How Beacon compares
We only publish claims we can source. Where a cell is blank, it means we have not personally verified that fact yet — so we leave it blank rather than guess. Blanks are blanks, not quiet “no”s, and we never fill them with a competitor’s marketing copy.
| Feature | Beacon | Pass the Big ABA Exam(PTB) | StudyABA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One-time | — | — |
| Price | [PRICE]One-time fee — own everything forever. | — | — |
| Mock exams | Freshly generatedA new 185-item mock is assembled and weighted to the real TCO on every attempt — not a fixed set. | — | — |
| Mock exam count | Unlimited | —Sells named practice exams (“Big Mock,” “Mini Mocks”); exact count not yet verified. | — |
| Retakes | UnlimitedUnlimited free retakes. | — | — |
| Personalized readiness score | YesPersonalized readiness-score dashboard. | — | — |
| Adaptive personalization | YesAdaptive study journey. | — | — |
| Spaced review | Yes | — | — |
| Confidence calibration | Yes | — | — |
| TCO-weighted content | YesMapped and weighted to the BACB 6th-edition TCO. | — | — |
| Diagnostic | Yes | — | — |
| Flashcards | Yes | — | — |
| Expert-reviewed questions | YesOriginal questions, expert-reviewed. | — | — |
| Own it forever | Yes | — | — |
not yet verified; we only publish checked claims.
Facts last verified 2026-07-16.
How we verify
First-party facts about Beacon come from the product itself. A competitor claim only appears once we have checked it against a primary source, and we link that source directly on the cell; until then the cell stays blank rather than filled with a guess.
We re-review the whole table on a quarterly cadence (roughly every 120days), and we treat anything we cannot currently confirm as unverified. Competitor products change their pricing and features over time — the “last verified” date below the table tells you when we last checked, and every sourced cell links to where.
Head-to-head comparisons
See it for yourself
The most honest comparison is the one you run. Try Beacon and judge the questions and mocks against the real exam yourself.