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12 Best Database Design Courses for Beginners

We compared 12 Database Design courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $129.99. 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
12
Price range
$19.99 – $129.99
Providers
Coursera, Udemy
Last updated
30 Aug 2026
How these 12 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "database design" 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 $129.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade C

    SQLServer for Beginners: Database Design & CRUD Operations

    Offered by Coursera

    In this 1.5-hour long guided project, you will learn how to design a database using Microsoft SQL Server. You will also learn how to use SQL, structured query language to retrieve, insert, update, and delete data in the...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    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...

    $54.99
    listed price
  3. 3
    Udemy Certificate Grade B Lowest price here

    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...

    $19.99
    listed price
  4. 4
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    MySQL Database Training for Beginners

    Discover how to use MySQL, a popular choice of database for use in powerful web applications! During this 5.5-hour MySQL beginner course, discover the fundamental concepts beginner MySQL administrators need to master. Y...

    $74.99
    listed price
  5. 5
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    MySQL Database Admin -DBA for Beginners

    The MySQL is the world's most popular open source database.This course will teach you  a lot to  start using this incredibly popular MySQL database and gain useful skills in the process.  In learning about...

    $129.99
    listed price
  6. 6
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Beginners FileMaker Pro 12 Training - A Practical Guide

    This FileMaker Pro 12 training course from Infinite Skills introduces you to the basics of managing your data with the FileMaker Pro database. FileMaker 12 is a very popular cross-platform, relational database applicati...

    $49.99
    listed price
  7. 7
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    The Complete MySQL Course: SQL for Beginners to Advanced

    Do you want to learn MySQL and SQL from scratch and confidently work with real-world databases?This course is designed for beginners, students, developers, and aspiring data professionals who want to build strong SQL and...

    $19.99
    listed price
  8. 8
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    MySQL Workbench Tutorial for Beginners

    Welcome to our MySQL Workbench Course!In this Video Course, learn MySQL Workbench and its concepts. Workbench is a UI i.e. a graphical tool for working with MySQL Servers and Databases. MySQL is an open-source relational...

    $19.99
    listed price
  9. 9
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Database and SQL for Beginners

    This course covers the following topics:What is a DatabaseDBMS and RDBMSRelational Database Terminology - Primary key, Foreign key etc.Structured Query Language (SQL)Types of SQL commands - DDL, DCL, DML and QueryHow to...

    $29.99
    listed price
  10. 10
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    SQL Masterclass: Beginner to Expert

    Unlock the Power of SQL: From Beginner to ExpertJoin our comprehensive SQL Masterclass and transform your career with in-demand database skills. This 4-phase journey takes you from SQL foundations to advanced query exper...

    $59.99
    listed price
  11. 11
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Introduction to Relational Databases

    Offered by Illinois Tech

    Database management systems are a crucial part of most large-scale industry and open-source systems. This course will introduce you to important concepts of database systems and design. We will learn what relational data...

    $49.00
    listed price
  12. 12
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    SQL From Beginner to Advanced

    Offered by LearnKartS

    Data is everywhere. The people who can query it, design it, & secure it are the ones getting hired. This specialization takes you from zero SQL knowledge to job-ready skills. Here’s what you will build skills in: SQL Fou...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best Database Design 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 12 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $129.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $110.00. 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.

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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