12 Best System Administration Courses for Beginners
We compared 12 System Administration courses currently listed on Udemy, Coursera and edX, priced from $19.99 to $209.00. 11 of them teach the subject directly and 1 are built around a certification exam. 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 – $209.00
- Providers
- Udemy, Coursera, edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 12 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Udemy, Coursera, edX, matched to "system administration" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
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 $209.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Udemy CertificateOracle Solaris 11 System Administration: Beginner to Advance
This course is designed to provide you with the essential skills and knowledge to become proficient in Oracle Solaris 11 system administration. Whether you are a beginner or an IT professional seeking to strengthen your...
$109.99listed price -
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Linux Training for Beginner - RHCSA
Linux Core: Linux Core ConceptsThis module focuses on foundational Linux concepts and core tasks. You will learn how to apply command-line concepts and enterprise-level tools, starting you on your journey toward becoming...
$19.99listed price -
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Udemy CertificateServiceNow Certified Administration For Beginners
Welcome to Service Now Certified Administration For Beginners. Enterprise cloud computing at its best[Course Updated] How to request the latest Yokohama® release of Service Now instance (Lecture4)The Now Platform Yokoham...
$189.99listed price -
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Udemy CertificatePerl for Beginners: Learn A to Z of Perl Scripting Hands-on
Welcome to Perl for Beginners: Learn A to Z of Perl Scripting Hands-on Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a dynamic, high-level, scripting (interpreted) and a feature-rich programming language with over 2...
$199.99listed price -
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Udemy CertificateLinux Administrator from beginner to advanced
Linux Administrator course is designed for the students and working professionals who are aspiring to start their career as Linux system administrator or working professionals who want to have a deep dive into the variou...
$29.99listed price -
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Udemy MOOC / Non-creditAnsible 11.0 for Beginners with Examples - DevOps
This is a full course to become an Automation hero on Ansible 9.0 from the beginning, with full explanations and code examples. We are going to start with basic code to print a message, how to get/set variables and facts...
$24.99listed price -
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Udemy CertificateLinux & DevOps Bundle for Beginners: Start Your Tech Career
This course is designed to help you become a skilled Linux System Administrator by teaching you everything you need to know through real-world tasks and hands-on projects. We start with Linux Administration, where you le...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditLinux for Beginners: Foundations and Essential Operations
Offered by KodeKloud
Linux administration starts at the command line — and this course builds the skills you need to work there with confidence. You'll begin by setting up your learning environment and understanding how the LFCS certificatio...
$49.00listed price -
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditHands-on Introduction to Linux Commands and Shell Scripting
Offered by IBM
This course provides a practical understanding of common Linux / UNIX shell commands. In this beginner friendly course, you will learn about the Linux basics, Shell commands, and Bash shell scripting. You will begin this...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditUnix and Bash for Beginners
Offered by Codio
This specialization is intended for people without technical experience who seek to develop bash scripting skills and learn about Unix tools that will allow them to perform basic system administrator tasks on Linux and o...
$49.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditIntroduction to Linux
Offered by The Linux Foundation
Never learned Linux? Want a refresh? Develop a good working knowledge of Linux using both the graphical interface and command line across the major Linux distribution families.
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LPI 010-160: Linux Essentials Certification For Beginners
The LPI 010-160: Linux Essentials Certification - Digital Practice Test is designed to help individuals prepare for the Linux Essentials Certification exam. This practice test includes a variety of multiple-choice questi...
$199.99listed price
Best System Administration Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration: Beginner to Advance | Udemy | — | $109.99 | View → |
| 2 | Linux Training for Beginner - RHCSA | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 3 | ServiceNow Certified Administration For Beginners | Udemy | — | $189.99 | View → |
| 4 | Perl for Beginners: Learn A to Z of Perl Scripting Hands-on | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
| 5 | Linux Administrator from beginner to advanced | Udemy | — | $29.99 | View → |
| 6 | Ansible 11.0 for Beginners with Examples - DevOps | Udemy | — | $24.99 | View → |
| 7 | Linux & DevOps Bundle for Beginners: Start Your Tech Career | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
| 8 | Linux for Beginners: Foundations and Essential Operations | Coursera | KodeKloud | $49.00 | View → |
| 9 | Hands-on Introduction to Linux Commands and Shell Scripting | Coursera | IBM | $49.00 | View → |
| 10 | Unix and Bash for Beginners | Coursera | Codio | $49.00 | View → |
| 11 | Introduction to Linux | edX | The Linux Foundation | $209.00 | View → |
| 12 | LPI 010-160: Linux Essentials Certification For Beginners | Udemy | — | $199.99 | 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 12 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $209.00, with the middle of the range around $109.99 — a spread of $189.01. 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 Udemy, Coursera 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.
Courses versus exam preparation
1 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching System Administration from scratch. They are the right choice only if you already know the material and want to pass a specific exam; if you are starting out, pick one of the taught courses first and come back to exam preparation afterwards.
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.