Coursera

The full Google program of eight courses and one optional course, with videos, browser labs and graded quizzes. Coursera estimates 126 hours (132 with the optional course) and says most learners finish for under $300.

Great fit if you want the Google certificate with Coursera's free trial or financial aid

Poor fit if you plan to take several Google certificates; choose the Google Career Certificates subscription

One subscription for Google, IBM and university programs on Coursera, including this certificate. The $399 annual plan costs far less than twelve months at $59.

Great fit if you will take several Coursera programs in a year

Poor fit if you only want this certificate; choose the Google program

The full Google program on Coursera: five courses and an optional sixth on job searching with AI, about 122 hours in total. It uses videos, browser labs and graded quizzes, and Coursera suggests 3 months at 10 hours a week.

Great fit if you want the Google certificate with Coursera's free trial or financial aid

Poor fit if you plan to take several Google certificates; choose the Career Certificates subscription

One subscription to most of the Coursera catalog, including this program and programs from Google, IBM and universities. It costs more per month than the Google options but covers many more programs.

Great fit if you will take several Coursera programs in a year

Poor fit if you only want this certificate; choose the Coursera program

Google's full beginner program: 8 courses plus one optional, covering spreadsheets, SQL, Tableau and Python, with videos, graded activities and a capstone case study. Google suggests about 6 months at 10 hours a week.

Great fit if you want the Google certificate with Coursera's free trial or financial aid

Poor fit if you plan to take several Google certificates; choose the Google Career Certificates subscription

One subscription for Google, IBM and university programs on Coursera, including this certificate. The annual plan costs $399, which works out cheaper per month if you study across programs for a year.

Great fit if you will take several Coursera programs in a year

Poor fit if you only want this certificate; choose the Coursera program or Google's subscription

Google's seven-course advanced program in Python, statistics and machine learning, built on the Data Analytics certificate. It is billed monthly on Coursera with the same 7-day free trial.

Great fit if you finished this program and want deeper Python and statistics

Poor fit if you are still learning the basics; start with the Data Analytics certificate

Google's full program on Coursera: six courses plus an optional seventh, with videos, graded activities and a capstone project. It adds up to about 142 hours, and Coursera says most learners finish for under $300.

Great fit if you want the Google certificate with Coursera's free trial or financial aid

Poor fit if you plan to take several Google certificates; choose the Google Career Certificates subscription

One subscription for Google, IBM and university programs on Coursera, including this certificate. It also includes hands-on labs and projects across most of the catalog.

Great fit if you will take several Coursera programs in a year

Poor fit if you only want this certificate; choose the Google certificate on Coursera at $49/month

Google's five short courses on AI basics, productivity tools, prompting, responsible use and keeping your skills current, taught through videos and activities. Graded assessments lead to the Google certificate, and most people need about 8 hours.

Great fit if you want the Google certificate through Coursera or already have Coursera Plus

Poor fit if you already use AI confidently; choose a more advanced program

An AWS-authored review of about 8 hours in six modules, with domain explanations and exam-style walkthroughs. It reviews what you know rather than teaching the services, so it works best after a full course.

Great fit if you want a review course after learning the core services

Poor fit if you are learning AWS for the first time; choose Maarek or Cantrill

Twelve modules and 120 videos from Digital Cloud Training cover AI and ML fundamentals, generative AI, SageMaker, Bedrock, prompt engineering and responsible AI. Each module ends with a graded quiz, and 11 hands-on labs are included.

Great fit if you already have Coursera Plus or prefer graded modules

Poor fit if you want a one-off purchase rather than a subscription; choose Maarek's Udemy course

Google's seven-course program teaches the UX process from research and wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes in Figma, with videos, graded activities and three portfolio projects. Coursera suggests 6 months at 10 hours a week.

Great fit if you want the Google certificate with Coursera's free trial or financial aid

Poor fit if you plan to take several Google certificates; choose Google's Career Certificates subscription

One subscription covers most of Coursera's catalog, including Google, IBM and university programs and this certificate. The annual plan costs less if you will study for more than six months.

Great fit if you will take several Coursera programs in a year

Poor fit if you only want this certificate; choose the Coursera program at $49/month

IBM's 12-course program runs from data science basics through Python, SQL, data analysis, visualization and machine learning to a capstone project and generative AI tools. You learn through videos, browser labs and graded quizzes, and there is no final exam.

Great fit if you are new to coding and want a guided start in data science

Poor fit if you already know Python and basic statistics; choose a more advanced program

One subscription for IBM, Google and university programs on Coursera, including this certificate. The $399 annual plan costs less than monthly billing once you study for seven months or more.

Great fit if you will take this and another Coursera program, or need more than 7 months

Poor fit if you will finish in a few months and take nothing else; choose the IBM program alone

Microsoft's own eight-course program, about five months at 10 hours a week, from Excel data preparation through Power BI modeling, DAX and reports. It ends with a capstone project and a PL-300-style mock exam, and finishers get a 50% exam voucher.

Great fit if you are new to data analysis and want a paced program with a certificate and an exam discount

Poor fit if you need exam prep in a few weeks; use the Microsoft Learn paths or a short Udemy course

Five Coursera courses from HRCI, one for each aPHR functional area, with video lessons, quizzes and four peer-reviewed projects. The courses add up to 94 hours of material and earn a Coursera certificate.

Great fit if HR is new to you and you want a guided course

Poor fit if you already know the basics and only need exam review; choose Mometrix or DistinctiveHR

ISC2's own video course on Coursera, with one course for each of the five domains, case studies and a final assessment. The five courses total about 28 hours, and completing them earns an ISC2 certificate.

Great fit if you are new to security and want structured video lessons

Poor fit if you want practice questions and a full practice test; choose the Sybex study guide

Google's instructor-led infrastructure and design courses on Coursera, as a 7-course series of about 4 weeks at 10 hours a week. It includes labs, quizzes and an exam study-guide course.

Great fit if you already use Coursera and want Google's own courses in one series

Poor fit if you want the free Google Skills route to similar content; choose Google's learning path

ISC2's own professional certificate on Coursera, with one course for each of the seven SSCP domains. It takes about four weeks at 10 hours a week, includes final assessments and knowledge checks, and you have access for 120 days from registration.

Great fit if you want ISC2-made lessons with graded checks and already use Coursera

Poor fit if you want an eTextbook or exam-style practice; choose ISC2's self-paced training

Tom Carpenter's Cloud+ course on Coursera has 12 modules. Each module ends with a graded assignment, and a 100-minute final assessment closes the course.

Great fit if you already have Coursera Plus or want graded checkpoints

Poor fit if you want a one-time purchase; choose the Sybex book

IBM's 11-course program on Excel, SQL, Python and data visualization, with videos, browser labs, graded quizzes and a capstone project. Coursera estimates 180 hours, and you earn an IBM badge.

Great fit if you are new to data and want Excel, SQL and Python in one guided program

Poor fit if your target jobs ask for Power BI dashboards

One subscription covering IBM, Google and university programs on Coursera, including this certificate. At $399 a year it costs less than seven months of the monthly plan.

Great fit if you will take this and another Coursera program, or need more than 7 months

Poor fit if you will finish in a few months and take nothing else

IBM's 12-course data science program. Five courses are shared with the Data Analyst certificate, and it adds methodology, machine learning and a second capstone.

Great fit if you finished the Data Analyst program and want machine learning

Poor fit if you want to stay in reporting and dashboards

Four online courses from Igor Arkhipov and Starweaver, about 26 hours of lessons on the BABOK knowledge areas, with quizzes, sample questions and an applied project. IIBA endorses it, and it counts for the 35 PD hours.

Great fit if you want the 35 hours at a low monthly cost

Poor fit if you want a large question bank or live teaching; choose Adaptive US or Watermark

Google's instructor-led infrastructure courses delivered on Coursera as a six-course series, with labs, quizzes and an exam study-guide course. It takes about four weeks at 10 hours a week.

Great fit if you already use Coursera and want Google's own courses in one series

Poor fit if you want the free Google Skills route to the same content; choose Google's path

The same five Google courses delivered on Coursera, about 20 hours in total, with graded quizzes, hands-on activities and a Coursera certificate.

Great fit if you already pay for Coursera and want graded quizzes

Poor fit if you can use the free Google Skills path, which has the same courses

Google's five-course series of about 33 hours on lakes and warehouses, batch and streaming pipelines and analytics, with labs and a two-hour exam study-guide course. Coursera suggests four weeks at 10 hours a week.

Great fit if you already use Coursera and want Google's own courses in one series

Poor fit if you want the free Google Skills route to similar content

Six video courses from LearnKartS with more than 50 demos across planning, source control, pipelines, security, infrastructure as code and monitoring. Coursera suggests four weeks at 10 hours a week and marks it updated in July 2026.

Great fit if you want demo-led videos and already use Coursera

Poor fit if you want official Microsoft material; choose Microsoft's free course

Whizlabs' three-course specialization, about 36 hours in total, with video lessons, quizzes and hands-on projects aligned to the DP-700 objectives. Plan for about 2 months at 10 hours a week.

Great fit if you already pay for Coursera and want projects

Poor fit if you want a one-time purchase; choose Burton's Udemy course

Two Google courses on Coursera, Production Machine Learning Systems and MLOps Getting Started, with labs and quizzes. They go deeper on deploying and running ML than the rest of the path.

Great fit if you already use Coursera and want Google's production ML courses

Poor fit if you want full coverage of the exam guide in one place; choose Google's path

A six-course social media marketing program on Coursera, about 82 hours in total. It ends with a free attempt at the Digital Marketing Associate exam and one free retake, so you do not pay the $99 fee separately.

Great fit if you want broader social media training and would rather not pay the exam fee separately

Poor fit if you only want the certification quickly; choose Meta's free learning path

CertNexus's own CFR-410 course in four self-paced parts, covering risk and threat analysis, attack and post-attack analysis, data collection and log analysis, and incident response. It adds up to about 37 hours of video.

Great fit if you want the official course at a fraction of the instructor-led price

Poor fit if you need a live instructor; choose Learning Tree or New Horizons