Certification exams

Pricing

All learning content is free and public: lessons, practice, guides and the readiness quiz. Membership is optional and stores progress and quiz results. The only paid product is the certification exam.

Exam pricing

The prices below are decided and final. Planned sessions are listed below. Booking opens after the live payment checkout and production deployment are verified. Join the notify list today; nothing is charged now. A new two month calendar is published for Level 1 and Level 2 on a rolling basis. Buying a course is never a prerequisite for an exam.

Level 1

FDE Foundations Certificate

495 USD

60-item closed-book exam on the Foundations scope, taken in a supervised lab session.

27 Dec 2026, 13:00 London time - 27 Feb 2027, 13:00 London time

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Secure checkout by Paddle. One price covers one exam attempt.

One price covers one attempt at a supervised lab session. Booking opens after the live checkout is verified. Prepare free of charge with the lessons and practice tasks first.

Level 2

FDE Practitioner Certificate

595 USD

Case-based written section plus a 20-minute live technical defense with two assessors.

3 Jan 2027, 13:00 London time - 3 Mar 2027, 13:00 London time

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Secure checkout by Paddle. One price covers one exam attempt.

One price covers one attempt at a supervised lab session. Booking opens after the live checkout is verified. Prepare free of charge with the lessons and practice tasks first.

Level 3

FDE Advanced Certificate

695 USD

Multi-domain case exam plus a 30-minute defense where a new requirement is introduced live.

Level 3 (FDE Advanced) has no sitting yet. It is planned only, and entry requires both Level 1 and Level 2.

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Secure checkout by Paddle. One price covers one exam attempt.

One price covers one attempt at a supervised lab session. Booking opens after the live checkout is verified. Prepare free of charge with the lessons and practice tasks first.

Free, always

  • All 48 Foundations lessons with exercises
  • All 24 practice tasks with rubric criteria
  • All guides, roadmaps, articles, glossary and case studies
  • The 30-question readiness quiz
  • Practitioner capstone briefs and self-review rubrics

See the proposed exam blueprint to know exactly what each level assesses.

Pricing questions

How much does the FDE certification exam cost?

There are three levels: FDE Foundations 495 USD, FDE Practitioner 595 USD and FDE Advanced 695 USD. Prices are final, and every customer pays USD.

Can I pay for an exam today?

Planned sittings run Dec 2026 to Mar 2027 at 13:00 London time. Booking opens after the live payment checkout is verified, so nothing is charged today. The button on each exam joins the notify list and we email you when booking opens. Joining costs nothing.

Why is there a notify list?

An exam booking requires a supervised lab session, and booking opens after the payment provider integration is complete and verified. The notify list simply lets you hear first when booking opens.

What stays free?

All 48 Foundations lessons, all 24 practice tasks, every guide, the roadmap, articles, the glossary, case studies and the readiness quiz are free. Membership is free and optional too.

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