15 Best Business Intelligence Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Business Intelligence courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including University of Colorado Boulder. 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 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "business intelligence" 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 $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Data Analytics for Business
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
This course will expose you to the data analytics practices executed in the business world. We will explore such key areas as the analytical process, how data is created, stored, accessed, and how the organization works...
$79.00listed price -
2
Google Looker Studio From Beginner To Pro
Welcome to the Google Looker Studio Masterclass, your step-by-step guide to mastering one of the most powerful data visualization and business intelligence tools available today. Whether you’re a student, a digital marke...
$19.99listed price -
3
SQL for Beginners with Real Projects
Data is the backbone of every business today, and SQL (Structured Query Language) is the universal language used to manage and analyze it. Whether you want to launch a career in data analysis, work with databases in soft...
$54.99listed price -
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Introduction to Power BI Paginated Report Builder
Do you need pixel perfect, highly customizable reports in Power BI? Is the basic Power BI drag and drop not cutting it? Do you miss creating your highly customizable and flexible reports in SQL Server Reporting...
$79.99listed price -
5
Introduction to Data Warehouse
A Data warehouse is a database that is used for data analysis and reporting. It is a central repository for all the data that is needed for reporting and analysis. Data and analytics have become indispensable to business...
$19.99listed price -
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SQL Mastery with Generative AI: From Beginner to Expert
Unlock the power of data with SQL Mastery with Generative AI: From Beginner to Expert, a transformative course designed to help you learn SQL faster, smarter, and more effectively using AI-powered guidance. Whether you a...
$199.99listed price -
7
QlikSense Data Visualization & Analytics for Beginners
Learn the essentials of QlikSense through this step-by-step tutorial. This course takes you through the basics of QlikSense, how to integrate your application with different data sources, manage data, build visualization...
$19.99listed price -
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Power BI for Beginners - Introduction - Zero to Dashboard
Welcome to Power BI - Zero to Dashboard, The introduction to Power BI Class.Even if you have never read an article or seen a video on Power BI, this course is for you. We walk you through the very first steps of setting...
$29.99listed price -
9
SQL Beginner to Advanced Level - Data Analytics
Learn SQL from the beginning to becoming an expert analyzing data in SQL. This course takes you from having little or no knowledge of SQL to becoming highly proficient querying with SQL.Knowing SQL is highly important if...
$24.99listed price -
10
Power BI Masterclass: From Beginner to DAX Expert
Disclosure: This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.Stop building boring reports. Start building dashboards that make decisions happen.Power BI is one of the most in-demand data skills in today’s job mark...
$124.99listed price -
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Excel Data Analysis: From Beginner to Advanced Techniques
Unlock the full potential of Excel and become a confident data analyst with Excel Data Analysis: From Beginner to Advanced Techniques. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced professional, this course is des...
$19.99listed price -
12
A Beginners Guide On Creating BIRT Reports
Introduction to Business Intelligence Reporting with Business Intelligence Reporting Tools (BIRT) . Learn to Install BIRT on a Window machine. Learn to connect BIRT to multiple Database connections(SQL Server,...
$99.99listed price -
13
Microsoft Excel 2016 Beginners & Intermediate Excel Training
Do you want to learn how to work with Excel?Even if you don’t have any prior experience?You want to become very good at Excel?If so, then this is the right course for you!*A verifiable certificate of completion is presen...
$149.99listed price -
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Digital Productivity Toolkit for Beginners
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 -
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Alteryx for Beginners
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now 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 yo...
$49.00listed price
Best Business Intelligence 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 $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $180.00. 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 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. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Colorado Boulder — 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.