ExamWizardz vs CertGames
Written by Jonathon Eades, who builds ExamWizardz — so read accordingly. Every claim below is verifiable from the linked public sources. Last verified August 4, 2026.
CertGames and ExamWizardz sit at opposite ends of the same market. CertGames is breadth: 21 certifications, a question bank it lists at 26,000+ items — free to drill — plus seven training games and eleven AI tools. ExamWizardz is depth: one certification live today (CompTIA A+), covered by a full human-reviewed curriculum and hands-on performance-based simulations.
Which one is right depends on a question only you can answer: do you want maximum drilling volume across many certs for the lowest price, or do you want to know exactly where your study material came from?
Choose ExamWizardz if you're sitting CompTIA A+ and want material with named human authorship, objective-code mapping, and PBQs that behave like the real exam's.
Choose CertGames if you need many certifications on a small budget and high-volume question drilling is your primary study style.
Side by side
| Feature | ExamWizardz | CertGames |
|---|---|---|
| Certifications live today | CompTIA A+ (220-1201/1202) | 21 certifications |
| Question bank | 1,491 A+ questions | 26,000+ across all certs (free tier) |
| Content provenance | Human-reviewed, objective-mapped, named author, dated updates | Not published |
| Written lessons | 328 human-reviewed lessons | Not a lesson platform — games and drills |
| Performance-based questions | 38 interactive PBQs across 7 interaction types | Not advertised |
| Hardware bench simulator | Yes — build, POST, diagnose, boot | No |
| Gamification | Tiers, streaks, quests | 7 training games, daily challenges |
| AI tools | AI tutor (Pro) | 11 AI learning tools |
| Glossary | 1,807-term glossary | Not published |
| Free tier | First course sections, tools, public practice test | Full question bank, daily challenges, 1 AI tool |
| Pro pricing | $24.99/mo or $239/yr | $25/mo or $99.69/yr |
Both columns verified August 4, 2026from public pages and our production database. “Not published” means the vendor doesn't state a figure publicly.
Provenance: the axis this comparison actually turns on
Certification prep has a supply-chain problem: question banks are easy to generate at scale and hard to verify. When a bank is wrong or outdated, you don't find out until exam day.
ExamWizardz's answer is provenance you can audit. Every lesson names its author — a real IT instructor with a reachable credentials page — shows a real last-updated date, is mapped to the specific CompTIA objective code it covers, and links to the official CompTIA certification page so you can check the objectives yourself. The full A+ objective list is public on our objectives page, and the question bank is written against it.
CertGames does not publish an equivalent provenance trail for its 26,000+ questions. Some independent public reviews have raised this question — one widely shared Medium piece is titled "Why CertGames Might Be Just Another AI-Generated Brain Dump Exam Site", and their Trustpilot profile carries both positive and critical firsthand accounts. We link both below; read them and weigh them yourself.
Depth vs volume
A 26,000-question bank across 21 certifications averages out; the CompTIA A+ share of it is necessarily a fraction. ExamWizardz's 1,491 questions cover one exam pair, sit alongside 328 long-form lessons, 1,503 flashcards, and a 1,807-term glossary — all of it A+ material.
Volume drilling builds recall speed and is genuinely useful late in prep. But the A+ exam's hardest sections are performance-based questions, and no multiple-choice volume prepares you for those. ExamWizardz ships 38 interactive PBQs across seven interaction types, including a photorealistic bench simulator where you assemble a PC from parts, diagnose POST beep codes, and boot the machine into a simulated Windows desktop. CertGames does not advertise PBQ simulation.
Where the gamified approach genuinely helps
Credit where due: CertGames' free question bank is a real gift to broke students, and daily-challenge loops keep people studying who would otherwise stall. If motivation is your bottleneck and budget is tight, their free tier costs nothing to try, and their $99.69/yr annual plan is one of the cheapest multi-cert subscriptions anywhere.
ExamWizardz gamifies too — tiers, streaks, and quests run through the platform — but the center of gravity is the curriculum, not the game.
Pricing
CertGames wins on raw price: $25/mo or $99.69/yr against ExamWizardz at $24.99/mo or $239/yr — and their free tier includes the entire question bank. If cost is the deciding factor across many certifications, that's the honest arithmetic. Our case is value per exam passed on the first attempt: verified material and realistic PBQs are cheaper than a $253 retake voucher. Pricing verified August 4, 2026; check both pricing pages for current numbers.
Where ExamWizardz wins
- Auditable provenance: named author, dated updates, objective-code mapping on every lesson
- 38 hands-on PBQs including a photorealistic hardware bench simulator
- A full written curriculum — 328 lessons — not just drills
- Depth per certification: 1,491 questions aimed at one exam pair
- Free public tools and glossary, no account required
Where CertGames wins
- 21 certifications on one subscription
- 26,000+ question bank, free to drill without paying
- $99.69/yr — one of the cheapest annual plans in cert prep
- Seven training games and eleven AI tools
Sources
- CertGames — official pricing page
- CertGames on Trustpilot
- "Why CertGames Might Be Just Another AI-Generated Brain Dump Exam Site" — independent Medium review
- ExamWizardz pricing
- Official CompTIA A+ certification page
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Judge it yourself
The free tier includes the first course sections, the public practice test, and every free tool — no credit card required.