15 Best AI Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 AI courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $309.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including IBM, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions. 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
- $19.99 – $309.00
- Providers
- Coursera, edX, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, Udemy, matched to this topic 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 $309.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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IBM Introduction to Machine Learning
Offered by IBM
Machine learning skills are becoming more and more essential in the modern job market. In 2019, Machine Learning Engineer was ranked as the #1 job in the United States, based on the incredible 344% growth of job openings...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing industries, reshaping business strategies, and transforming the way we work. Are you ready to understand AI’s potential and harness its power? In this engaging online course, yo...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to AI & Machine Learning in Healthcare
Offered by Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions
In this introductory course, you'll explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are transforming healthcare. You'll build a solid foundation in AI and ML fundamentals, learning how these technologi...
$309.00listed price -
4
ISAA: AI, Cybersecurity, and Identity Fundamentals
Offered by Saviynt
This course offers a comprehensive, foundational understanding of modern cybersecurity practices, focusing on advanced AI-driven defense mechanisms and the essential principles of identity and access management. You will...
$49.00listed price -
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AI Fundamentals
Offered by Google
Ready to move beyond the buzz and see real results with AI? This course covers the fundamentals of working with AI, like understanding its strengths and limitations so you can leverage it effectively at work. You’ll lear...
$49.00listed price -
6
Fundamentals of AWS AI and ML Solutions
Offered by Whizlabs
Fundamentals of AWS AI and ML Solutions course is designed for cloud engineers, developers, and technical professionals who want to build a strong foundation in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and de...
$49.00listed price -
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AI Ecosystem for the Absolute Beginners - Hands-On
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 -
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DevOps | Agile | Lean | Fundamentals For Beginners
Are you a freelancer, company or an App Developer, Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Web Developer, IT administrator, Data Center Architect, Project Manager, Enterprise Architect, or Programmer? and want to gain...
$99.99listed price -
9
ChatGPT Masterclass: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide!
Welcome to the ChatGPT Master Class, the ultimate guide to mastering the powerful AI language model, ChatGPT.In this course, you will learn how to fine-tune ChatGPT to generate human-like text, perform specific tasks lik...
$54.99listed price -
10
Introduction to AI. Workload Management - Fundamentals
This course provides an overview of ignio AI.Workload Management. It first presents the core concepts of this product including industry context, challenges, product features, competitive positioning, and case studies, a...
$39.99listed price -
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Vibe Coding: Python for Daily Use with AI – Beginner Edition
Learn Python by building — not memorizing.This beginner-friendly course takes you on a 14-day interactive journey using Python, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google Colab. No prior coding experience required — just curiosity and...
$19.99listed price -
12
Learn ETL Testing & Data Warehouse fundamentals
A hands-on tutorial that takes you from the ground up and gives you a solid understanding of Data Warehouse and ETL Testing concepts.What will you learn from this course?Learn why and where ETL is required with a real-ti...
$199.99listed price -
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AI & Machine Learning From Scratch: Build Real-World Models
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are transforming software development, cybersecurity, healthcare, and modern startups. However, most online courses only teach how to use AI tools or APIs, without e...
$129.99listed price -
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Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp: A Beginner's journey
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the world, and this course is your complete beginner-friendly guide to understanding and using it with confidence. Artificial I...
$19.99listed price -
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The Complete AI for Finance Course: Beginner to Master Level
**This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. **In a world flooded with hot tips, viral trades, and algorithmic trading advice, most people are still making investment decisions like they're playing slots. T...
$84.99listed price
Best AI 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 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $309.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $289.01. 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 Coursera, edX 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. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including IBM, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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 18 September 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.