Become a Member
Become a member of the Association for Software Testing, a professional non-profit association dedicated to building a testing community that views the role of testing as skilled, relevant, ethical, and essential to the production of software products.
Access the following benefits by joining now:
Get CAST Discounts
Our CAST conferences have an atmosphere like no other. Imagine a peer conference at the next level. As a member you’ll get super early bird access to tickets and large discounts.
Support the AST Mission
AST is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the science and practice of context-driven testing. Joining us enables us to keep on doing that.
Get BBST Class Discounts
The Black Box Software Testing courses have a reputation second to none for depth and breadth of material. Members get a substantial discount on the cost.
Get Help With Your Initiatives
AST can assist you in launching a peer workshop or meetup. Grant funding is available to help you build community where you are.
Share and Practice Your Skills
Become a BBST course instructor, present at our webinars, or volunteer to help with our marketing or web site. Members have these opportunities and more.
Work Ethically
Members commit to work according to our code of ethics for personal, professional, and organisational behaviour.
Grow Your Career
We have members around the world with expertise in all aspects of testing. Tap into it and grow your network at our conferences and in our Slack channel. You can also read testimonials from some of our members.
Boost Your Signal
We promote our members’ blog posts by syndicating them on our site and pushing them on social media.
Get Event Discounts
Members get at least 15% discount on all of our events.
Get a Professional Affiliation
Show others that you are devoted to the profession you have chosen and to personal and industry improvement. Put it on your resume and your LinkedIn profile!
Access our Content
It’s part of our mission to provide content for public consumption but if we do hold anything back, you’ll get access to it! You’ll also get a free copy of An Exploration of Testers.
Become a Member of the AST
The Association for Software Testing is committed to the creation and maintenance of a diverse and inclusive testing community.
Our pay what you can afford pricing removes barriers by offering three tiers of regular membership with exactly the same benefits.
Please choose the pricing tier that you can afford given your circumstances.
Please choose Regular Tier T if your company is paying or you need a non-standard receipt.
| Regular #PayWhatYouCanAfford | Tier C: All the above benefits, and renew twice to get Life membership! |
US $10/year |
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| Tier D: As Tier C. |
US $50/year | Join | |
| Tier T: As Tier C. |
US $100/year | Join | |
| Life | All the benefits of Regular membership, and no renewals! |
US $225 | Join |
| Champion | All the benefits of Regular membership, no renewals, and at least 25% off all AST events! | US $1000 | Join |