15 Best AI Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 AI courses currently listed on edX, Coursera and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $309.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including MGH Institute of Health Professions, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $19.99 – $309.00
- Providers
- edX, Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, Coursera, Udemy, matched to this topic by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $309.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to AI & Machine Learning in Healthcare
Offered by MGH Institute of Health Professions
In this introductory course, you'll explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are transforming healthcare. You'll build a solid foundation in AI and ML fundamentals, learning how these technologi...
$309.00listed price -
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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing industries, reshaping business strategies, and transforming the way we work. Are you ready to understand AI’s potential and harness its power? In this engaging online course, yo...
$49.00listed price -
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IBM Introduction to Machine Learning
Offered by IBM
Machine learning skills are becoming more and more essential in the modern job market. In 2019, Machine Learning Engineer was ranked as the #1 job in the United States, based on the incredible 344% growth of job openings...
$49.00listed price -
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The Complete PL/SQL Bootcamp : "Beginner to Advanced PL/SQL"
Latest Course Updates: (Dec, 2025) : Installing Oracle Database 23 AI section was added! (Brand New!)(Aug 2025) : "Oracle-Supplied PL/SQL Packages" section was added!(May 2025): "Using Dynamic SQL &am...
$199.99listed price -
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DevOps | Agile | Lean | Fundamentals For Beginners
Are you a freelancer, company or an App Developer, Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Web Developer, IT administrator, Data Center Architect, Project Manager, Enterprise Architect, or Programmer? and want to gain...
$99.99listed price -
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AI for Beginners: Real-World Use Cases
AI is powerful—but most people use it like a toy: vague prompts, random results, and zero consistency. This course is built to fix that fast.You’ll start with a simple, beginner-friendly introduction (including a quick c...
$19.99listed price -
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ChatGPT Masterclass: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide!
Welcome to the ChatGPT Master Class, the ultimate guide to mastering the powerful AI language model, ChatGPT.In this course, you will learn how to fine-tune ChatGPT to generate human-like text, perform specific tasks lik...
$54.99listed price -
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Python for Beginners to Advance
Programing with Python for Web App, A.I & Machine LearningPython is one of the most demanding skills in 2022. After completing this course, you will be confident in adding Python as skill in your resume to secure jun...
$19.99listed price -
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Introduction to AI. Workload Management - Fundamentals
This course provides an overview of ignio AI.Workload Management. It first presents the core concepts of this product including industry context, challenges, product features, competitive positioning, and case studies, a...
$39.99listed price -
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Master ChatGPT + AI for Business (Beginners)
By completing this course, you'll have the knowledge and skills necessary to use ChatGPT and AI for social media marketing. You'll be able to generate high-quality content and engage with your audience more effectively,...
$44.99listed price -
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Unity - Beginner Level Build a Game from Start to Finish
This course is a full-packed course filled with lectors that will take you from zero to hero in no time.In this course, we will laugh and have fun while we learn the art of game development. Let’s learn to code using C#...
$84.99listed price -
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Vibe Coding: Python for Daily Use with AI – Beginner Edition
Learn Python by building — not memorizing.This beginner-friendly course takes you on a 14-day interactive journey using Python, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google Colab. No prior coding experience required — just curiosity and...
$19.99listed price -
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Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp: A Beginner's journey
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the world, and this course is your complete beginner-friendly guide to understanding and using it with confidence. Artificial I...
$19.99listed price -
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The Complete AI for Finance Course: Beginner to Master Level
**This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. **In a world flooded with hot tips, viral trades, and algorithmic trading advice, most people are still making investment decisions like they're playing slots. T...
$84.99listed price -
15
AI Ecosystem for the Absolute Beginners - Hands-On
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price
Best AI Courses for Beginners compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $309.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $289.01. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from edX, Coursera and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including MGH Institute of Health Professions, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 30 August 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.