Cyber Essentials · Cyber Essentials Plus · UK organisations

Cyber Essentials certification, with the support to get ready

Have a tender deadline, customer requirement or renewal coming up? We help you choose the right level, find the gaps and prepare for assessment.

Get a written scope and price before work begins, with a London-based engineer guiding your next step.

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  • Cyber Essentials certification and answer review from £795 + VAT
  • Cyber Essentials readiness and certification from £1,495 + VAT
  • Cyber Essentials Plus with preparation from £2,995 + VAT

Each package includes the certification fees and Nerdster support listed below. Your written quote confirms the scope and total price before work starts.

Nerdster is Cyber Essentials certified. We prepare and support your organisation; an approved certification body assesses your application and issues certification.

Tell us what you need

Share your deadline and organisation size. We will confirm the right route, what the work includes and any information needed for your fixed quote.

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Clear starting prices

Choose the support your organisation needs

Cyber Essentials certification and answer review

From £795 + VAT

For organisations whose controls are already in place and who want their answers reviewed before submission.

  • Cyber Essentials certification fee for one certification cycle
  • Nerdster's review of your assessment answers
  • Clear corrections before submission
  • Support through the assessment decision

Technical remediation, new licences and replacement equipment are quoted separately.

Cyber Essentials readiness and certification

From £1,495 + VAT

For organisations that need to understand the gaps and prepare a clear route to certification.

  • Everything in Certification and answer review
  • Scope and readiness workshop
  • Gap and evidence review
  • Prioritised remediation plan
  • Guided submission support

This package includes the review and remediation plan. Carrying out technical fixes is scoped and quoted separately.

Cyber Essentials Plus with preparation

From £2,995 + VAT

For organisations that need the independently tested level of assurance, including where a customer or contract specifies Plus.

  • Cyber Essentials certification fee
  • Remote Cyber Essentials Plus technical assessment fee
  • Nerdster's pre-assessment technical review
  • Evidence and assessor coordination
  • Support during the audit window

The starting price covers a straightforward scope in the assessment provider's 1–9 licence band. We confirm the applicable size band and assessment arrangements before issuing your fixed quote. Larger scopes and onsite assessments are quoted separately.

What your price covers

These are Nerdster service packages: certification fees together with the preparation and support described above. The prices include one certification cycle and the agreed support for that project. Certification renews annually; renewal certification and any further support are quoted separately.

What could change the final price?

Organisation size, assessment scope and technical complexity can affect your quote. Technical remediation, replacement hardware or software, additional licences and an onsite assessment are separate unless expressly included in your written quote. We explain the expected costs before you approve the work.

Ongoing monitoring, patch-management subscriptions, security training and privacy software are available under separately scoped services. They are included only where your quote expressly lists them.

What we do

Know what needs fixing before the assessment

Choose the right route

We review the requirement you have been given and help you establish whether you need Cyber Essentials, Plus or a renewal.

Identify practical blockers

We check the areas that can hold up preparation, such as unsupported software, missing MFA, patching, access controls and unclear device ownership.

Prepare the evidence

With the readiness or Plus package, your team gets a clear view of the information and evidence needed. We can work alongside your existing IT provider.

Coordinate the assessment

We help you prepare accurate answers and coordinate with the approved certification body. Certification remains subject to its assessment.

A clear process from first call to assessment

Tell us the requirement

Share your deadline, organisation size and current IT setup.

Review your scope and quote

See the support included, likely dependencies and any separate remediation costs.

Prepare your organisation

Your IT team or ours carries out the agreed work and gathers the evidence.

Complete the assessment

We support the submission and coordinate the Plus assessment where required.

Most supported projects take 2–6 weeks, depending on readiness and scope. We confirm a realistic timeline after reviewing your situation.

Common questions

Do we need Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus?

Start with the wording in your customer request or contract. Cyber Essentials uses an independently reviewed self-assessment. Plus adds technical testing by an assessor. Send us the requirement if you are unsure which level it calls for.

We already have an IT provider. Can you still help?

Yes. We can handle readiness and assessment coordination while your provider completes the agreed technical work.

Is the enquiry or first discussion chargeable?

No. The initial enquiry is free and without obligation. Any paid work is scoped and agreed in writing before it starts.

Does the price include fixing every issue?

No. The quote separates the chosen certification support from technical remediation, hardware, software or other work your environment needs. You decide what to approve.

Why do your prices differ from certification-only prices?

Our packages combine certification fees with Nerdster's answer review, preparation or assessment coordination, depending on the option you choose. Your quote explains the services included so you can compare the scope as well as the price.

Does the Plus package include Cyber Essentials?

Yes. The advertised package includes both Cyber Essentials and the Plus technical assessment, together with the listed Nerdster preparation and support. If you already hold valid Cyber Essentials certification, tell us so we can confirm the appropriate assessment route and quote.

Is this an annual subscription?

The displayed starting prices cover the agreed certification project and one certification cycle. Certification must be renewed annually. Renewal fees, further preparation and any ongoing services are quoted separately; your written agreement confirms the terms.

Does this include CyberSmart Core or Complete?

The packages on this page cover the certification and Nerdster support listed above. If you also need ongoing device protection, patch management, training or privacy tools, ask us for a separate quote that clearly lists those products and services.

Can you help with an urgent deadline?

Tell us the date and current state of your IT. We will explain what is realistic after reviewing the scope. We do not promise certification before the assessment is complete.

Who issues the certificate?

An approved certification body assesses the application and issues certification when the requirements are met. Nerdster provides the agreed preparation and support.

Get a clear route and a fixed quote

Tell us what you need the certificate for. We will help you understand the next step, likely work and costs before you commit.

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