15 Best Test Automation Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Test Automation courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $49.00. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Northeastern University. 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
- 15
- Price range
- $9.99 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "test automation" 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 $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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1
Building API Test Automation Framework Using Rest Assured
Offered by Coursera
API stands for Application Programming Interface which helps two independent software to communicate with each other. When an application is built, the functionalities are built first as APIs and then integrated with the...
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2
Robot Framework Test Automation Essentials
Offered by Coursera
Test Automation Essentials with Robot Framework is a beginner-level course designed to help aspiring QA professionals and manual testers build a strong foundation in automated testing. You'll learn how to write your firs...
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3
AI-First Test Automation with Functionize Essentials
Offered by Coursera
AI-First Test Automation with Functionize is a beginner-friendly course designed for QA professionals, automation engineers, and testing teams seeking to modernize their approach with intelligent, scalable automation. Wh...
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4
CI/CD for Test Automation: Jenkins & GitHub Actions
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
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5
Advanced Selenium WebDriver and Test Automation
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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6
Software QA & Test Automation Engineering
Offered by Coursera
Master comprehensive QA automation through this industry-expert led specialization that takes you from foundational web automation to advanced testing architectures. You'll gain hands-on experience with essential tools i...
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7
Test Automation with Playwright (Python) & Robot Framework
Offered by Coursera
Modern web applications demand fast, reliable automation testing that integrates seamlessly with CI/CD pipelines. This Short Course was created to help Software Development professionals accomplish comprehensive browser...
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8
Software Testing for Engineers Part 1
Offered by Northeastern University
This course covers the principles and processes of validation, verification, and integration for software, and software-intensive systems, including cyber-physical systems. The topics include test automation, testing met...
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9
Generative AI Course in Software Testing and Documentation
Offered by Simplilearn
This Generative AI in Software Testing, Security, and Documentation course equips you with the skills to automate critical stages of the software development lifecycle. Begin with AI-powered software testing—learn how to...
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Build and Execute Automation Tests with Tosca
Offered by EDUCBA
By the end of this course, learners will be able to explain core automation testing concepts, analyze testing needs, build reusable automation assets, and execute end-to-end tests using a model-based automation approach....
$49.00listed price -
11
Cypress Automation Testing Framework - Zero To Hero
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
12
Analytics Engineering Workflows with dbt
Offered by Edureka
This course helps you advance your skills in analytics engineering and gives you the practical abilities required to build scalable and reliable dbt projects. You will begin by strengthening your understanding of reusabl...
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13
Scaling No-Code Automation with Reflect
Offered by Coursera
Master No-Code Testing: Advanced Reflect Strategies is an advanced-level course designed for experienced QA professionals and automation specialists looking to scale and stabilize web application testing—without writing...
$49.00listed price -
14
Automation, Advanced Testing, and AI
Offered by Microsoft
Advance your expertise by transitioning into technical test automation and AI-augmented quality assurance. In this course, you will write automated UI test scripts using Playwright and SQL queries for robust database val...
$49.00listed price -
15
Learn Selenium WebDriver with Java
Offered by Packt
This comprehensive course guides you through Selenium WebDriver and Java, starting from the basics and advancing to more complex topics. Beginners can start with Java modules before moving on to Selenium WebDriver, with...
$49.00listed price
Best Test Automation Courses on Coursera 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 15 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $39.01. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. 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. 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 Northeastern University — 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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