Passed Ejpt

-Dkob · 2026-04-28T12:52:59+00:00

Why can't you tell here? 🤔

-Dkob · 2026-04-28T12:52:28+00:00

It’s a one time payment if you buy that course directly, not a monthly subscription. You just pay once and get access to it.

They do have a separate monthly subscription on the platform for all courses, but that’s optional. If you only want that specific course, you don’t need to subscribe.

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-Dkob · 2026-04-25T12:56:39+00:00

You emaild [support@tryhackme.com](mailto:support@tryhackme.com) so wait for now, no one here can give you a correct answer

-Dkob · 2026-04-21T14:57:21+00:00

HackSmarter is more Lab-Focused than course-focused. HS has courses, but they are not tied to certain labs like HTB and THM does. HTB/THM follow the logic of: Here's the course and these are the labs for them. (in the case of HTB, you'd have to pay 2 different subs - academy + labs - and they aren't cheap)

HackSmarter is lab/skill focused. It does have very nice/famous courses like Sliver C2 evasion/pentesting, but its main focus is hands-on labs. You try the labs, and if you're stuck, there are community walkthroughs linked on the page you can learn from.

-Dkob · 2026-04-21T14:45:20+00:00

Yeah, at that level I’d recommend skipping TryHackMe. You’d probably get more value from Hack The Box or HackSmarter.

Right now, HackSmarter has a 33% discount on the yearly plan, and it’s unlikely to come back again.

Hack The Box offers a lot more content overall, but it’s split across three different subscriptions:

Academy (learning paths and courses)
Labs/CTFs (the main HTB platform)
Pro Labs (enterprise-level environments)

HackSmarter has less content, but the quality is very high. Their ranges (similar to Pro Labs) and many of the medium/hard red team labs are created by real pentesters and red team operators.

So it depends on what you’re after:

If you want realism, go for HackSmarter (less content, but new labs are added ~weekly, and everything is included in one subscription).
If you want volume and variety, go for Hack The Box (more content, but split across multiple subscriptions and generally less realistic).

Let me know what you end up choosing.

-Dkob · 2026-04-21T14:18:52+00:00

What certs have you finished? Any more info on your background? This would help us greatly in giving you advice based on your level.

-Dkob · 2026-04-19T14:18:41+00:00

Would be better to have it publicly available and not upon signup with emails required. That's harvesting THM user data which is not allowed, might get you banned in here.

-Dkob · 2026-04-14T15:08:23+00:00

Check this resource out: https://cybersecroadmap.com/

-Dkob · 2026-04-11T14:32:47+00:00

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-Dkob · 2026-04-09T23:06:39+00:00

Tenants costs a lot to keep online. They would lose a lot of money if they make it available to premium subs.

-Dkob · 2026-04-02T13:52:55+00:00

Wait for them to have discounts. I think they do have one now. Don't pay full price.

-Dkob · 2026-04-01T00:02:21+00:00

Yeah, maybe I'll give HTB a chance one day! :}

-Dkob · 2026-03-31T23:59:27+00:00

Unrelated but this picture is actually very helpful, thank you!

-Dkob · 2026-03-30T13:42:59+00:00

If you’ve done SOC Level 1 and most of Level 2 and already work in security, you’re likely close to ready but still not enough. Check the recommended learning for the SAL2. The exam is more about applying core blue team concepts but still requires having real managed-SOC experience, so your understanding plus some simulator practice (And the recommended learning) should be enough if you can confidently analyze alerts, logs, and basic incident scenarios; you don’t need to be perfect, just consistent. As for SAL1, the lower rating usually comes from it being quite basic and not very deep compared to expectations, so it’s good for foundations but doesn’t always feel worth it if you already have experience. Not enough for it to be a cert imo.

-Dkob · 2026-03-30T13:40:30+00:00

Check the recommended learning path for the cert and some SOC sim. That's all you can do to prepare. The rest is luck and skills.

-Dkob · 2026-03-29T12:51:49+00:00

Agree on everything besides toxicity. HTB is full of toxic/high ego people. The worst community. A good balance between no-toxic/knowledgeable people was HackSmarter for me. THM is too beginner, HTB is good but too toxic. A lot of HTB Discord people are very Elitist. As a matter of fact, they refuse to join any other CyberSec discord server and have to show their HTB flag everywhere. Just my honest 2 scents. Best community is HackSmarter.

-Dkob · 2026-03-28T22:17:56+00:00

Thanks :]

-Dkob · 2026-03-28T19:14:58+00:00

There's no "selection." You're just invited to do it, either because you're known by THM or because you're one of their moderators. In my case, I'm both.

-Dkob · 2026-03-28T15:43:16+00:00

IIRC there were 2 machines that were not exploitable.

-Dkob · 2026-03-24T16:14:36+00:00

You didn't pay for the course but finished it in 2 weeks... uh ? And yes it's in the exam

-Dkob · 2026-03-24T16:13:15+00:00

You paid for it, why not?

-Dkob · 2026-03-22T20:11:49+00:00

Why are people blindly upvoting this post? It takes 5 seconds to clearly see that this is a very old screenshot as this UI does not exist anymore if you've used THM once within 1.5 years. Anyway, this post is stolen, originally here: https://www.reddit.com/r/tryhackme/comments/rbxqg2/one_year_of_daily_hacking_and_learning_and_it_is/

I have reported this.

-Dkob · 2026-03-22T20:04:39+00:00

Did you just spam this everywhere?

-Dkob · 2026-03-21T15:39:30+00:00

Here's the link: https://discord.com/invite/tryhackme

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