ExamTopics pricing: what Contributor Access costs

If you have searched for "ExamTopics pricing", you have probably already hit the paywall. ExamTopics does not publish a pricing page; the prices appear in a popup when you run out of free questions or click "Get Contributor Access" on an exam page. This guide sets out exactly what ExamTopics costs, what the paid tier includes and leaves out, how the price has moved, and how it compares with the cheaper option of Examice.

All figures were checked on the live ExamTopics site on 16 September 2026, on various exam pages. Prices are the same for every exam and may change without notice.

The short answer

ExamTopics charges $79.99 for one month or $129.99 for three months of access to a single exam, plus $99.99 if you want the PDF. That buys the rest of the question bank and removes the captchas. It does not add explanations, a verified answer key or a refund if you fail.

If the price is what brought you here, you do not have to pay it. Examice covers the same certification exams and sells full access to an exam's bank for $25 for 1 month or $35 for 3 months, with verified answers and written explanations, weekly updates, and the PDF and a pass guarantee included in the $35 plan. Every exam page shows the first five questions free, so you can check the bank for your exam before paying anything.

Find your exam on Examice. The rest of this page goes through the ExamTopics figures in detail, what the paid tier includes and leaves out, and the full comparison.

ExamTopics pricing at a glance

Three things to understand before the details:

• It is priced per exam, not per account. Contributor Access unlocks one exam. Studying for AZ-104 and AZ-305 means two purchases.
• It is a single payment, not a subscription. Both plans are labelled "one time payment". Access simply expires; there is no automatic renewal to cancel, and nothing to refund if you forget about it.
• It is presented as a discount. The popup shows $88.88 struck through next to $79.99 ("10% off") and $144.44 next to $129.99, and labels the plan for three months "Save 33%". Everyone sees these prices; they are not a promotion you might miss.

What Contributor Access includes

According to the upgrade popup shown on every exam page, buying Contributor Access gives you:

• All questions for one exam. The free tier stops after three or four pages with the message "You've reached your free exam questions limit". Contributor Access removes that limit for the exam you paid for.
• Community discussions. These are visible to free users on the free questions, so this is not much of an upgrade in itself, but you do gain the discussions on the locked questions.
• No captcha or robot checks. Free browsing interrupts you with "are you a robot?" prompts. Logging in reduces them; paying removes them.
• New updates included. Questions added to the bank during your access window are visible to you.
• An optional PDF of the questions and answers, for an extra $99.99.

What it does not include

Just as important is what $79.99 does not buy:

• No written explanations. Contributor Access unlocks more questions; it does not add explanations. Understanding why an answer is right still depends on whatever users have written in the comments.
• No verified answer key. The "suggested answer" remains a suggestion. The community vote below each question is often more reliable, and the two frequently disagree.
• No other exams. Every additional exam is a separate purchase at the same price.
• No pass guarantee. ExamTopics does not advertise a refund if you fail, and the site's reviews suggest refunds of any kind are difficult to obtain.
• No PDF unless you pay the extra $99.99.
• No study tools beyond paging through the list: no progress tracking by topic, no resume point, no timed mode.

The extra costs people miss

The PDF extra

At $99.99, the PDF costs more than the plan for one month it attaches to. A month of access with a printable copy is $179.98; three months with the PDF is $229.98. Many candidates want a PDF precisely because their access expires and they would like to keep the questions, which makes the pricing of this extra the most frequent complaint in reviews after the headline price itself.

Multiple exams

Certification paths rarely stop at one exam. Because Contributor Access is per exam, the totals add up quickly:

Running out of time

Access is fixed to the period you bought. If your exam date slips past the end of the window, you buy again at full price. We could not find an extension or renewal discount on the site.

Device limits

Several reviewers describe limits on the number of devices or sessions that only became apparent after paying. We could not verify the exact rule from outside a paid account. If you study on a laptop and a phone, ask support before you buy.

How ExamTopics pricing has changed

ExamTopics does not publish a price history, but the reviews left over several years sketch one. Reviewers who bought a year or so earlier describe paying $49.99 for three months; in 2026 the same plan is listed at $129.99. European users report prices rising from around 40 euros to 65 euros. Longstanding users mention unlimited or lifetime plans that were withdrawn and replaced with Contributor Access that expires.

Individual reviews should be read with caution, but the direction is consistent: the paid tier has become considerably more expensive while the free tier has stayed limited. That trend is the main reason "ExamTopics pricing" and "ExamTopics alternative" are searched together so often.

Cost per day, and how long people actually study

ExamTopics advertises its plans as $2.58 and $1.43 per day, which sounds modest. The catch is how people actually prepare. Most candidates use a question bank intensively for three to eight weeks, and exam dates move. One month is often not enough, so the realistic ExamTopics price for a single exam is the plan for three months at $129.99. If you also want the PDF, it is $229.98.

For comparison, Examice's Premium plan runs for 90 days and works out at roughly $0.39 per day, PDF included.

How Examice pricing compares

Examice covers the same exams (180+ vendors and more than 2,000 exam codes) with the same question banks and, like ExamTopics, sells access per exam as a single payment. The prices are very different:

Two further differences matter for a pricing comparison. Every Examice exam page shows the first five questions with their explanations free of charge, so you can inspect the bank before paying. And the Premium plan is backed by a refund if you do not pass: send in your score report and the purchase is returned.

Cost scenarios side by side

The shapes of the plans differ (an Examice bundle is five credits you spend one exam at a time over a year, each opening its exam for three months, whereas five separate ExamTopics purchases give you five windows of three months that start at payment), but in every scenario Examice costs a third of the ExamTopics price or less, and includes explanations that ExamTopics does not offer at any price. The full feature comparison is in Examice vs. ExamTopics.

Is Contributor Access worth the price?

There are situations where paying ExamTopics makes sense:

• Your exam is only on ExamTopics. Coverage is broad on both sites, but check yours.
• You want the older comment history. On the most popular exams, ExamTopics threads go back years, and some candidates find that debate valuable.
• You have verified the free portion is accurate for your exam and simply want the remaining questions.

It is harder to justify if:

• You want to understand why answers are right. Contributor Access adds questions, not explanations.
• You want a PDF. The extra doubles the cost.
• You are sitting more than one exam this year.
• You would rather pay $25 or $35 for a bank that includes all of the above.

A sensible middle path is to use the free ExamTopics pages for what they are good at (checking that the bank matches your exam) and pay a smaller amount for a bank with explanations for your serious practice.

Before you pay anyone

Whichever site you choose, a short checklist saves money:

1. Confirm the exam code and version. Vendors retire and renumber exams; make sure the bank matches the exam you booked.
2. Check when the bank was last updated. Examice shows this on each exam page. On ExamTopics, look at the dates on recent discussion comments.
3. Try the free questions first. On both sites you can inspect real questions before paying. If they look off target, stop.
4. Read the refund terms and keep the receipt.
5. Do not share accounts. It breaches the terms on both sites, and reviewers report device limits on ExamTopics that can lock legitimate users out.

Summary

ExamTopics pricing in 2026 is $79.99 for one month or $129.99 for three months of Contributor Access to a single exam, plus $99.99 if you want the PDF. That buys the remainder of the question bank and removes the captchas, but adds no explanations, no verified answers and no guarantee. Examice sells the full bank for the same exam at $25 for 1 month or $35 for 3 months, with written explanations, weekly updates, a PDF and a refund guarantee on Premium. If price is the reason you are reading this, the choice is not close.