Training, exams and certification
Training, exams and certification
The exam fee is published and easy to find. It is also not the whole number. This page sets out what The Open Group charges for every route, and then the four things that move the total afterwards — taxes, retakes, the choice between routes, and preparation.
Retail voucher prices from The Open Group, effective 1 February 2026. Priced in USD; some countries add local taxes, and regional pricing can move with exchange rates.
| Part 1 then Part 2 separately — OGEA-101 + OGEA-102 | USD 870 | |
| Combined, one sitting — OGEA-103 | USD 640 | |
| Foundation only — OGEA-101 | USD 435 | |
| Business Architecture Foundation — OGBA-101 | USD 435 | |
| Bridge from TOGAF 9 Certified — OGEA-10B | USD 415 |
Two things are worth reading off that list. The combined exam is USD 230 cheaper than the same two exams bought separately. And the bridge is the cheapest way to hold the Practitioner certification — if you already hold TOGAF 9 Certified, which is the part that decides it.
The fees above are the US retail prices. The Open Group states that additional taxes may apply in some countries and regions, and that prices may be set in local currency and fluctuate. Budget the published figure as a floor, not a total.
There is no discounted retake. A second attempt needs its own voucher at full price, and The Open Group requires at least one month between attempts. So a failed Part 2 is not USD 435 — it is USD 435 and a month of momentum, plus whatever the delay does to the job application that prompted this.
This is the arithmetic that makes preparation cheap. Anything that moves you from a marginal pass to a comfortable one costs a fraction of the thing it prevents.
The combined exam saves USD 230 and concentrates the risk into one sitting. If it goes wrong on the second half, you retake Part 2 separately — USD 435 — and the saving is gone twice over. Which route suits which situation is worth ten minutes before you buy the voucher.
The Open Group is explicit that you may prepare either by self-study or on an accredited training course. Neither is required; the certification is awarded on the exams. That makes preparation the one line in the budget you actually control, and it ranges from the price of the Standard — nothing, it is free to read — to a multi-day accredited course.
Accredited courses include the Learning Studies as a mandatory element and carry an additional badge for them. That is a genuine difference in what you get, and it is not a difference in what the certification requires.
For someone starting from nothing and going all the way to Practitioner, the exam cost is USD 640 to USD 870 depending on the route, before tax, if it goes right first time. Coming from TOGAF 9 Certified, USD 415. Stopping at Foundation, USD 435.
Everything else — preparation, a retake, the month it costs — is a consequence of decisions taken before the booking, not of the price list.
No. A retake needs a new voucher at the ordinary price, and at least one month must pass since the previous attempt.
No. The Open Group allows self-study, and the certification is awarded on the exam result. An accredited course is a choice about how you prepare, not a requirement.
No. The Standard is published by The Open Group and can be read without paying for it — and in the Part 2 exam it is on screen anyway.
Vouchers have their own validity terms, set at purchase. Check the expiry before buying one you do not intend to use soon — particularly if you are buying both halves up front.
It is one sitting and one booking rather than two. The USD 230 is the price of taking both halves on the same day, which is also the reason it is not automatically the right choice.
Sources. Every figure on this page comes from The Open Group’s own published material, checked in September 2026.
At USD 435 a voucher and a month between attempts, the expensive outcome is not the preparation — it is the retake. Our simulators run both halves in the real format, on the real clock, with a score broken down by syllabus area, so you find out where you stand before Pearson VUE does.
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