With the integration of A Cloud Guru into Pluralsight Skills and retirement of the ACG platform, customers who purchased access to now-retired individual ACG courses have been offered free access to Pluralsight with the Cloud+ Essentials plan.
Who's eligible
Only customers who previously purchased lifetime access to individual ACG courses, including those purchased through Udemy, were eligible to receive this offer via email.
What's included
Free access to Cloud+ Essentials includes:
- Video courses in the Core tech (opens in new tab) and Cloud (opens in new tab) libraries, including courses from ACG
- Role IQ and Skill IQ assessments
- Certification paths and practice exams
- Learning paths and channels
- Access to Iris, Pluralsight’s AI assistant
- Mobile and offline viewing with Pluralsight’s apps
Note: Hands-on labs, sandboxes, and other playground features are not available with Cloud+ Essentials.
Redeeming your access
If you’re eligible for this offer, you were sent an email from Pluralsight in March 2025 with a unique, one-time redemption link. You have until July 31, 2025 to claim this benefit. Here’s how:
- If you’re already signed in to your Pluralsight or ACG account, sign out.
- Open the email from Pluralsight and click Get started.
- Enter your first and last name, a new email address, your country of residence, and acknowledge the Terms of Use (opens in new tab).
Important: You can’t redeem this benefit with an existing account. You must enter a different email address and create a new account to gain access to Cloud+ Essentials. These will be separate accounts with separate course histories that cannot be merged.
- Click Sign up.
Upgrading your access
If you want to upgrade your access to a different Pluralsight plan and gain access to hands-on labs and sandboxes, you can upgrade to a paid subscription—however, if you upgrade on the same account you used to redeem Cloud+ Essentials, you’ll forfeit your free access. If you want to purchase a subscription while still maintaining your free Cloud+ Essentials access, purchase the subscription on a separate account.