Head to head
Cred Farmer vs PassCCA.com (CCA Prep): which should you use?
Cred Farmer scores higher under every reader profile published here, and PassCCA.com (CCA Prep) scores higher on none of the 10 rubric criteria, though it has strengths of its own.
Cred Farmer publishes this comparison and is one of the two platforms in it. Every figure below links to PassCCA.com (CCA Prep)'s own page and carries the date we read it. The verdict is computed from published weightings, not written by us.
- Two of their own pages give different numbers for the same cited study. The homepage chart reads '39% Re-read once / 54% Re-read twice / 81% Tested once' under 'Roediger & Karpicke, 2006 (n=120, simplified)', while their evidence page says 'the tested group recalled 61% of the material; the re-read group recalled 40%'. Both are verbatim. The identical chart and citation are served on an unrelated exam-prep brand running the same template, so this reads as shared boilerplate rather than a CCAO-F-specific claim.
- The homepage's meta keywords and its JSON-LD target 'Claude Certified Associate mock exam' and 'Claude certification practice exam' - the only occurrences of the word 'mock' anywhere on the site - for a product that publishes no mock exam.
- The header 'Sign in' link carries post_login_redirect_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcimapractice.co.uk%2Fen on 14 of the 24 pages fetched, so signing in redirects to an unrelated accountancy exam-prep brand. The site is a tenant on a shared multi-brand template, which is not disclosed anywhere on it.
Who wins, by what you need
Each row is that profile's published weighting applied to both platforms' criterion scores. Nothing here is hand-assigned: change the weights and the winners change.
| If you say… | Cred Farmer | PassCCA.com (CCA Prep) | Better fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced overall | 90 | 46 | Cred Farmer |
| I want one system for all four exams | 92 | 47 | Cred Farmer |
| I only need one exam | 92 | 48 | Cred Farmer |
| I want the best free option | 89 | 54 | Cred Farmer |
| I learn from video or an instructor | 52 | 27 | Cred Farmer |
| My exam is in two weeks | 96 | 47 | Cred Farmer |
| I am preparing a team | 82 | 37 | Cred Farmer |
What each one is better at
Where PassCCA.com (CCA Prep) is stronger
- The published numbers reconcile, which is rare. The seven unit counts (273, 315, 225, 270, 225, 315, 225) sum to exactly the advertised 1,848, all 41 topics are enumerated with their own counts, and the topic counts inside a unit add up to that unit's total. We re-checked the arithmetic independently and could not break it.
- 1,848 questions on a single certification, mapped to 7 units and 41 named topics, with a full explanation on every question. On per-exam volume for CCAO-F this is deeper than most of the field, including us.
- The CCAO-F exam facts they publish line up with the official exam guide: all seven domain weightings (14/21/12/16/12/15/10), 60 items and 120 minutes.
- Independence is disclosed everywhere it matters: the footer of every page, the homepage FAQ, the module FAQ, a disclaimer on every blog post and a clause in the Terms, with the operating company named as Morgan Brown Consultancy Ltd (UK).
- The free domain is a real free tier and not a trial: 273 questions, no card, no expiry, and pricing above it is a single $9.99 monthly tier with one-click cancellation ('Cancel any time, one click. No retention call.').
- The site renders no testimonials or reviews, and makes no endorsement or partner claim.
Where Cred Farmer is stronger
- Mock-exam realism: we score 5/5 against their 0/5.
- Certification coverage: we score 5/5 against their 2/5.
- Structured learning: we score 5/5 against their 2/5.
- Diagnostics and personalisation: we score 5/5 against their 3/5.
- Team and operational readiness: we score 3/5 against their 1/5.
- Practice depth: we score 5/5 against their 4/5.
- Retention system: we score 5/5 against their 4/5.
- Value and access: we score 4/5 against their 3/5.
Feature by feature
Expand any cell to see the words we read and where we read them. If a link no longer says what we quote, the figure is out of date and we want to know.
| Cred Farmer | PassCCA.com (CCA Prep) | |
|---|---|---|
| Certifications covered | All four: CCAO-F, CCDV-F, CCAR-F and CCAR-P, in one account, each with five timed forms, drills by objective, a readiness score, a study guide mapped to the published domains and a flashcard deck.Evidence“Study guides mapped to every domain, spaced-repetition flashcards, and five timed forms per exam built to its published blueprint are available across all four tracks, and every timed form contributes blueprint-based practice evidence.” | CCAO-F only. One module hub at /en/modules/ccaof with seven unit pages beneath it; /en/modules/ccarf and /en/modules/ccdvf both return 404.Evidence“Claude Certified Associate (CCAO-F) Study Guide & Practice” |
| Practice questions | 1,180, every option explained. 300 CCAO-F, 265 CCDV-F, 300 CCAR-F and 315 CCAR-P across the four gated banks, every item tagged to a published domain and objective and practised in the timed forms, in drills by objective or by domain, and in drills built from your own misses. A separate public set feeds the no-account practice papers and samples.Evidence“1,180 questions written to the published exam blueprints, five timed forms per exam at the real exam's length and time limit, and a reason for every option, right or wrong, so you learn from each mistake.” | 1,848 practice questions, published at unit and topic level. The seven unit counts (273, 315, 225, 270, 225, 315, 225) sum to exactly 1,848, and all 41 topics are enumerated with their own counts.Evidence“Questions 1,848 Units 7 Topics 41 Access Free tier available” |
| Study material | Exam-focused study guides. One per certification, organised by the published domains and objectives, with written hands-on labs, a glossary and per-domain cheat sheets, and a public study guide per certification that reads with no account. Written material only: no video and no instructor.Evidence“Focused Study Guides Structured chapters mapped directly to the exam objectives.” | No lessons, chapters or written study guide. Every question carries an explanation, and there is a seven-post blog; /en/study returns 404.Evidence“Every module, every unit, full explanations” |
| Full-length timed mocks | 20 full-length timed forms: five per certification at the real item count and 120-minute clock (60 / 53 / 60 / 63 items), each built to its published domain weights, four as mock exams and the fifth an objective-mastery form. The CCAR-F forms each present four of the six published scenarios with their items grouped under them. Flag items as you go, then review the reason for every option by domain and by objective.Evidence“In length, they match: every timed form in your account has the real exam's question count and time limit (CCAO-F 60 questions in 120 minutes, CCAR-F 60 questions in 120 minutes, CCAR-P 63 questions in 120 minutes and CCDV-F 53 questions in 120 minutes).” | Not published |
| Flashcards | Yes: a rapid-recall deck per certification inside the account, served through a spaced-repetition drill, plus a 40-card open deck per certification with no account.Evidence“Flashcard drills resurface each concept right before you'd forget it.” | Not published |
| Spaced repetition | Yes: an SM-2 scheduler, scheduling each card individually from a four-way rating, with lapses requeued inside the same session.Evidence“Study guides mapped to every domain, spaced-repetition flashcards, and five timed forms per exam built to its published blueprint are available across all four tracks, and every timed form contributes blueprint-based practice evidence.” | Yes. Spaced review is a named paid-tier feature, paired with weak-spot drilling. No scheduling algorithm is published.Evidence“Spaced review and weak-spot drilling” |
| Diagnostics | Objective-level: every timed form is scored by domain and by objective, the weakest domains are ranked from measured results and linked to the chapter that covers them, and each objective you got wrong routes you to a drill on it. Drills can also be built by domain or from your own misses.Evidence“Beside the score, each objective you got wrong routes you to a drill on that objective.” | Not published |
| Readiness / adaptive path | A per-certification readiness score gated on measured answers: 60% performance, 40% preparation (study path, objective coverage and streak). The first sitting of each form, guided or timed, sets the band and preparation moves the score only within it: below the pass mark it stays under 60, and Exam-ready (90) needs a first-sitting average of 800. Drills, re-sits and the diagnostic never count as evidence, and a study section counts only when its checkpoint questions are answered correctly. Set an exam date and the hours you can give, and a dated plan lays the work out day by day: sections to read, drills on objectives measured weak, and full-length mocks spread across the days before the exam. It says when the work does not fit, and it makes no pass prediction.Evidence“Study path progress, objective coverage and your streak move the score within that band, never past it.” | A readiness score is a paid feature, alongside domain-mastery tracking and weak-spot drilling. Their own Terms define the score as an internal estimate derived from platform activity rather than a prediction of exam outcome. The shipped pricing bundle also carries a string for a Bayesian readiness score per module, which does not render on the pricing page.Evidence“Our readiness scores are an internal estimate based on your activity within the platform, not a prediction of any specific exam outcome.” |
| Free tier | All free during open beta: all four certifications, every study guide, every timed form and every drill. With no account: a timed practice paper, six sample items, a 40-card deck and a study guide per certification; the rest needs a free account.Evidence“Right now, Cred Farmer is completely free while we are in open beta.” | One of the seven domains, Prompting and Task Execution (273 questions), is free with no card and no expiry, but an account is required to reach it. Only the homepage Question of the Day is answerable without an account.Evidence“Forever Not a trial. No expiry. Real practice on the named units below Full examiner explanations on every question Question of the Day, every day Progress tracking across mobile and desktop CCAOF · 1 Prompting and Task Execution” |
| Price | $0 while in open beta. No paid tier is published and no pricing is announced for after the beta.Evidence“Individual preparation is free while in open beta.” | $9.99 USD per month, single tier, billed monthly, cancel any time. No annual plan and no lifetime option published.Evidence“Pricing $9.99 a month. Cancel any time.” |
| Account required | Yes for the full study guides, the five timed forms per exam, the drills, the readiness score and the dated plan: a free account via Google or GitHub sign-in. The practice paper at /practice/<code>, the sample items, the open flashcard decks, the public study guide on each certification page, the blog and this comparison need no account.Evidence“To maximize security, we only use OAuth (Google and GitHub).” | Yes. An account is required to practise, including the free 273-question domain: every practice CTA routes to /api/auth/login and the homepage's own first step is account creation. Only the homepage Question of the Day and the three worked sample questions shown on each unit page are reachable without signing up.Evidence“Sign Up and Start Free Create your account and get full access to the Prompting and Task Execution domain at no cost. No credit card required.” |
| Team support | An organisation layer, in pilot and set up on request: a cohort dashboard showing each consenting member's readiness score, gate state and mock count, member and invitation management, and recorded exam-fee sponsorship offers against a readiness bar the organisation sets. No published seat pricing, no self-serve creation and no procurement route yet.Evidence“Set the readiness score you are willing to fund at, see who has crossed it, and record an offer against a certification.” | Email-only cohort licensing. No self-serve team plan, no published team pricing and no team page; /en/teams returns 404, leaving a mailto contact on the pricing page.Evidence“Buying for a team ? Cohort licensing for firms, training providers and universities.” |
| States independence from Anthropic | Yes: stated in the footer of every page and repeated on the certification pages.Evidence“Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Anthropic or Pearson VUE.” | Disclosed sitewide: the footer of every page, the homepage FAQ, the module FAQ, a disclaimer on every blog post, and a formal clause in the Terms. The operating company is named as Morgan Brown Consultancy Ltd (UK).Evidence“No. CCA Prep is an independent practice platform and is not affiliated with, authorised by, or endorsed by Anthropic. All content is our own preparation material mapped to the publicly published CCAO-F exam domains. Claude and Anthropic are trademarks of Anthropic PBC.” |
Which to choose
Choose PassCCA.com (CCA Prep) if…
- You are sitting CCAO-F and nothing else, and want maximum drilling volume on that one exam: 1,848 questions, against roughly 300 per exam at Cred Farmer.
- You want to drill one narrow topic rather than a whole domain. They publish 41 named topics each with its own question count, so you can work a single topic such as 'Anatomy of an Effective Prompt' on its own.
- You want to see real worked questions and full explanations before creating any account: three explained samples sit on every unit page and a daily question is answerable on the homepage with no signup, where Cred Farmer's open CCAO-F practice is one full-length timed paper and six samples.
- You are buying for a cohort. They publish a cohort-licensing contact for firms, training providers and universities, so there is a route to a group purchase; Cred Farmer's organisation layer is a free pilot set up on request, with no licensing route.
Choose Cred Farmer if…
- You want to practise the way the exam is sat: five full-length timed forms per exam at the real item count and clock, with a reason for every option when you review.
- You want each study session chosen by what you got wrong: every missed objective routes you to a drill on it, and you can drill by domain or from your own misses.
- You have booked an exam and want an honest read of your practice results, from a score capped by your first sitting of each form rather than by activity, and a dated plan that lays out each day until the exam.
- You want to sit a free timed practice paper for your exam right now, with no account, and see a raw score by domain.
- You expect to sit more than one Claude certification and want one setup for all four.
- You are preparing other people and want to see who is measurably ready, with each person opting in, before you fund an exam.
What PassCCA.com (CCA Prep) does not offer
- Publishes no mock exam. No mock, full-length or timed-paper feature appears on any page, in the sitemap or in the shipped pricing bundle, and /en/exams, /en/mock-exams and /en/practice-exam all return 404, so the 60-question, 120-minute format cannot be rehearsed on the platform.
- Covers one certification only. /en/modules/ccarf and /en/modules/ccdvf both return 404, so there is no CCAR-F, CCDV-F or CCAR-P material.
- No flashcards. The word appears on none of the 24 pages fetched and /en/flashcards returns 404.
- No lessons, chapters or written study guide: only per-question explanations and a seven-post blog, with /en/study returning 404. The module page is nonetheless titled 'Study Guide & Practice'.
- No diagnostic or placement test; /en/diagnostic returns 404.
- Practice requires an account, including the free 273-question domain. Only the homepage Question of the Day and three worked samples per unit page are reachable without signing up.
- No self-serve team plan and no published team pricing; /en/teams returns 404 and cohort licensing is a mailto link.
- Explanations are published per question, not per answer option.
- Three of the seven blog posts carry future publication dates (7 September 2026, 21 September 2026 and 5 October 2026 as at 3 September 2026), and the blog credits all seven posts to 'CCA Prep Team' while the author page credits the same seven to a named individual.
Observable gaps in what the site publishes, not judgements about quality. We have run no blind review of anyone's questions, including our own, so nothing here compares how good the content is, only what each platform offers.
Sources
- https://passcca.com/en Homepage: the 'Sign Up and Start Free' first step, the independence FAQ answer, and the Roediger & Karpicke retention chart
- https://passcca.com/en/pricing Single $9.99/month tier, the free-tier contents and 'Forever Not a trial' wording, the rendered feature list, and the cohort-licensing mailto
- https://passcca.com/en/modules/ccaof CCAO-F module hub: 1,848 questions, 7 units, 41 topics, and the per-unit question counts that reconcile to the total
- https://passcca.com/en/modules/ccaof/ccao-prompting Unit page: per-topic question counts (45/45/48/45/45/45 = 273) and three fully explained sample questions
- https://passcca.com/en/terms Definition of the readiness score as an activity-based internal estimate, and the independence statement clause
- https://passcca.com/en/blog The seven-post blog, its publication dates and its bylines
- https://passcca.com/en/authors/david-morgan-brown Author page: the byline crediting all seven blog posts to one named individual, against the blog's 'CCA Prep Team' attribution
- https://passcca.com/api/qotd The daily Question of the Day, served publicly without an account
All read on 3 September 2026. Found something wrong? Email hello@credfarmer.com and it will be corrected.
Common questions
Is PassCCA.com (CCA Prep) better than Cred Farmer?
Cred Farmer scores higher under every reader profile published here, and PassCCA.com (CCA Prep) scores higher on none of the 10 rubric criteria, though it has strengths of its own. Under the balanced weighting, PassCCA.com (CCA Prep) scores 46 and Cred Farmer scores 90 out of 100. The weightings are published and adjustable, so the honest answer depends on which exam you are sitting and what you can spend.
Is this comparison independent?
No. Cred Farmer publishes it and is one of the two platforms in it. That is why the rubric is published, every figure links to PassCCA.com (CCA Prep)'s own pages with the date it was checked, and the verdict above is computed from those published weightings rather than written by us.
Is PassCCA.com (CCA Prep) an official Anthropic product?
No. Neither is Cred Farmer. Anthropic publishes the exam guides and Pearson VUE delivers the exams; every platform in this comparison is independent of both.
How current are these figures?
Everything here was read on PassCCA.com (CCA Prep)'s own site on 3 September 2026. Prices, question counts and free tiers change without notice, so follow the source links before you rely on a figure, and email hello@credfarmer.com if you find one out of date.
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