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What should Cyber Essentials cost?

Separate the official Cyber Essentials assessment fee from provider-added support and the much more variable cost of Cyber Essentials Plus.

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£320 + VAT

Official self-led CE assessment fee for a micro organisation. Provider support can cost more.

Official CE pricing source: NCSC. CE+ benchmark uses this site's 11-provider September 2026 public-price sample and mixes scopes/packages; it is not a quote.

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Cost of Cyber Essentials

Official Cyber Essentials prices in the UK.

For the basic Cyber Essentials assessment, IASME currently uses fixed bands based on employee count. Cyber Essentials Plus is quoted according to the size and complexity of the network.

Micro0–9 employees£320 + VAT

Small10–49 employees£440 + VAT

Medium50–249 employees£500 + VAT

Large250+ employees£600 + VAT

Why can a provider quote more than the official CE fee?

The fixed assessment band covers the certification assessment itself. Certification Bodies may also offer optional support packages, preparation or remediation services, so a provider package can cost more than the underlying scheme fee.

How much does Cyber Essentials Plus cost?

There is no single universal CE+ retail price. NCSC and IASME describe Cyber Essentials Plus as a technical audit priced according to network size and complexity, which is why comparing scope and provider package is more useful than relying on one headline number.

Primary official sourcesNCSC Cyber Essentials overview ↗NCSC current requirements ↗IASME Certification Body directory ↗

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