11 Best Relational Databases Courses on edX
We compared 11 Relational Databases courses currently listed on edX, priced from $20.00 to $1,075.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including Stanford University, University of Maryland Baltimore County and The University of Michigan. 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
- 11
- Price range
- $20.00 – $1,075.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 11 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "relational databases" 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 $1,075.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to SQL and relational databases
Offered by Universitat Politècnica de València
Get to know relational databases and learn SQL, the standard language used in business software that will allow you to query them and extract the information you need.
$39.00listed price -
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Databases: OLAP and Recursion
Offered by Stanford University
This course is one of five self-paced courses on the topic of Databases, originating as one of Stanford's three inaugural massive open online courses released in the fall of 2011. The original "Databases" courses are now...
$69.00listed price -
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Database Management Systems
Offered by University of Maryland Baltimore County
In this course on Database Management Systems, you'll explore how to effectively organize, manage, and manipulate data in various database environments. It's designed to give you a solid foundation in database concepts,...
$672.30listed price -
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Introduction to SQL & Databases
Offered by Stanford University
This course provides a solid foundation in SQL and database management, focusing on key concepts and practical applications. You will learn how to create and manipulate databases, write complex queries, and understand fu...
$310.50listed price -
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Database Design and Basic SQL in PostgreSQL
Offered by The University of Michigan
This first course in PostgreSQL for Everybody explores the use of SQL in the PostgreSQL environment and introduces SQL techniques and commands. This course also explores data modeling and database relationships, while in...
$59.00listed price -
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Relational Database Design
Offered by University of Maryland Baltimore County
Learn how to design relational databases, including many popular relational database models. Relational database normal form will also be covered, so your design will conform to industry best practices.
$249.00listed price -
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SQL, NoSQL, and Relational Database Fundamentals
Offered by IBM
This course covers the fundamentals of SQL, NoSQL, and relational databases, equipping you with essential skills to manage and analyze data effectively. You'll explore various database management systems, learn about the...
$267.30listed price -
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SQL Fundamentals
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Learn the fundamentals of SQL and database management.
$1,075.00listed 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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Relational Database Basics
Offered by IBM
This course teaches you the fundamental concepts of relational databases and Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and IBM Db2.
$99.00listed price -
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Understanding Cloud Spanner
Offered by Google Cloud
Discover when and how to use Cloud Spanner to solve relational database challenges at scale, with hands-on activities across a range of Spanner tools and APIs.
$20.00listed price
Best Relational Databases Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Introduction to SQL and relational databases | edX | Universitat Politècnica de València | $39.00 | View → |
| 2 | Databases: OLAP and Recursion | edX | Stanford University | $69.00 | View → |
| 3 | Database Management Systems | edX | University of Maryland Baltimore County | $672.30 | View → |
| 4 | Introduction to SQL & Databases | edX | Stanford University | $310.50 | View → |
| 5 | Database Design and Basic SQL in PostgreSQL | edX | The University of Michigan | $59.00 | View → |
| 6 | Relational Database Design | edX | University of Maryland Baltimore County | $249.00 | View → |
| 7 | SQL, NoSQL, and Relational Database Fundamentals | edX | IBM | $267.30 | View → |
| 8 | SQL Fundamentals | edX | The University of Wisconsin-Madison | $1,075.00 | View → |
| 9 | SQL for Data Science with R | edX | IBM | $99.00 | View → |
| 10 | Relational Database Basics | edX | IBM | $99.00 | View → |
| 11 | Understanding Cloud Spanner | edX | Google Cloud | $20.00 | 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 11 priced courses on this page run from $20.00 to $1,075.00, with the middle of the range around $99.00 — a spread of $1,055.00. 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. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Stanford University, University of Maryland Baltimore County and The University of Michigan — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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