About Sophos Academy

Sophos Academy helps CFA and CPA candidates study smarter. We provide free diagnostic practice questions, unbiased course reviews, and personalized recommendations — so you spend your limited study time on what actually moves your score.

Our Mission

The CFA and CPA prep market is full of expensive courses with strong marketing but inconsistent quality. Candidates deserve honest, data-driven advice about which course covers their specific weak topics best.

Our diagnostic Q-bank identifies your weak areas. Our course recommendation engine maps those weaknesses to the prep course that covers them best. We earn a commission if you buy — but only recommend courses we would take ourselves.

How We Make Money

Sophos Academy earns affiliate commissions when you purchase a prep course through our links. This is disclosed on every page and article. We also offer mock exams for a small fee. Affiliate commissions do not influence our rankings — we recommend Bloomberg Exam Prep even though they have no affiliate program, because their product is genuinely strong for certain candidate profiles.

Disclaimer

Sophos Academy is not affiliated with CFA Institute, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), NASBA, or any exam prep provider reviewed on this site. CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks of CFA Institute. CPA® is a registered trademark of AICPA.

All practice questions on this site are original and independently authored. We do not reproduce official CFA Institute or AICPA exam questions.