Tuesday, May 5, 2015

A Quick Comparison between Software Testing/Quality certificates: ASTQB vs QAI vs ASQ


ISTQB
QAI
ASQ
Price
CTFL : $250
CTAL ( advanced and/or management levels) : $200
Total: $450

CSTE( Certified Software Test Engineer): $420
CSQA( Certified Software Quality Analyst): $420
CMSQ (Management): $450
Note: CMSQ needs to already have a CSQA!
CSQE (Software quality engineer cert): $269


Exam Difficulty
CTFL: Easy
CTAL: Moderate
All Exams are known to be “not easy”
Moderate
Exam Type
Multi-Selection
Multi-Selection + Essay
Multi-Selection + Essay
Credibility
#1 recognized institute
#2 recognized institute
#3 recognized institute
Durability
Permanent
Renewal required every 3 years. Can be waived with activity points.
Renewal required every 3 years. Can be waived with activity points.

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