for Codespaces, or a local setup. Checked October 12, 2026 (source)

freeCodeCamp query check and help

  • You do the SQL workshops in a virtual Linux machine, not in the browser editor. freeCodeCamp tests each step against the command that you type. Checked October 12, 2026 (source)

freeCodeCamp SQL topics

  • In the Student Database workshop, you learn aggregate functions, GROUP BY, HAVING, and inner, left, right and full joins. We found no lesson on subqueries or window functions. Checked October 12, 2026 (source)

freeCodeCamp SQL engines

  • In the workshops, you use PostgreSQL. Checked October 12, 2026 (source)

freeCodeCamp content and size

  • Five required certification projects and a 50-question exam. In one SQL workshop alone, you do 165 lessons. Checked October 12, 2026 (source)

freeCodeCamp certificate

  • freeCodeCamp gives a free verified certification. To earn it, you finish five projects and pass a 50-question exam. Checked October 12, 2026 (source)
  • You take the 50-question exam in the freeCodeCamp exam app on a laptop or desktop computer. The exam is closed book, and you can try it one time each week. Product's own words Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
  • freeCodeCamp staff review each exam attempt. You see your result the next time you log in to freeCodeCamp.org. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
  • freeCodeCamp says that you can link to any of its certifications from your LinkedIn profile or resume. When an employer opens that link, the employer sees a verified certification for you. Product's own words Checked October 16, 2026 (source)
  • You can open a freeCodeCamp certification page with no account, if its owner keeps the certifications public. We opened some with no account. On the page, freeCodeCamp shows the name, the certification and the date. Checked October 16, 2026 (source)
  • freeCodeCamp says that the new Relational Databases certification is live. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
  • freeCodeCamp does not record your webcam or microphone, and does not ask for a photo of your ID. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
  • freeCodeCamp says: "Once you claim a certification, it's yours to keep." freeCodeCamp says that it does not plan expiration dates, and that it will give at least one year of notice before it adds them. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
  • You finish five PostgreSQL projects and pass a 50-question closed-book exam, and the certification is free. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
  • freeCodeCamp says that in the Relational Databases certification, you learn "core concepts including Bash scripting, SQL, Git, and more." Checked October 17, 2026 (source)
  • Nobody watches you during the exam: freeCodeCamp uses no webcam and no ID check. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)

freeCodeCamp updates

  • freeCodeCamp published the new certification on December 19, 2025, in a dated news post. Checked October 12, 2026 (source)

freeCodeCamp strengths and limits

  • You build real PostgreSQL databases in long guided workshops. In one workshop, you do 165 lessons. Checked October 12, 2026 (source)
  • You cannot do the SQL workshops in the regular freeCodeCamp editor. You do them in a virtual Linux machine, in GitHub Codespaces, in Ona or on your own computer. Checked October 24, 2026 (source)

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