10 Best Hands-On Labs Courses on edX
We compared 10 Hands-on Labs courses currently listed on edX, priced from $20.00 to $449.00. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including University of Maryland Baltimore County. 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
- 10
- Price range
- $20.00 – $449.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 10 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "hands-on labs" 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 $20.00 to $449.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Offered by University of Maryland Baltimore County
This six-week online course on Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) offers an active, immersive introduction to the emerging field of quantum-safe encryption. Designed for beginning STEM learners, the course blends foundation...
$249.00listed price -
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Architecting and Installing the Apigee Hybrid API Platform
Offered by Google Cloud
Architecting and Installing the Apigee Hybrid API Platform provides a comprehensive overview of architecture, foundational concepts, and practices used to deploy Apigee hybrid on Google Cloud. Through a combination of l...
$20.00listed price -
3
Configure Google Kubernetes Engine Networking
Offered by Google Cloud
In Configure Google Kubernetes Engine Networking, you’ll learn the fundamentals of networking across GKE environments. Through written lectures, hands-on labs, and quizzes, you’ll learn how to set up services, facilitate...
$29.00listed price -
4
Advanced RAG
Offered by Pragmatic AI Labs
Master cutting-edge RAG techniques to enhance LLM applications. Learn embedding strategies, document processing, and advanced retrieval methods for building high-performance AI solutions in enterprise environments. 10 ha...
$449.00listed price -
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Advanced Data Engineering
Offered by Pragmatic AI Labs
Become an expert in scaling data systems. Master Celery, Airflow, graph databases. Build real-world solutions for massive datasets and complex workflows. Optimize performance at enterprise scale. 10 hands-on labs and e...
$449.00listed price -
6
Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD)
Offered by IBM
This course is an introduction to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), a DevOps best practice to ensure code quality is achieved. It includes multiple hands-on labs using real-world tools to practice y...
$99.00listed price -
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SQL for Data Science with R
Offered by IBM
Build a baseline understanding about relational database concepts and learn how to apply foundational knowledge of the SQL and R languages through a series of hands-on labs to practice building and running SQL queries.
$99.00listed price -
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Network Defense Essentials (NDE)
Offered by EC-Council
Network Defense Essentials (NDE) is a first-of-its-kind MOOC certification that provides foundational knowledge and skills in network security with add-on labs for hands-on experience.
$129.00listed price -
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Boost Productivity with Gemini in BigQuery
Offered by Google Cloud
Explore how to leverage Gemini in BigQuery to enhance your data-to-AI workflow, through conceptual explanations, a practical use case, and hands-on labs.
$30.00listed price -
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Authoritative GCP
Offered by Pragmatic AI Labs
Master Google Cloud Architecture and prepare for the Professional Cloud Architect certification exam through hands-on labs and expert instruction.
$249.00listed price
Best Hands-On Labs Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Introduction to Post-Quantum Cryptography | edX | University of Maryland Baltimore County | $249.00 | View → |
| 2 | Architecting and Installing the Apigee Hybrid API Platform | edX | Google Cloud | $20.00 | View → |
| 3 | Configure Google Kubernetes Engine Networking | edX | Google Cloud | $29.00 | View → |
| 4 | Advanced RAG | edX | Pragmatic AI Labs | $449.00 | View → |
| 5 | Advanced Data Engineering | edX | Pragmatic AI Labs | $449.00 | View → |
| 6 | Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) | edX | IBM | $99.00 | View → |
| 7 | SQL for Data Science with R | edX | IBM | $99.00 | View → |
| 8 | Network Defense Essentials (NDE) | edX | EC-Council | $129.00 | View → |
| 9 | Boost Productivity with Gemini in BigQuery | edX | Google Cloud | $30.00 | View → |
| 10 | Authoritative GCP | edX | Pragmatic AI Labs | $249.00 | View → |
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 10 priced courses on this page run from $20.00 to $449.00, with the middle of the range around $129.00 — a spread of $429.00. 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 edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Maryland Baltimore County — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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