CEH vs CWEE
| CEH EC-Council | CWEE Hack The Box | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Offensive · Intermediate | Offensive · Advanced |
| Price | $1,199 Exam voucher. Without official training you need 2 years of experience and an application fee. | $350 Voucher with 2 attempts. You must first finish 100% of the HTB Academy Senior Web Penetration Tester path (15 modules, subscription extra); the Gold Annual plan (USD 1,400/year) includes it along with the CJCA one. |
| Study hours | 80–150 h | 250–450 h |
| Real difficulty | ●●○○○ | ●●●●● |
| Exam | Multiple choice Length: 4 h | Hands-on Length: 240 h |
| Validity | 3 years (credits + annual fee) | Does not expire |
| Job ads in United States | 4,033 | 8 |
| Avg. salary | $135,143 | $5,850 |
| Index | 67 | 14 |
| Summary | Very common in job ads and with HR, but the main exam is multiple choice and the technical community rates it poorly. Expensive for what it proves. | Advanced white-box and black-box web exploitation: code review, deserialisation, vulnerability chaining. A 10-day exam with a report. One of the hardest on the market. |
Highlighted: the best in that row.