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First published by DailyDebian. The full, sortable table with a source link for every row is the IT Certification Price Index. Most people budget for one number: the exam fee. That number is real, but

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DailyDebian makes free study tools for IT certification exams. Use 17 browser calculators and quizzes (subnet, CIDR, IPv6, chmod, CVSS, RAID), 21 cheat sheets with free PDFs, free practice questions with explanations, and a price index of 137 exams, every price sourced.

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