Self-serve platform; modules, job-role paths and certification exams were purchasable on 2026-10-08. source
HTB Academy is a pay-as-you-go lab platform whose CPTS, CBBH and CDSA exams ($490 each) are hands-on and respected by practitioners. It suits people who can learn without a schedule and want a portfolio-grade exam report rather than a bootcamp certificate. Before subscribing, log in to see the actual monthly price for your tier, since it is not on the public site.
The facts
| Category | Cybersecurity |
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| Website | academy.hackthebox.com |
| Based | United Kingdom · founded 2017 |
| Format | online-self-paced |
| Programs | Academy modules and job-role paths (penetration tester, SOC analyst, bug bounty hunter, others), HTB CPTS, HTB CBBH, HTB CDSA, HTB CWEE, HTB Labs (separate) |
| Length | Self-paced; job-role paths run to hundreds of hours and must be completed before the matching exam. unknown |
| Tuition | Individual subscription prices (Student, Silver, Gold, Platinum) are shown only in the logged-in billing page; the public FAQ gives Silver 200 cubes/month (11% discount), Gold 500 (27%), Platinum 1,000 (36%). Exam vouchers: $490 for CPTS, CBBH and CDSA; $1,260 for CWEE. The public pricing page shows only enterprise plans. unknown |
| Financing | upfront, free Monthly cube subscriptions or one-off cube purchases; 30 free cubes at signup open the fundamentals modules; student subscription for verified academic emails; no refunds policy text fetched. |
| Admission | open Sign up; no invite challenge for Academy. |
| Stack | Linux, Windows, networking, web attacks, Active Directory, Nmap, Metasploit, Burp Suite, SIEM and log analysis, forensics, report writing |
Outcomes
This program does not publish job-placement or salary outcomes. Treat any number you hear from admissions as unverifiable.
Interview-prep depth
0 / 5
Platform is technical labs and modules only.
Whatever the program covers, the interview itself is free to prepare for here: coding patterns, system design, practice prompts, company guides.
What a careful reader should know
Not a bootcamp. The exam price excludes the subscription months needed to finish the prerequisite path, so budget both. The company reports more than 4 million platform members since 2017 and sells the same content to enterprises.
Sources (4)
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