TechBench works the way it works for reasons. These aren't arbitrary product decisions — they're the architecture of a system designed to take you somewhere real.
Once you reach a tier, you stay at that tier's subscription price permanently. There is no downgrading, no re-entering at a lower tier, no exceptions.
This is a commitment mechanism, not a restriction. The price you pay reflects the level you've earned. If you pause and come back, you return to exactly where you were — same tier, same price, same progress.
Paying for the next tier is only possible after completing the capstone for your current tier. The upgrade option doesn't appear until you're eligible.
At Foundation, this means completing all three tracks — IT Foundation, Human Skills, and AI Foundations — then passing the Foundation capstone. At T2 and above, it means completing all modules in your active tree and passing that tree's capstone.
Once you're at Tier 2, you can unlock additional career trees for a one-time fee of €44.99 per tree. There is no change to your monthly subscription.
Each tree you unlock starts at T2 and progresses independently. You unlock T3 content in that tree by completing the T2 capstone for that tree — the same capstone gate applies regardless of where you are in any other tree.
An active subscription unlocks everything you've earned: all your course content, all your unlocked packages, all your certificates, your position on the career map. Pause or cancel, and access pauses immediately.
Resubscribe, and everything is restored instantly. Progress, unlocks, certificates — nothing expires, nothing resets. You pick up exactly where you stopped.
Your active subscription covers everything listed below. Anything outside this list is available as a separate purchase.
Foundation is live. Everything else is in development — and you'll see it arrive as you progress.