Wiley vs. Gleim

Wiley is the winner when you compare Wiley’s CPA Review Course to Gleim, and the deciding factor comes down to features.

Features that come with every Wiley package, no exceptions, include:

• Full Team of University Professors with CPA Designation
• Ask an Instructor and Have Your CPA Review Questions Answered Typically within 24 Hours
• Pass Guarantee (Meaning You Have Access to the Materials Until You Pass) on All Packages, No Exceptions
• More CPA Exam Practice Questions Than Any Other Provider
• Deep Dive Videos to Supplement Tough CPA Topics
• Bite-sized Lessons to Master Lessons in as Little as 30-45 Minutes

In the CPA Exam Review Comparison Grid below, you can see that Wiley CPA has better features, more support, and more practice questions than Gleim and any other provider.

Here’s a quick look at the different features that Wiley and Gleim offer in their CPA review courses.

Wiley has three test prep package tiers you can choose from while Gleim has just two. Gleim also has a test bank only option for $999.

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So, in a quick review you’ll see that Gleim’s course options are less expensive than Wiley’s. However, Wiley’s courses, even the least expensive course, is jam-packed with some of our best features like access to expert mentors, flashcards, deep-dive videos, free course repeats and upgrades until you pass, and more.

Those features could be the difference that helps you pass on the first time and save you money by not having to take the exam multiple times (9 out of 10 students who use Wiley CPA pass all 4 sections of their CPA exam).

Wiley’s education technology has actually been recognized as some of the best in the world. Wiley is the 2021 SIIA CODiE Award winner for Best College and Career Readiness Solution for our innovative education technology.

Both Wiley and Gleim offer adaptive technology. Wiley’s technology is called FocusMe and Gleim’s tech is called SmartAdapt™.

The biggest benefit of adaptive review technology is efficient study time. Based on your performance, it adjusts your study plan, so you spend more time working on areas you don’t do as well on (and less time studying what you already know).

Here’s a quick overview of how Wiley’s adaptive review works.

• Adjusted Question Difficulty
  – Questions get harder or easier depending on your answers.

• Adaptive Review Sessions
  – Get to know exactly where you stand with adaptive review sessions.

• Personalized Study Recommendations
  – Only study what you need to! After study sessions you will be given personalized study recommendations on where to focus your time.

All Wiley CPA review courses, with no exceptions, come with access until you pass. Only Gleim’s more expensive Premium course comes with unlimited access.

With Wiley offering unlimited course repeats until you pass on all packages without exceptions, and Gleim only offering this benefit on their Premium package, Wiley wins this one.

Wiley is known for having the best practice materials on the market. That’s because all Wiley CPA review packages come with industry-leading 12,000 multiple-choice practice questions (more than any other provider, including Gleim CPA review, Becker CPA, Roger, and Surgent).

Wiley’s practice materials include 12,000+ MCQ’s with detailed explanations from AUD, BEC, FAR, and REG, 500 task-based simulations and more.

Wiley provides flashcards in every CPA course packages because they are important for studying on the go and reinforcing important topics.

Gleim only offers flashcards in their Premium package and not with their Traditional package.

Wiley CPA review courses and Gleim CPA courses are offered as online, self-study programs. However, Wiley hosts live lectures in virtual classrooms, and also have on-demand video lectures you can take advantage of.

Some of Gleim’s key features, like flashcards and unlimited access until you pass, are only offered on their most expensive package. However, as usual, Wiley includes these features in all course packages.

Standard Wiley features include:

• Access to the Wiley CPA Study Group on Facebook
• Any of Your CPA Review Questions Normally Answered in 24 Hours
• Free Course Repeats and Updates Until You Pass
• Over 12,000 CPA Exam Practice Questions
• Deep Dive Videos
• Bite-sized Lessons

And with Wiley’s courses, the more premium package you can invest in comes with that extra support you might want like:

• 1-on-1 Tutoring
• Expert Mentors
• CPA 11th Hour Final Review Course

Bite-Sized Video Lessons

Wiley’s bite-sized lessons are short, highly digestible lessons that give you a full review of a topic in just 30–45-minutes or less.

Wiley’s bite-sized lessons helped CPA Emmanuel Santana not get overwhelmed by the material.

Ask An Instructor

No other test prep provider offers this feature. Ask an Instructor lets you ask your tough CPA-review questions to expert instructors and get an answer in 24 to 48 hours.

This feature is meant to make you feel like you’re never alone and Wiley always has your back as you prepare for the CPA exam.

Task-based Simulations

Task-based simulations use case studies to test your understanding of a certain subject. Wiley offers 500 task-based simulations while Gleim offers 1,300.

Even though Gleim does offer more TBS’s than Wiley, the TBS’s offered by Wiley are known for their world-class study materials that mimic the actual CPA exam, so you’re more likely to be ready on exam day.

Full-length Practice Exam

Wiley provides unlimited full-length practice exams with all of their course packages and Gleim does not offer full-length mock exams, so Wiley has the leg up here.

Full-length practice exams are important for getting you ready for test day. Wiley’s practice exams look like the real thing and use past AICPA questions, so that is a big deal in feeling confident in yourself on exam day.

Both Wiley and Gleim have video lectures, but only Wiley offers deep dive videos in every course package. These videos provide supplemental help for challenging CPA topics, so you never have to get stuck and stay stuck.

In addition, Wiley has live and on-demand video lectures taught by their expert instructors.

Wiley offers a score predictor and Gleim does not. This feature predicts how you’ll score on the exam based on various factors in your course performance. The more lessons and assessments you complete, the more accurate your predictions, making it easy to evaluate how ready you are for the actual exam.

A 11^th Hour Review Course is designed specifically for your last week of study and helps ensure you fully master key concepts before sitting for the exam. Both Wiley CPA and Gleim offer an 11^th Hour Review.

After comparing pricing, technology, practice materials, videos, and more, it’s clear that Wiley has more helpful features, more practice questions, and higher quality content than Gleim.

Plus, some of Wiley’s most helpful features are available in every package, like flashcards and access until you pass, while with Gleim, you have to upgrade to get those features.

Wiley prioritizes maximizing your study time with the most efficient lessons and the most highly skilled instructors and the difference shows.