Certification Training Cost in 2026

Major professional certifications grouped by issuing body. Each page provides the published exam fee, the credible prep cost range, the indirect study-time cost via loaded-salary method, and the corporate-training programme options for organisations credentialing at scale.

AWS Certification Training Cost

$100 to $300 exam fee

Cloud Practitioner through Professional and Specialty

Azure Certification Training Cost

$99 to $165 exam fee (US)

AZ-900 through Expert tier; Microsoft Learn free tier dominant

CISSP Training Cost

$749 ISC2 exam

Most-recognised security credential; 100-200 hour prep

PMP Certification Training Cost

$405 member / $555 non-member

35 contact-hour requirement; PMI Authorised Training Partner course mandatory

Scrum and Agile Training Cost

$200 to $6,000 across bodies

Scrum.org PSM I cheapest credible; SAFe enterprise heaviest

The Real Cost is Study Time, Not Exam Fees

The headline exam fees are misleading anchors for organisations funding employee certification. Direct cost (exam plus prep subscription plus optional structured course) is typically $200 to $5,000 per certification. Indirect cost (employee study time at loaded salary) typically runs $5,000 to $20,000 for Associate-level certifications and $15,000 to $25,000 for Professional or Expert-level.

For the direct-plus-indirect framework see calculator methodology. For broader technical-training cost framing see technical training cost.