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· 1 month ago

Worth paying for if you're pursuing CISA, CISM, or CRISC — the credential carries real employer weight. Skip membership if you just want security training or community; third-party courses and free communities cover that cheaper.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources: official ISACA pages, Reddit threads, Trustpilot, BBB, and vendor case studies.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usability evidence in sources
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security postureNo posture evidence, only content articles

Pricing

$145/year

Membership

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
CISA exam$575 (member price)
Additional cert fees$45 members / $85 non-members

Best for

  • Aspiring CISA/CISM/CRISC candidates
  • IT audit and GRC career paths
  • Certified pros needing CPE credits

Not for

  • Engineers wanting hands-on security skills
  • Teams shopping generic security training
  • Guess: juniors — CISA expects years of audit experience

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Certification costs stack: exam, application, and renewal fees sit on top of membership

medium

Membership only pays off through exam discounts and CPE access

medium

Official training gets mixed reviews; third-party prep may be better value

medium

Customer service complaints appear on both BBB and Trustpilot

Pros and cons

Pros

  • CISA is the recognized credential for IT audit roles
  • Membership is cheap at $145/year
  • 166,000+ certified professionals worldwide
  • 55+ years of history and employer recognition
  • Broad portfolio: CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, new AAISM

Cons

  • CISA exam costs $575 even for members
  • Question bank costs extra — reported $300 for 300 questions
  • Repeat customer publicly disappointed with CRISC training
  • Customer service complaints logged at BBB
  • Members openly debate whether membership is worth it

Sources & method

- 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x4review x6security x1news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • $145/year

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Certs valuable, membership value openly debated
  • Ease of use. No usability evidence in sources
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Many certs, courses, chapters, resources
  • Support quality: 2/5. BBB and Trustpilot service complaints
  • Security posture. No posture evidence, only content articles
  • $145/yr Membership Individual membership
  • $575 CISA exam Member price, per Reddit
  • 166,000+ Certified pros Per PSI Exams case study
  • 55+ years Track record Per LinkedIn and About page

Pricing

Membership

$145/year

  • Exam discounts
  • CPE and resource access
  • Chapter community

CISA exam

$575 (member price)

  • Certification exam fee
  • Per Reddit reporting

Additional cert fees

$45 members / $85 non-members

  • Per ISACA's own cost breakdown FAQ

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Reddit threads respect the certifications' career value but frequently gripe about exam costs, training quality, and customer service.

“Cisa exam costs $575 for…”
Reddit, r/CISA
“This is my third ISACA e…”
Reddit, r/CRISC
Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources: official ISACA pages, Reddit threads, Trustpilot, BBB, and vendor case studies.

Not software — a cert body. Worth it for CISA/CISM seekers; skip if you just want training or community.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources: official ISACA pages, Reddit threads, Trustpilot, BBB, and vendor case studies.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Become an ISACA Memberisaca.org
    official
  2. CISA Certificationisaca.org
    official
  3. ISACA certification cost FAQsupport.isaca.org
    official
  4. ISACA certifications overviewisaca.org
    official
  5. PSI Exams ISACA case studypsiexams.com
    news
  6. Reddit r/CISA — ISACA membershipreddit.com
    review
  7. Reddit r/CRISC — CRISC review: disappointed by ISACAreddit.com
    review
  8. Reddit r/cism — How Valuable Have You Found ISACA?reddit.com
    review
  9. BBB — ISACA complaintsbbb.org
    review
  10. Trustpilot — isaca.org reviewstrustpilot.com
    review
  11. Reddit r/isacareddit.com
    review
  12. ISACA security pageisaca.org
    security

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