Cisco’s Exam Prices Increase For First Time In Three Years

Cisco has recently updated the price of its certification exams, raising them from 10% to 20%.

Price increases for certification exams include (all amounts are in US dollars):

Entry-level tests (101-105 and 200-105) increased from $ 150 to $ 165, an increase of 10%
The CCNA Routing and Switching Exam (220-125 certifications) went from $ 295 to $ 325, a 10% increase
The professional, specialized and technical qualification exams (300, 500, 600, 640, 642, 642 and 648 certifications) went from $ 250 to $ 300, an increase of 20%.
The CCIE and CCDE written exams (350 and 400 level certifications, as well as the 352 level exams) went from $ 400 to $ 450, an increase of 12.5%.
"Cisco continues to invest in the content and integrity of its certification and training program to meet the growing demand for trained IT professionals," wrote Chris Jacobs, director of laboratory certifications and deliveries to the department. Cisco technical services. "As a result, as of February 9, 2017, Cisco has adjusted prices for some of its certification exams to align them with this effort."

Despite some social media protests and the blogosphere on price increases, Cisco said that most of the reviews included in the 2017 price change have not increased since 2014, and that other review fees do not have not changed since 2012