PM PrepCast is closing: What to use instead
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The PM PrepCast will close its doors to students on 4 December 2026 and therefore it’s no longer my top choice. I recommend Brain Sensei’s training instead.
The PM PrepCast is closing. After 18 years and around 70,000 students, OSP International, the company behind the PrepCast, is shutting it down at the end of 2026.
For a long time the PrepCast was one of my top recommendations for PMP exam prep, so I wanted to explain what’s happening, what it means if you’re already studying with it, and what I recommend now.
Key dates
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2026 | Closure announced |
| 31 October 2026 | Last day to buy any PrepCast product |
| 4 December 2026 | All products, systems and access shut down |
Why it’s closing
In their announcement, OSP says the exam prep market has changed. There are more options and prices have fallen, and running an independent training company is no longer financially sustainable. They chose to close rather than let quality slip. You can read their full announcement here.
Please don’t buy the PrepCast now. Purchases made since 1 September are non-refundable, and access ends on 4 December however long your course says it lasts.
Recommended CAPM and PMP Prep Books
- The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try by Andy Crowe
- PMP Exam Prep by Rita Mulcahy
- CAPM Exam Prep by Rita Mulcahy
- A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide from PMI
- The 50 PMP Exam Questions Everyone Gets Wrong by Cornelius Fichtner
If you’re a current PrepCast student
You can keep using your course until 4 December or until your access runs out, whichever comes first. Before then, do these four things:
- Download your contact hours certificate now and store it somewhere other than your PrepCast account. You’ll need it if PMI audits your application.
- Save your progress and notes. Export or screenshot anything you’ll want after the platform goes offline.
- Check whether your exam date falls after 4 December. If it does, plan for a different practice exam tool for your final weeks of revision.
If you’re partway through and want to switch, the course I recommend below includes its own 35 contact hours, so you won’t lose out on eligibility.
My recommendation: Brain Sensei
My top pick for replacing the PrepCast is Brain Sensei. I’ve taken their courses myself, and they have an option for every exam the PrepCast covered.
For the PMP: Brain Sensei’s AI-powered PMP prep. It’s like talking to an instructor, and when you get stuck on some concept, there’s a lot of support available to help you understand in a different way, with more context. Brain Sensei also has a self-paced PMP course (cheaper) and both include the 35 contact hours you need to apply for the exam. They both meet the latest exam content outline that launched on 9 July 2026. Read my full Brain Sensei PMP review.
Exam simulators and PDUs: Brain Sensei has exam simulators for most PMI certifications and PDU bundles for renewing your credential.
Use code RGPM10 at checkout for 10% off.
Studying for another PMI certification?
For the CAPM: the Brain Sensei CAPM course gives you the required 23 contact hours, and it’s still my favourite way to study for CAPM. Read my Brain Sensei CAPM review.
For the PMI-ACP: Brain Sensei also has a self-paced PMI-ACP course.
What we’ll miss…
Everyone chose the PM PrepCast for different reasons.
If you miss Cornelius’s voice and teaching style, his podcast is continuing so you can get your fix of project management interviews and news through that! Including this one with me!
Other alternatives
Brain Sensei isn’t the only option, and it may not suit everyone.
BrainBOK covers both PMP and CAPM training. Read my BrainBOK review.
If you only need practice questions, see my roundup of the best PMP exam simulators.
The Google Project Management Certificate is not designed for PMP prep specifically, but is a very good grounding in project management, and any study counts towards your contact hours.
Whichever you choose, check that it’s been updated for the latest PMP exam, and that it gives you the contact hours you need if you haven’t applied yet.
What the PM PrepCast was
The Project Management PrepCast was an online PMP exam prep course created by Cornelius Fichtner, PMP, CSM. He recorded the first lessons in 2008. The idea was that project managers could prepare for the exam on their own schedule, wherever they were, with a teacher who had done the job.
It grew into a full range: the PM PrepCast for PMP, versions for CAPM and PMI-ACP, the PM Exam Simulator, and PDU courses for renewing your certification. It came with a generous 30-day refund policy, and a lot of people passed their exams with it.
I reviewed it here for many years, and I was sorry to hear it’s closing. Thank you to Cornelius and the OSP team for everything they did for the project management community.
