Diagnostic
A calibrated baseline test, taken solo, that maps exactly where you stand across IT governance frameworks and strategy, benefits realization, and risk optimization before you study anything.
About the CGEIT exam
ISACA's Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) is aimed at senior professionals who direct, oversee and advise on IT governance: CIOs, governance and risk leaders, and advisers to boards. It validates judgement from the board and executive viewpoint across four domains: Governance of Enterprise IT (40%), IT Resources (15%), Benefits Realization (26%) and Risk Optimization (19%). The exam has 150 questions in 4 hours, and you need 450 on a 200–800 scaled score. The content outline in force has been effective since 2020, and ISACA had announced no replacement as of October 2026. Edureify's plan budgets roughly 150–195 hours of study.
The Edureify Readiness System
Edureify runs on one loop: a Diagnostic maps exactly where you stand across IT governance frameworks and strategy, benefits realization, and risk optimization before you study anything, an adaptive Roadmap turns that into a day-by-day plan weighted toward your actual gaps, a self-paced Practice Loop of questions, mock exams, and spaced review builds mastery topic by topic, and an Intervention layer steps in the moment your progress stalls. Every session feeds back into a live Readiness Score that predicts when you'll be exam-ready and names the specific topics still holding you back — not a completion percentage frozen at the end of a course.
Adaptive roadmap
A day-by-day plan built from your diagnostic and rebuilt automatically as you progress — weighted toward your actual gaps, not a generic syllabus.
Practice loop
Practice questions, mock exams, and spaced-repetition review, self-paced, with mastery tracked across IT governance frameworks and strategy, benefits realization, and risk optimization.
Readiness prediction
A live score with a predicted ready-by date and the specific topics still dragging it down, recalculated after every session.
Certifying a team for CGEIT, not just yourself?
Edureify also runs as a team platform for L&D leaders: every team member gets the same self-paced diagnostic-to-readiness loop, and managers get a live dashboard showing each person's Readiness Score, predicted ready-by date, and what's specifically holding them back — plus a portfolio view for reporting on CGEIT readiness across the whole team.
How ISACA approaches CGEIT prep
ISACA writes the CGEIT exam, and its CGEIT Questions, Answers & Explanations (QAE) Database is a 6-month subscription to a 300-question pool with explanations for each answer, aligned to the current job practice. For a governance exam where the 'best' answer depends on the board-level viewpoint, explanations from the exam owner are valuable.
The store page we checked doesn't say whether the database includes any readiness or diagnostic features, so we can't confirm either way. What it clearly offers is official practice questions with explanations.
Edureify starts with a diagnostic across governance frameworks, IT resources, benefits realization and risk optimization, then builds a daily roadmap over the long CGEIT preparation window. Your Readiness Score forecasts when you'll reach 450.
Edureify and ISACA, feature by feature
ISACA's CGEIT QAE Database offers 300 official practice questions with explanations, written by the organization that sets the exam.
| Feature | Edureify | ISACA |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic baseline test | Included | Not stated on store page |
| Predictive Readiness Score | Included | Not stated on store page |
| Adaptive daily roadmap | Included | Not stated on store page |
| Predicted ready-by date | Included | Not stated on store page |
| 1:1 AI tutor (persistent session memory) | Included | Not included |
| Official questions from the exam owner | Independent, mapped to the 2020 outline | Included |
| Practice question bank | Adaptive practice and mock exams | 300 questions with explanations |
| Access period | 1 year | 6 months |
| Price | $49–$599 | Not shown on fetched page |
ISACA store details checked November 2026; member and non-member prices were not shown on the page we fetched, so confirm on isaca.org.
See what's included in the Edureify CGEIT program
View the CGEIT programWhat each one costs
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CGEIT® Questions, Answers & Explanations Database — 6 Month Subscription
Not verified (member/non-member prices not shown)
Official 300-question CGEIT practice pool with answer explanations, aligned to the current job practice.
Access 6 months
Edureify CGEIT Program
$49–$599
Diagnostic, adaptive roadmap, practice loop, your Readiness Score, and unlimited AI tutor sessions.
Access 1 year
Track record and outcomes
Edureify outcomes
Readiness visibility
Continuous
The score updates every session across the four CGEIT domains, so long preparations stay on track.
ISACA outcomes
Published pass-rate data
Not available
ISACA does not publish pass rates for users of its CGEIT QAE Database on the store page we checked.
What studying on each one feels like
User experience — Edureify
Paced for a long preparation
A 150–195 hour plan is easier to sustain when the roadmap tells you what to do each day.
Governance mindset coaching
The AI tutor explains why the board-level answer beats the operational one, remembering where you've gone wrong before.
User experience — ISACA
Official question pool
300 questions written by the exam owner, aligned to the current CGEIT job practice.
Detailed explanations
Every answer comes with an explanation of the reasoning.
Questions people ask before choosing
Is the ISACA CGEIT QAE Database the official practice resource?
Yes. It's sold by ISACA, which owns the CGEIT exam, and contains a 300-question pool with explanations.
How long does ISACA's CGEIT database subscription last?
The product is a 6-month subscription. Edureify access lasts 1 year, which suits the long CGEIT preparation window.
Does the ISACA database tell me if I'm ready for CGEIT?
The store page doesn't describe a readiness score, so we can't say it does. Edureify's Readiness Score is built specifically to forecast when you'll reach the 450 pass mark.
Can I use both?
Yes. Many candidates practise with the official questions and use Edureify's diagnostic, roadmap and readiness forecast alongside them.
Edureify vs ISACA: which is right for you?
ISACA's QAE Database is the natural choice if you want practice questions straight from the exam owner and you'll organise the rest of your preparation yourself.
Edureify is the stronger choice if you want a diagnostic to start from, a daily plan across a long study period, and a forecast of when you'll hit 450.
Official questions and a readiness forecast answer different questions, and serious CGEIT candidates often want both.
Start with Edureify