Wiley vs. Surgent

To compare Wiley vs. Surgent CPA Review, we’ll look at cost, technology, practice materials, video lectures, formats, and more.

One of the more recent updates affecting one of these two providers is Wiley winning the 2021 SIIA CODiE Award for Best College and Career Readiness Solution. This award acknowledges Wiley’s innovation in education technology and recognizes the company as a global leader in CPA test prep technology.

So, if adaptive technology and studying as efficiently as possible are important to you, Wiley might have the edge right off the bat.

Wiley is the best CPA review when you compare value, features, support, and quality of material. All of Wiley’s CPA prep course packages include features that Surgent either doesn’t have or what Surgent does offer isn’t the same quality.

Key features offered by Wiley include:

• Full Team of University Professors with CPA Designation
• Ask an Instructor Feature in Which Instructors Answer Your Pressing CPA Review Questions
• Pass Guarantee 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

What features are most important to you in a CPA review course? View the CPA Exam Review Course Comparison Grid below to see how Wiley CPA features stack up against Surgent.

Both Wiley and Surgent have three different exam prep course options with varying prices. Both providers’ packages are priced similarly, but Wiley provides more bang for your buck by including its most coveted exam prep features in every Wiley course.

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Where Wiley has Surgent beat is in its robust line-up of standard course features. Every Wiley option provides access to expert mentors, flashcards, deep-dive videos, live virtual classes, and more. So, Wiley comes out on top when it comes to overall value, quality, features, and material.

In the software and technology category, Wiley already has an edge; Wiley’s innovative education technology won the 2021 SIIA CODiE Award for Best College and Career Readiness Solution.

Wiley’s innovative FocusMe technology provides personalized features including a highly customizable study planer, adaptive review, and content recommendations. Wiley’s FocusMe technology makes your study time as efficient as possible by helping you focus on your weak areas so that you can make the most of your study and practice time.

Surgent’s adaptive learning technology, A.S.A.P., assesses your skill following a multi-hundred-question quiz. Results are said to determine your knowledge level and focuses your study plan on where it is believed you need the most help.

Both Wiley CPA review courses and Surgent review courses come with unlimited access and updates until you pass.

Emmanuel Santana, CPA, CMA really appreciated the comfort of knowing he retained access to his Wiley course materials until he passed the CPA exam.

Wiley has the most popular CPA test bank on the market with more than 12,000 multiple-choice practice questions (that’s more than any other provider, including Surgent, Becker CPA, Roger, and Gleim CPA review). Wiley’s questions mirror the actual Prometric test interface, so candidates feel confident on exam day.

Wiley’s 12,000+ CPA multiple-choice questions (MCQs), including AICPA release questions from previous CPA exams, provide detailed explanations for right and wrong answers. With more than 500 task-based simulations and written communications, two weighted practice exams for each test (AUD, BEC, FAR, and REG), and the ability to generate limitless additional practice exams, Wiley has you covered. All of these practice questions come with all Wiley packages, no exceptions.

Studying on the go is easy with Wiley’s flashcards (especially with the option to use digital flashcards on Wiley’s companion app), and they are helpful for reinforcing important topics and covering some of the most tested information. All Wiley packages include more than 4,000 digital flashcards and 1,000 printed and curated flashcards.

Surgent’s flashcards only come with the Ultimate and Premier course packages, not the Essentials package.

Wiley CPA review courses are online, study-on-your-own-time programs. However, you can still take live classes with Wiley in a virtual classroom environment. Miss a class? No problem! You can view the classes on-demand whenever it’s convenient.

Surgent is also a self-study, online program, so the difference comes down to features offered in these formats.

Wiley features included in every course package include:

• Access to the Wiley CPA Study Group on Facebook
• CPA Review Questions Answered by CPA Instructors
• Free Course Repeats and Updates Until You Pass
• More than 12,000 CPA Exam Practice Questions
• Deep Dive Videos
• Bite-sized Lessons

If you want more personalized attention, Wiley also offers:

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

Bite-Sized Video Lessons

Bite-sized lessons are a Wiley trademark. The short, highly digestible lessons help you maximize your study time and can be completed in 30 to 45 minutes. Surgent offers shorter lessons as well with nano-sized lecture videos.

Ask An Instructor

Wiley supports you through your entire CPA journey. The Ask an Instructor feature is available on all packages and lets you ask CPA-review questions that a CPA instructor responds to within 24 to 48 hours.

Task-based Simulations

Wiley includes 500 task-based simulations in all of its courses; Surgent offers only 400. The more practice and exposure you get with the more complex task-based simulations, the more confident you will feel on exam day.

Full-length Practice Exam

With every Wiley CPA review course, you will get unlimited full-length practice exams. These exams feature past AICPA questions, and you get your results in real time.

Wiley and Surgent both offer video lectures, but Wiley includes deep-dive lecture videos for difficult or critical foundational topics; Surgent does not have that feature.

Wiley’s video lectures are on-demand (with live options) and taught by leading educators who guide you through the material.

After comparing Wiley vs. Surgent, Wiley has the edge where it counts:

• Cost
• Technology
• Practice Materials
• Lectures
• And more

Wiley wins because of its helpful features, high number of practice questions in the actual test interface, and its high-quality content. Also, some of Wiley’s most helpful features are available in all packages, while with Surgent you have to upgrade to get some of the more basic features.