I have also been thinking of getting these certifications, but I'm not sure how much I'm going to get out of them in the long term, business-wise.

I want to study for them and get to know the AWS ecosystem better, actually learn something new for once. I do hope that there's some kind of ROI for getting them. I work freelance as a developer and I know some clients really do like certifications. Then again, AWS - as far as I know - isn't all that popular in Belgium.