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Practical DevSecOps

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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · practical-devsecops.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 42 / 100
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Practical DevSecOps scores 42/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available.

See Practical DevSecOps pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Practical DevSecOps pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · www.practical-devsecops.com/pricing/
Certified DevSecOps Professional (CDP)
$899
one-time
Certified DevSecOps Expert (CDE)
$1199
one-time
Certified Container Security Expert (CCSE)
$599
one-time
Certified AI Security Professional (CAISP)
$1199
one-time
Certified Cloud Native Security Expert (CCNSE)
$999
one-time
Certified Threat Modeling Professional (CTMP)
$899
one-time
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Practical DevSecOps scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

0 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
42 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
Single course purchase (Certified Container Security Expert)
$599/mo
· One-time purchase of the cheapest listed course
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Agent-ready
LLM score: 60/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

No

Can buy more usage

No

Can cancel online

No

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

No

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

Unknown

Purchase orders supported

Unknown

MSA required

Unknown

DPA available

Unknown

Security review required

Unknown

Trial

Available

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Quality on-demand training at affordable prices”

Buyer persona

smb
mid market
enterprise

Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Practical DevSecOps?
✓

Discover price

◐

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

✗

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
  • The pricing URL did not render numeric tier data on the scoring date — possibly a router or sales-led landing page.
One-line fix
How Practical DevSecOps could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

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Quality on-demand training at affordable prices — Integrate Security into Development and Operations Workflows

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0

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false

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

1

public_api_docs_url

null

api_docs_auth_walled

null

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

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Page heading: Quality on-demand training at affordable prices
CTAs (40): Certified DevSecOps Professional (CDP) · $899 → · Certified DevSecOps Expert (CDE) · $1199 → · Certified Container Security Expert (CCSE) · $599 → · Certified AI Security Professional (CAISP) · $1199 $1099 → · Certified MCP Security Expert (CMCPSE) · $699 $599 → · Certified Cloud Native Security Expert (CCNSE) · $999 →
Price tokens (50): $899 · $1199 · $599 · $1199 · $1099 · $699 · $599 · $999 · $899 · $899 · $799 · $599
DevSecOps Courses Integrate Security into Development and Operations Workflows Certified DevSecOps Professional (CDP)Best Seller Covers DevSecOps basics, emphasizing secure SDLC and CI/CD with SCA, SAST, DAST, and Security as Code. $899 → Certified DevSecOps Expert (CDE) Covers OS hardening, infrastructure/code compliance, vulnerability management, and automation. $1199 → Certified Container Security Expert (CCSE) This certification teaches students to build secure container images and analyze their vulnerabilities. $599 → Emerging Tech Security Courses Stay ahead by mastering security for cutting-edge technologies. Certified AI Security Professional (CAISP)Best Seller Hands-on AI/LLM Security Course covering OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, model attacks, supply chain risks, AI Threat Modeling and MITRE ATLAS defenses. $1199 $1099 → Certified MCP Security Expert (CMCPSE)Coming Soon Attack, assess, & harden MCP servers: tool poisoning, prompt injection, supply chain security, & agentic AI defenses. $699 $599 → Certified Cloud Native Security Expert (CCNSE) Learn cloud-native security concepts and measures: hacking and defending Kubernetes clusters, authentication and etc. $999 → Application Security Courses Protecting software applications from Vulnerabilities and Threats Certified Threat Modeling Professional (CTMP) The Threat Modeling course covers STRIDE, PASTA, DREAD, MITRE, Agile, and Privacy methods. $899 → Certified API Security Professional (CASP) This API Security certi…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Practical DevSecOps
Not Agent-Ready Yet

42

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Course Authoring

Pricing model

Quality on-demand training at affordable prices — Integrate Security into Development and Operations Workflows

Tier count

0

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 1

Public API docs

Auth-walled

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from www.practical-devsecops.com/pricing/
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Agent-ready
60/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

Practical DevSecOps pricing starts at $599 for the Certified Container Security Expert course; no free plan; paid courses up to $2098. Billed one-time.

Cheapest entry

Certified Container Security Expert (CCSE) ($599)

Actions
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Verdict reflects Not Agent-Ready Yet status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://www.practical-devsecops.com/pricing/.
Agent-friendly features2 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

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