How does Ivalua certification work, who needs it, and what does it cost?

What is Ivalua certification?

Ivalua certification is the proof, issued by Ivalua, that a person can work on its platform at a given level. It is run by the Ivalua Academy, an on-demand online programme. Ivalua’s contract terms use it as a rule: Level 2 to configure the platform, Level 3 to build integrations.

Ivalua’s Services page describes the Academy as a programme “that enables customers to be trained and partners certified on our solutions”. So the Academy serves two groups: customer teams, who learn to use and run the platform, and consultants at partner firms, who get certified. The Academy site is behind Ivalua’s extranet login, with a “Register for access” link. There is no public catalogue.

What are the Ivalua certification levels?

Ivalua’s Academy Program document, a 2023 version linked from its partners page, describes these tracks. Ivalua may have changed them since.

The same document gives the average effort per certification. It is about five days for an expert who knows source-to-pay and has worked on several Ivalua projects (two days for L1). It is 10 to 15 days for a junior. Technical L2 and L3 are “not feasible” for a junior with no SQL or integration experience.

Who needs Ivalua certification on a project?

Whoever configures the platform or builds its interfaces. In Ivalua’s 2023 terms, published in a US public contract (NASPO ValuePoint, State of Maine), the people who configure the platform need Level 2 certification, and Level 3 for integrations. If the customer hires a third party, that firm must be an Ivalua certified partner, or its people must hold the certificates (the terms say “and/or”).

• Integrators and consultants. The configuration and interface work must be done by certified people. A 2026 job post for an Ivalua integration architect requires the Level 3 integration certificate.
• Your own run team. If your staff will change the configuration after go-live, they need Level 2 too. Otherwise each change goes back to a certified partner or consultant.
• Key users. They need training on the processes they test and use, not a certificate. The Academy offers customer training for that.
• Public buyers. Groupe ADP’s 2026 tender for its Ivalua platform asks candidates for “nombre de consultants certifiés”, the number of certified consultants. Buyers can make certification a selection item.

How to choose the integrator or consultants who will hold these certificates is in Ivalua implementation partner.

How much does Ivalua certification cost?

Ivalua does not publish a current price. The only public figure is in its 2023 Academy Program document, still linked from Ivalua’s partners page in October 2026. One token pays for one certification attempt, at 400 per token, with no currency stated. The minimum order is three tokens, and volume discounts go from 10% to 40%. Partners buy tokens through their Alliances Manager at Ivalua, customers through their Customer Success Manager. The online training courses themselves are free; the certification exams are not.

How do you get Ivalua certified, and can a freelance consultant do it?

Through the Ivalua Academy. You need an Ivalua extranet account and an Academy account, which you request on the Academy site; in 2023 Ivalua checked each request by hand, which could take a few days. You then follow the online courses and sit the exam for each track. Higher tracks have prerequisites: L3 INT, for example, needs L2 Technical first.

Whether a freelance consultant with no partner firm and no customer behind them can buy tokens is not published. In the 2023 document, tokens are bought by a partner, through its Alliances Manager, or by a customer, through its Customer Success Manager. If you are independent, ask Ivalua directly, or get certified while working for a partner or a customer.

Exams are watched remotely. A 2025 case study by Constructor, the proctoring tool vendor, says Ivalua has used its tool since mid-2024, connected to BizExaminer, “Ivalua’s assessment partner”. Over 800 exams were reviewed. Twelve confirmed violations led to “the revocation of past certifications”.

What Ivalua training is there for customer teams?

Ivalua lists “Customer Training” and the Academy eLearning portal among its services. The courses are online and on demand, behind the same extranet login. Ivalua does not publish the course list.

Online courses teach the standard platform. Your users also need to learn your configuration: your approval rules, your forms, your supplier process. That training is often prepared by the project team with your key users, before each go-live.

How do you check that an Ivalua consultant is certified?

Ask for the certificate. Ivalua publishes no register of certified people, and it has no Credly page where badges could be checked. Ask each consultant for four things, then check with Ivalua if in doubt:

1. The level and the track. “Level 3” alone is not enough. L3 INT for interfaces is not the same as L3 on contracts.
2. The date. In the 2023 rules, a certificate lasts one year, with a free refresh. Ask when it was last renewed.
3. The name on the certificate. A firm’s count of certified staff does not tell you who will work on your project.
4. Practical questions. Ask how they would build one of your interfaces, or one of your approval rules. A certificate shows a level, not experience of a project like yours.

How many people hold one? Ivalua says the number of certified partners and consultants grew by 27% in 2025, to 3,100. Its 2023 Academy document said over 5,000 people had been certified. The two figures do not count the same thing in the same way, so treat any count as Ivalua’s own figure.

How do certified consultants fit into an Ivalua project team?

I am certified Ivalua L1, L2 and L3, since 2020 and still valid. I have worked hands-on on three full-cycle Ivalua implementations at BNP Paribas: v156, v164 and v182. I am not an Ivalua partner, and I do not speak for Ivalua.

When one person is not enough, I lead an Ivalua team from my network of about ten certified techno-functional Ivalua consultants, with one lead who answers to you. If you are an integrator short of certified people on a project, I also work inside integrator teams: see the page for Ivalua integrators.