Requirements-first provider research
NetCom Learning review: current Security+ prices and authorization evidence
NetCom publishes a current SY0-701 Security+ course with separate U.S. prices for live virtual, e-learning and government buyers, plus a separately priced exam voucher. It is also a current Cisco Platinum Learning Partner that Cisco says accepts Cisco Learning Credits. Neither fact makes it a verified schedule match: no dated Security+ session was established, the public CCNA promotion still shows 2022 dates, and current public cancellation terms were not found. Require a dated proposal naming the exact version, seller, delivery organization, schedule, total price and terms.
Provider decision
Who this option fits—and what to verify
Best fit
- Organizations comparing current Cisco-authorized training and planning to verify CLC eligibility for the exact course.
- Teams that need private delivery and can obtain a written scope for instructor, labs, schedule, accessibility and total price.
- Buyers willing to validate every course version and session rather than rely on a promotional landing page.
Think twice
- You need a dated Security+ seat rather than a current course and price reference; no public class calendar was established.
- You need a confirmed public seat; Learnerside did not establish one from the checked pages.
- You assume Platinum status proves every course, instructor, voucher, lab, price or session.
- You need recordings, retakes, post-class labs or cancellation remedies that are not written into the proposal.
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-12
- Evidence
- Mixed official and independent evidence
- Delivery observed
- Live Virtual · Private Team · Digital Self Paced
- Buyer audiences observed
- Individual · Team · Enterprise · Government · Public Sector
- Pricing posture
- Published Security Plus Prices But No Verified Session
- Scope
- United States, Global delivery
Learnerside does not assign provider star ratings or rank providers. Course inclusions and policies vary by product.
Who sells and delivers your training?
- Brand researched
- NetCom Learning
- Legal name established in this record
- Sarder Inc DBA NetCom Learning
- Parent organization
- Not established in this record.
This review covers the U.S. NetCom Learning brand operated as Sarder Inc DBA NetCom Learning. Cisco, CompTIA, event, private-team and NetCom365 products may have different instructors, inclusions and terms; verify the exact proposal.
Read the identity source · checked 2026-09-11
Ask your seller to name the organization teaching the selected class and the terms that govern your purchase. Shared branding or matching calendars alone do not establish the same instructor, ownership or service experience.
What the evidence supports
Offering details are course-specific
Observed examples
Dated prices—not price or seat guarantees
These are dated public observations. Availability was not established. Recheck the official page before acting.
Observed 2026-09-12
CompTIA Security+ Certification Prep (Exam SY0-701), U.S. virtual instructor-led
- Price
- $2,675
- Delivery
- Live Virtual
- Dates observed
- No dated public session established
- Times observed
- Not stated
- Location observed
- Virtual instructor-led training
- Buyer scope
- United States commercial public course price
- Price basis
- Five-day U.S. virtual instructor-led course SKU 8305
- Voucher
- Separate Purchase
- Session signal
- No Current Session Established
- Availability
- Not established
- The provider page names five days, a study guide, labs and a certified trainer, but no dated session or seat was established.
- The Security+ exam voucher is a separate USD 404 SKU, not included in the USD 2,675 course price.
- Confirm lab access, instructor identity, daily times, time zone, recordings, support, total price and controlling terms.
Recheck official course pageObserved 2026-09-12
CompTIA Security+ Certification Prep (Exam SY0-701), U.S. e-learning
- Price
- $595
- Delivery
- Digital Self Paced
- Dates observed
- On-demand access term not established
- Times observed
- Not stated
- Location observed
- Online e-learning
- Buyer scope
- United States commercial e-learning price
- Price basis
- Forty-hour U.S. e-learning course SKU 8882
- Voucher
- Separate Purchase
- Session signal
- Access Term Unverified
- Availability
- Not established
- The page data labels this as 40 hours; it does not establish how long the learner retains access.
- Labs, instructor support, updates, accessibility and recordings were not established for this exact e-learning SKU.
- The separate USD 404 exam voucher and any taxes or fees are not included in this USD 595 observation.
Recheck official course pageObserved 2026-09-12
CompTIA Security+ Certification Prep (Exam SY0-701), U.S. government pricing
- Price
- $1,949
- Delivery
- Live Virtual
- Dates observed
- No dated public session established
- Times observed
- Not stated
- Location observed
- Delivery format tied to government SKU requires confirmation
- Buyer scope
- Government eligibility required; exact qualifying buyers not stated in the course data
- Price basis
- Five-day U.S. Government Pricing SKU 16939
- Voucher
- Separate Purchase
- Session signal
- Buyer Eligibility And Session Unverified
- Availability
- Not established
- The page exposes a government price but does not establish that a particular learner or agency qualifies.
- No dated session, contract vehicle, seller, seat, daily times or time zone was established.
- The separate USD 404 exam voucher and any taxes or fees are not included in this USD 1,949 observation.
Recheck official course pageHistorical observation
Cisco CCNA training promotional page
- Price
- $2,995
- Delivery
- Live Virtual
- Dates observed
- Feb 7-11, 2022 (one of several expired rows)
- Times observed
- 9:00 AM-5:00 PM PST
- Location observed
- Online Class (GTR)
- Buyer scope
- Not established for a current purchase
- Price basis
- Promotional amount beside expired 2022 dates
- Voucher
- Unknown
- Session signal
- Expired Promotional Schedule
- Availability
- Not established
- The page still shows February and March 2022 rows; none is current.
- The USD 2,995 is stale promotional evidence, not a current price or quote.
- No seat, current version, instructor, voucher, lab term or contract is established.
Recheck official course pageBefore you pay
Terms that can change the decision
Cancellation And Reschedule · Current Public Or Private Training
Learnerside did not locate current provider-wide cancellation, transfer, substitution or refund terms safe to apply to a new NetCom purchase.
Important exceptions
- A 2014 GSA schedule and old Las Vegas catalog contain narrow historical rules; neither is used as current national policy.
- Free events, public classes, private cohorts, government purchases and digital products can differ.
- Require controlling terms and the deadline in the proposal.
Official terms · checked 2026-09-11
Independent evidence
Check who each review is actually about
Match the seller, teaching organization, location, course and date to your proposed purchase. We keep themes within each source’s stated scope rather than combining local or historical experiences into a brand-wide verdict.
Trustpilot
Scope: National And Cross Course · Disposition: Include With Collection And Course Scope Disclosure
Visible review count: 353
Source-displayed fact: 4 (5)
- Claimed profile
- Yes
- Paid platform subscription
- Yes
- Invites reviews
- Yes
- The profile is claimed, paid and asks customers to review; many visible reviews are invited.
- The score and count are Trustpilot facts, not Learnerside ratings.
- It combines products, instructors, countries and years and cannot predict one cohort.
- Reported experiences were not independently verified.
Praise reported in this source
- Some recent visible reviewers praised instructor clarity, patience, practical work, labs or materials.
Criticism reported in this source
- Some reported pace, platform or lab access, content-coverage, support, sales-contact or rescheduling problems.
Open named source · checked 2026-09-11
Training Industry Recognition
Scope: 2026 Online Learning Library Watch List · Disposition: Include As Unranked Category Recognition
- Claimed profile
- Not established from the checked source
- Paid platform subscription
- Not established from the checked source
- Invites reviews
- Not established from the checked source
- This is an unranked Online Learning Library Watch List, not a course-quality finding.
- Its criteria do not verify a CCNA or Security+ session.
- Do not relabel it as a 2026 Top 20 IT and Technical Training award.
Open named source · checked 2026-09-11
No theme shown means the retained evidence is insufficient for a responsible summary—not that there are no satisfied learners or no complaints. Reported experiences are not verified outcomes for every learner or course.
Buyer checklist
Verify the exact course—not the provider brand in general
- Ask for the current course code, exam version and dated outline; for Security+, require the exact SY0 code.
- Require dates, daily times, time zone, platform, instructor and confirmed-seat state.
- Name Sarder Inc DBA NetCom Learning or the actual seller and separately name the delivery organization.
- For Cisco training, verify exact-course authorization and CLC eligibility with Cisco.
- Confirm courseware, individual labs, hands-on time, access duration, device requirements, recordings and support.
- Confirm voucher inclusion, issue timing, expiration, retake and release conditions.
- Put total price, taxes, fees, materials and support in the proposal.
- Obtain cancellation, transfer, substitution, provider-cancellation and refund terms with deadlines.
- Test classroom and labs on employer equipment before the cancellation deadline.
- Compare other current options against the same requirements.
Match the evidence to the buyer
Do not carry one audience’s offer into another purchase
Buyer audience and delivery mode are separate evidence. A public individual seat does not establish a private cohort, and a named government audience does not establish that a particular buyer can use the offering.
Individual buyer
The checked record names individual buyers. Recheck the exact course, price unit, inclusions, terms, and audience before treating an observed price as usable.
Compare dated price evidenceTeam or private cohort
The checked record names team or enterprise buyers. Private-team delivery appears among the observed delivery modes. Neither statement establishes current dates, capacity, or a group price.
Build the team evaluation requirementsGovernment or public sector
The checked record names a government or public-sector audience. This does not establish buyer eligibility, contract vehicle, usable pricing, availability, or compliance with a workforce requirement.
Prepare the government training decisionAlternatives
Compare by the decision you need to make
Compare current version, seller or franchise, labs, recordings, voucher, schedule and terms.
Compare employer-sponsored Security+ with an included voucher and extensive labs while resolving schedule conflict.
Verify authorization before course-level fit.
Sources and evidence limitations
What this review does not establish
- No current exact NetCom CCNA or Security+ session was established, so none enters the matcher.
- The CCNA promotion retains 2022 dates and cannot establish a current USD 2,995 price.
- The current canonical Security+ page is SY0-701, but a legacy SY0-601 route still resolves; confirm the version in the enrollment document.
- Cisco status is a baseline, not course quality, price, seat, voucher, instructor or delivery proof.
- Current national cancellation terms were not established; old school and government documents are excluded.
- Trustpilot evidence is cross-course and invitation-influenced.