15 Best Penetration Testing Certification Courses
We compared 15 Penetration Testing courses currently listed on Udemy and Coursera, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $19.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Udemy, Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Udemy, Coursera, matched to "penetration testing" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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CompTIA Pentest+ PT0-003: Complete Penetration Testing Guide
Many people are struggling to improve their cybersecurity skills. but They don't have any idea where to start. Many courses are available online and have theory only, So participants can't improve their techn...
$59.99listed price -
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Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS) Exam Prep
Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS) Exam Prep Course Details and Comprehensive Preparation. Welcome to the ultimate, meticulously crafted resource designed to elevate your professional profile and empower you...
$29.99listed price -
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CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002)
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
$49.00listed price -
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CompTIA Security+ Certification (SY0-701): The Total Course
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
$49.00listed price -
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CompTIA PenTest+ PT0-003 (V3) Exam Prep
CompTIA PenTest+ PT0-003 (V3) Practice Exams by NextGen LabWorksPrepare for the CompTIA PenTest+ PT0-003 (V3) certification exam with realistic practice tests covering penetration test planning, reconnaissance, vulnerabi...
$19.99listed price -
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Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Exam Prep
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Exam Prep Course Details and Comprehensive Preparation. Welcome to the ultimate, meticulously crafted resource designed to elevate your professional profile and empower yo...
$29.99listed price -
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CompTIA Pentest+ PT0-003 (Ethical Hacking& Pentest) Prep Lab
Welcome to “CompTIA Pentest+ PT0-002 (Ethical Hacking& Pentest) Prep Lab” course.CompTIA Pentest+ Certification Prep with Penetration Testing (Pentesting) & Ethical Hacking for certified ethical hackerCompTIA Pen...
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CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003)
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) is an intermediate-level cybersecurity certification preparation course designed to develop the hands-on skills required to identify, exploit, and remediate vulnerabilities across diverse compu...
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CompTIA Security+ (SYO-701) Certification Preparation Test
Get ready to pass the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) certification with confidence using this comprehensive practice test course. With 5 full-length practice exams and 450 carefully crafted questions, this course is designe...
$79.99listed price -
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Ethical Hacking Certification Exam Practice Set 2025
You will be having the Latest exercise test for Ethical Hacking Certification Exam (V13). All of the questions have clear clarification and each and every query is necessary to omit the exam. Most of the students d...
$19.99listed price -
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CompTIA PenTest+ PT0-003 Practice Certification Exams
DescriptionThese CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-001, PT0-002 & PT0-003) Practice Exams provide realistic test questions and interactive, question-level feedback.This course will prepare you for what it is like to take the Com...
$69.99listed price -
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Treinamento Completo Comptia Pentest+ PT0-002
Este curso é projetado para preparar os alunos para o exame Pentest+ PT0-002 da CompTIA, fornecendo uma compreensão aprofundada das técnicas e ferramentas necessárias para realizar testes de penetração eficazes. Com foco...
$39.99listed price -
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CompTIA PenTest+ PT0-003 – Examens Blancs 2026
Bienvenue dans votre suite complète d’examens blancs pour CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003).Notre objectif est simple : vous aider à réussir l’examen dès la première tentative grâce à des examens pratiques réalistes, basés sur...
$149.99listed price -
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Prepare for CompTIA PenTest+ Exam: 2000+ QAs & PenTest AI..
The CompTIA PenTest+ Exam Preparation course is designed to equip learners with the theoretical knowledge required to pass the CompTIA PenTest+ certification exam. This course focuses on providing in-depth coverage of th...
$19.99listed price -
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CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002) - Exam Coaching
This course contains over 6 hours of training videos - Covering all of the exam domains. Plus there's a FREE Practice Exam included!Start your certification journey today with Exam Coaching! The PenTest+ is a...
$119.99listed price
Best Penetration Testing Certification Courses compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $180.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Udemy and Coursera. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion.
Courses versus exam preparation
15 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Penetration Testing from scratch. They are the right choice only if you already know the material and want to pass a specific exam; if you are starting out, pick one of the taught courses first and come back to exam preparation afterwards.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.