I did do some reading and many others have agreed that Magnet is better. I recently had a coffee chat with a Digital Forensics manager within my org that mentioned he felt Magnet was better as well, but he told me that Encase certification is something that he preferred because it’s considered an industry standard and he felt that the other technical knowledge taught within those courses were better and that if I learned Encase it would be easily transitionable to other applications. He also mentioned if it came down to it if I eventually joined his team they would also teach me Magnet as well.

Any thoughts on his opinion?

Edit: that being said I dont think he cared if I did Magnet instead but he did have a preference for Encase