CompTIA offers a wide range of products, and they're all at your fingertips in our LTI tool's Content Selector. However, there is a very wide range, and knowing exactly what product you're after can be a challenge. Furthermore, building incorrectly can cause technical issues down the line, so it's important to know exactly what you're after.
This article will help clarify our selection in two sections: product type (Learn, Labs, Perform, and TestOut Pro). The differences in the A+ products we offer are outside the scope of this article, and are covered in the article linked here.
A note on the dangers of mixing and matching products
Please do not mix and match. Mixing and matching product types in a single LMS course can cause a range of technical issues, from student progress tracking and grade syncing, to license management, billing, and even basic integration functionality.
The products have been built in such a way that there is no situation where you need to mix and match different product types in a single LMS course. Any given LMS course should only link to one product among Learn, Labs, Perform, and TestOut Pro.
If you believe you need to mix and match products (for example, Learn and Labs, or TestOut Pro and Labs), it's likely you're looking for the Perform product instead, which combines those products natively.
Learn, Labs, Perform, and TestOut
CertMaster Learn
Choose this if you are only interested in the main learning content and simulation-based labs, and not virtual machine labs. CertMaster Learn contains reading content, quizzes, simulation-based labs, videos, and assessments.
CertMaster Labs
Choose this if you are only interested in virtual machine labs, and not the main learning content. CertMaster Labs is CompTIA's supplementary learning product, which includes virtual-machine-based Lab activities, where the student learns and works on a fully spun-up operating system through the cloud, rather than in a simulated environment.
CertMaster Perform
Choose this if you want all of the above. CertMaster Perform is CompTIA's flagship product, which includes all the content from both Learn and Labs. It replaces CompTIA's older "Integrated Learn and Labs" product.
TestOut Pro
These are legacy products from CompTIA's acquisition of TestOut, and, much like Learn, include reading content, quizzes, simulation-based labs, videos, and assessments. Most titles, such as Security Pro and Linux Pro, have direct CertMaster equivalents and will be replaced by those products over time.
Regarding Migration to Learn for existing TestOut users: Learn is functionally equivalent to the TestOut Pro products, and TestOut users whose product has retired will want to build with the corresponding Learn product. Most corresponding CertMaster course names are obvious (Network Pro is replaced by Network+), but some, such as PC Pro being replaced by A+, are less so. Check with your CompTIA Customer Success Manager if you're unsure.
Regarding NOT adding Labs to existing TestOut courses: You may be thinking that you want to add CertMaster Labs to your course that already uses TestOut Pro. Please read the section on Perform, as this product natively combines Labs with the core learning material of TestOut Pro.