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9 Best Data Storage Courses for Beginners

We compared 9 Data Storage courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $9.99 to $149.00. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including University of California San Diego. 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
9
Price range
$9.99 – $149.00
Providers
Coursera, Udemy, edX
Last updated
30 Aug 2026
How these 9 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "data storage" 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 $9.99 to $149.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Big Data

    Offered by University of California San Diego

    Interested in increasing your knowledge of the Big Data landscape? This course is for those new to data science and interested in understanding why the Big Data Era has come to be. It is for those who want to become conv...

    $59.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    Full Lua Programming: Beginner to Pro in Roblox Studio

    This guide is designed for everyone wanting to get into the realm of Roblox Game Development, Roblox Lua/Luau, and metaverse ventures! The videos are short, packed with knowledge and I like to show programming in a simpl...

    $19.99
    listed price
  3. 3
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit Grade C

    Introduction to Flutter Flow : Build Your First App

    Join this comprehensive course led by Feras Naser, founder of the Cocreation Movement, designed to guide you step-by-step from beginner to proficient mobile app developer using FlutterFlow—no coding required! Throughout...

    $49.99
    listed price
  4. 4
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    iOS Development for Beginners

    Perhaps you have an idea for a killer app? Maybe you just want to move your skills in to the mobile arena? Are you an iPad fanatic who wants to be able to write apps for your company? Are you an entrepreneur trying to t...

    $29.99
    listed price
  5. 5
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Introduction to Big Data & Hadoop Ecosystem

    This course provides in-depth coverage of essential topics related to Big Data and the Hadoop Ecosystem. It is highly recommended for individuals working in the IT industry, as well as aspiring Big Data professionals. Th...

    $19.99
    listed price
  6. 6
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    IBM DB2 Database for Beginners

    IBM Db2 is a family of related data management products, including relational database servers, developed and marketed by IBM. Since the 1970s, IBM has developed a complete family of database servers, started on mainfram...

    $19.99
    listed price
  7. 7
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    Using Fyne and Go to build graphical applications - Beginner

    Do you want to build captivating graphical applications that run seamlessly across multiple operating systems, including desktop, mobile and web?In this course you will learn the knowledge and skills to develop native gr...

    $44.99
    listed price
  8. 8
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade D Lowest price here

    Introduction To Java Database Connectivity - JDBC

    Offered by Coursera

    In this 1.5 hours long project-based course, you will (learn JDBC core components , Create java apps with back-end database). JDBC plays a major role in today's software development industries hence we will learn core co...

    $9.99
    listed price
  9. 9
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade D

    Introduction to Operating Systems 4: Persistence

    Offered by Codio

    Learn how OSes store and protect data with no installs. Cover I/O, directories, file systems, integrity, protection, and distributed systems through short readings, images, and runnable code. Video-free and self-paced, w...

    $149.00
    listed price

Best Data Storage 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 9 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $149.00, with the middle of the range around $29.99 — a spread of $139.01. 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 Coursera, Udemy and edX. 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 California San Diego — 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.

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