IT exams cost

Hi! I have a quick question: is there a low cost (up to $50) IT exam through PearsonVue (with or without discount voucher)? Just curious.

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iBrokeIT

No, you are looking at certification in the wrong way. That cheap cert will suddenly become expensive when no will recognize it.

CyberfiSecurity

IT Certifications are not cheap, there is no certification less than $250.00 that have value.

- CISSP ($595.00)
- CCFP ($545.00)
- Cisco CCNA (~$300.00) in 2007, CCNA was $125.00
- GIAC (~$1,000.00/each)
- ISACA (~ $450.00 - $750.00)

Most of IT professionals I know that give themselve a small budget for IT certification per year, for example maximum is $2,000.00. In that $2,000.00 you'll get out about 2 or 4 valueable certifications.

As for me, this year I use it for CISSP, CISA, and CCFP.

LauraMalave

If you pass the Juniper JNCIA-Junos Pre-Assessment you will receive a voucher code for a 50% discount. That will bring down the exam price to $50.

I attended a Juniper User Group and received a code for a free voucher.

apollookc

Thank you for all your inputs!

jvrlopez

IT certifications are covered for free, pass or fail, if you qualify for Chapter 33 benefits under the VA

srabiee

I'm confused, what is your goal here? To obtain any random IT cert as long as it's less than $50? If so, why?

jaywalker

Take a look at this thread.

apollookc

srabiee wrote: »

I'm confused, what is your goal here? To obtain any random IT cert as long as it's less than $50? If so, why? :

I'm sorry if my question caused any confusion. A close friend of mine (which has very limited IT skills) insists on giving exams for his first certifications. I know for a fact that he will fail (due to different reasons that I prefer not to mention here) so I was wondering which exam would have the least financial loss in case of failure. I assume that his best bet would be to find a reduced price voucher (jaywalker thank you for the hyperlink!).

arrogantbastard

jvrlopez wrote: »

IT certifications are covered for free, pass or fail, if you qualify for Chapter 33 benefits under the VA

Not really free considering they do deduct from your benefits.

NovaHax

apollookc wrote: »

I know for a fact that he will fail

Ouch...that's pretty harsh bro. This person could not possibly pass any IT cert that they attempt? That's a pretty low show of confidence in your "friend"

aftereffector

Microsoft does the Second Shot program from time to time (I'm not sure if they are offering it right now, but I used it back in January). It lets you retake an exam for free if you don't make the first attempt. I'm definitely glad they had it, because I definitely didn't pass 70-642 the first time!