Pricing
Pay once for what you study. It is yours for good.
Play the free stages without an account. When you want more, buy a domain or a certification path: one payment, no subscription, no bundles. Regional prices show at checkout.
Free
$0no account
7 stages: the first stage of every domain and the networking campaign's first two.
Play freeA domain
$25one-off
Every world of one domain's campaign, including the worlds still to come. Networking, data, security: each is a campaign from associate to specialty difficulty.
See the domainsA certification path
$10 to $30one-off
Every stage one exam guide covers, in study order, across domains. The price follows the exam's fee: $10 for an exam fee of $100, $15 for $150, $30 for $300.
See the pathsDomains
| Domain | Worlds | Stages | Hours (est.) | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Networking | 5 | 24 | ~11.5 h | $25 |
| AI and machine learning | 5 | 30 | ~12 h | $25 |
| Data engineering | 6 | 36 | ~14.5 h | $25 |
| Security | 6 | 36 | ~18.5 h | $25 |
| Core architecture | 6 | 36 | ~16 h | $25 |
| Operations and delivery | 1 | 6 | ~2.5 h | $25 |
Certification paths
Each beside the fee of the exam it prepares you for.
| Path | Stages | Hours (est.) | Exam fee | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAA-C03 Solutions Architect - Associate | 60 | ~25.5 h | $150 | $15 |
| SOA-C03 CloudOps Engineer - Associate | 32 | ~14.5 h | $150 | $15 |
| DEA-C01 Data Engineer - Associate | 56 | ~23 h | $150 | $15 |
| DVA-C02 Developer - Associate | 16 | ~6.5 h | $150 | $15 |
| SAP-C02 Solutions Architect - Professional | 70 | ~32 h | $300 | $30 |
| DOP-C02 DevOps Engineer - Professional | 27 | ~12.5 h | $300 | $30 |
| SCS-C03 Security - Specialty | 63 | ~31 h | $300 | $30 |
| AIF-C01 AI Practitioner | 18 | ~7 h | $100 | $10 |
| MLA-C02 Machine Learning Engineer - Associate | 40 | ~16 h | $150 | $15 |
| AIP-C01 Generative AI Developer - Professional | 35 | ~14.5 h | $300 | $30 |
Hours are the game's estimate of a first attempt, 15 to 40 minutes a stage by difficulty, until it has measured them. Exam fees are the vendor's published prices in US dollars.
What buying means
Yours for good
A purchase is a licence to play those stages for as long as Tracesleuth runs, not a subscription. It lives in your account, so it is on every device you sign in to.
Domains and paths overlap
Paths cross domains, so they share stages. You own the union of what you buy, and when a stage is locked the game offers the cheapest way to unlock it given what you already own.
Refunds within 14 days
No questions asked, while you have cleared fewer than 20% of the product's stages.
Invoices and tax
Paddle is the seller of record: it handles checkout, tax and invoices in your currency, and emails the invoice. You need a free account to buy.
Teams and classrooms
Seats for a class are coming later. Tell us what you need, and we will set you up by hand meanwhile.