OSWE vs OSCP
| OSWE OffSec | OSCP OffSec | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Offensive · Advanced | Offensive · Intermediate |
| Price | $1,749 WEB-300 course with 90 days of lab access and one exam attempt. | $1,749 PEN-200 course with 90 days of lab access and one exam attempt. |
| Study hours | 300–500 h | 300–600 h |
| Real difficulty | ●●●●● | ●●●●○ |
| Exam | Hands-on Length: 48 h | Hands-on Length: 24 h |
| Validity | Does not expire | OSCP does not expire; OSCP+ lasts 3 years |
| Job ads in United States | – | – |
| Avg. salary | – | – |
| Index | – | – |
| Summary | White-box web exploitation from source code and exploit automation. For specialising in application security. | The pentesting certification most requested in job ads. A 24-hour exam plus a report. Expensive, but it still opens more doors than any other hands-on cert. |
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