What certification exams cost

Exam fee, time allowed, question count and passing score for 71 exams across 36 vendors. Every figure here is taken from the vendor's own page — never from an aggregator — and every row links to the page it came from. Last checked 28 Aug 2026.

The date in the last column is when we last read the vendor's page; it links to the exact page the row came from.

What vendors don't publish, and what they say instead

Assembling this table turned up something more useful than the prices: a clear picture of which vendors treat exam mechanics as public information and which do not. Each statement below is the vendor's own position, checked against its own pages.

• Exam fee 13 exams

  Microsoft publishes no USD price: “Price based on the country or region in which the exam is proctored.” The figure appears only at scheduling.

  Microsoft AB-210 , Microsoft AB-620 , Microsoft AB-650 , Microsoft AB-731 , Microsoft AI-500 , Microsoft AI-901 , Microsoft AZ-104 , Microsoft AZ-204 , Microsoft AZ-500 , Microsoft AZ-900 , Microsoft DP-700 , Microsoft MS-900 , Microsoft SC-500

• Question count 7 exams

  Microsoft states no exact or typical question count for this exam. The certification page, the exam page and the study guide were all checked; none carries a figure, and a guessed range is worse than a blank.

  Microsoft AB-210 , Microsoft AB-620 , Microsoft AB-731 , Microsoft AZ-104 , Microsoft AZ-204 , Microsoft DP-700 , Microsoft SC-500

• Exam fee 3 exams

  CompTIA no longer lists a USD voucher price on comptia.org — pricing sits behind the store, and the legacy voucher SKU now redirects to the certification landing page without rendering a price.

  CompTIA CV0-004 , CompTIA SY0-701 , CompTIA SY0-701

• Exam fee 3 exams

  GitHub does not publish a price on its exam pages.

  GitHub GH-100 , GitHub GH-200 , GitHub GH-600

• Passing score 3 exams

  GitHub does not publish a cut score on its exam pages.

  GitHub GH-100 , GitHub GH-200 , GitHub GH-600

• Passing score 3 exams

  NVIDIA publishes the price, question count and duration but not a passing score; its FAQ directs candidates to [email protected] for the criteria.

  NVIDIA NCA-AIIO , NVIDIA NCA-GENL , NVIDIA NCA-GENM

• Question count 3 exams

  GitHub does not publish a question count on its exam pages.

  GitHub GH-100 , GitHub GH-200 , GitHub GH-600

• Exam fee 2 exams

  ISTQB sets no global price: “Fees are set by local Exam Providers and Member Boards.”

  ISTQB CT-AI , ISTQB CT-GenAI

• Exam fee 2 exams

  Juniper states no price on the exam page or the objectives PDF.

  Juniper JN0-106 , Juniper Networks JN0-480

• Passing score 2 exams

  Cisco publishes no passing score. Scores are scaled and the cut score is not disclosed.

  Cisco 350-401 , Cisco 350-901

• Passing score 2 exams

  CNCF does not publish the cut score. The price includes one free retake.

  CNCF CKA , CNCF CKAD

• Passing score 2 exams

  Juniper does not publish a numeric passing score for this exam.

  Juniper JN0-106 , Juniper Networks JN0-480

• Question count 2 exams

  Anthropic publishes the time limit and the cut score for its Claude certifications but not the number of questions.

  Anthropic CCAO-F , Anthropic CCAR-P

• Question count 2 exams

  Not stated on the vendor's own pages. Third-party figures circulate; we don't repeat them.

  Cisco 350-401 , Cisco 350-901

• Question count 2 exams

  CNCF does not publish the task count for this performance exam.

  CNCF CKA , CNCF CKAD

• Time allowed 2 exams

  Microsoft states no time limit for this exam. Its published duration table gives ranges by exam level, but a range is not this exam's figure, so none is recorded.

  Microsoft AB-650 , Microsoft AI-500

• Exam fee 1 exam

  CRCC does not publish the application or exam fee on the exam-overview page.

  CRCC CRC

• Exam fee 1 exam

  Fortinet's exam description carries no price.

  Fortinet FCP_FGT_AD-7.6

• Exam fee 1 exam

  GIAC does not publish a price on the certification page.

  GIAC GCED

• Exam fee 1 exam

  No price is printed on the official Exam Preparation Guide or the datacard.

  HPE Aruba Networking HPE6-A85

• Exam fee 1 exam

  PMI does not publish the exam fee on a public page — the certification-fees URL 404s and the handbook defers to the application flow.

  PMI CAPM

• Exam fee 1 exam

  The first attempt is included with course registration and must be taken within 60 days of finishing the course, so there is no standalone exam price. Retakes are $50 each.

  Scaled Agile RTE

• Exam fee 1 exam

  The first attempt is included with course registration if taken within 60 days of course completion, so no standalone price is published. Retakes are $50.

  Scaled Agile SASM

• Exam fee 1 exam

  ServiceNow publishes no exam fee on the certification page.

  ServiceNow CIS-RC

• Passing score 1 exam

  Blockchain Council publishes no passing score for this certification.

  Blockchain Council CAID

• Passing score 1 exam

  CertiProf states no passing score on the product or landing page.

  CertiProf BDPC

• Passing score 1 exam

  Scoring is conjunctive — both sections must be passed in one administration — and CRCC publishes neither numeric cut score.

  CRCC CRC

• Passing score 1 exam

  Databricks does not publish a numeric passing score on the certification page.

  Databricks DBML

• Passing score 1 exam

  Fortinet reports pass/fail and discloses no numeric cut score.

  Fortinet FCP_FGT_AD-7.6

• Passing score 1 exam

  HRCI does not publish a passing score.

  HRCI SPHR

• Passing score 1 exam

  IAPP does not publish a passing score.

  IAPP CIPP/E

• Passing score 1 exam

  ICFDT publishes no passing score.

  ICFDT CFIA

• Passing score 1 exam

  MSI does not publish a passing score on the course page.

  Management and Strategy Institute (MSI) CRMC

• Passing score 1 exam

  OffSec publishes no separate passing score for this exam.

  OffSec OSWP

• Passing score 1 exam

  PMI publishes no passing score. Results are reported pass/fail from psychometric analysis of the whole sitting.

  PMI CAPM

• Passing score 1 exam

  The Compliance Certification Board sets the cut score by the Angoff method and publishes no number.

  SCCE CCEP-I

• Passing score 1 exam

  ServiceNow says so explicitly: “Your total score is compared to a predetermined cut score — this score is not publicly shared and is not always 70%.”

  ServiceNow CIS-RC

• Passing score 1 exam

  Splunk does not publish a passing score.

  Splunk SPLK-5001

• Question count 1 exam

  Blockchain Council publishes no question count for this certification.

  Blockchain Council CAID

• Question count 1 exam

  CertiProf states no question count on the product or landing page.

  CertiProf BDPC

• Question count 1 exam

  Not a multiple-choice exam. CPTS is a ten-day hands-on engagement graded on points scored in the lab plus a written report, so there is no question count.

  Hack The Box CPTS

• Question count 1 exam

  MSI does not publish a question count on the course page.

  Management and Strategy Institute (MSI) CRMC

• Question count 1 exam

  Not a multiple-choice exam. OSWP is a hands-on practical assessment, so there is no question count to publish.

  OffSec OSWP

• Question count 1 exam

  Not a multiple-choice exam. PORP is a 72-hour practical engagement scored out of 100 and delivered with a written report, so there is no question count.

  TCM Security PORP

• Time allowed 1 exam

  Blockchain Council publishes no time limit for this certification.

  Blockchain Council CAID

• Time allowed 1 exam

  CertiProf states no time limit on the product or landing page.

  CertiProf BDPC

• Time allowed 1 exam

  MSI does not publish a time limit on the course page.

  Management and Strategy Institute (MSI) CRMC

• Time allowed 1 exam

  The Azure Developer Associate certification is retired, and Microsoft no longer publishes a time limit for the exam behind it.

  Microsoft AZ-204

Not in the table, and why

10 exams in our question banks cannot be compared like-for-like. They are listed here rather than shown as rows of empty cells.

• AI Essentials AI-EG AI Essentials – Grok

  No vendor exam exists behind this topic — these are subject-matter practice questions, not exam preparation.

• Broadcom VCP-SEC VMware Certified Professional – Security

  Retired. New candidates can no longer sit it, so there is no current fee or format to compare.

• Broadcom VCTA-EUC VMware Certified Technical Associate – End-User Computing

  Retired. New candidates can no longer sit it, so there is no current fee or format to compare.

• Broadcom VCTA-NV VMware Certified Technical Associate – Network Virtualization

  Retired. New candidates can no longer sit it, so there is no current fee or format to compare.

• CompTIA TK0-201 CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer

  Retired. New candidates can no longer sit it, so there is no current fee or format to compare.

• CWNP CWNE Certified Wireless Network Expert

  Awarded by application and peer review rather than by sitting an exam.

• DeepLearning.AI CDLS Certified Deep Learning Specialist

  No vendor exam exists behind this topic — these are subject-matter practice questions, not exam preparation.

• eLearningCurve CIMP Certified Information Management Professional

  Earned across several separate exams rather than in one sitting, so there is no single fee, length or cut score.

• Oracle 1Z0-1084-26 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Developer Professional

  The vendor's exam page was unreachable at the last check. Left unverified rather than filled from elsewhere.

• SAS SAS-AIML SAS AI and Machine Learning

  Earned across several separate exams rather than in one sitting, so there is no single fee, length or cut score.