15 Best Analytics Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Analytics courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $9.99 to $825.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including The Georgia Institute of Technology, Corporate Finance Institute and University of California, Irvine. 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 – $825.00
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy, edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "analytics" 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 $825.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Healthcare Data Analytics
Offered by SkillUp
Healthcare organizations generate vast and complex data across clinical, operational, and financial systems. This specialization is designed to equip you with the end-to-end analytics and visualization skills needed to w...
$49.00listed price -
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The Ultimate Google Analytics Course For Beginners 2026
Learn how to use Google Analytics from an award-winning Digital Marketing agency owner.UPDATED FOR 2026: This course has just been updated and is based on the new version of Google Analytics called GA4. Google Analytics...
$189.99listed price -
3
Fundamentals of Analytics on AWS
Offered by Amazon Web Services
In this course, you will learn how AnyCompany Media, a global giant in the media and entertainment industry, overcomes their data challenges. Follow their journey to become a data driven organization in their operations...
$9.99listed price -
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Introduction to Analytics Modeling
Offered by The Georgia Institute of Technology
Learn essential analytics models and methods and how to appropriately apply them, using tools such as R, to retrieve desired insights.
$825.00listed price -
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Introduction to Data Analytics in Google Cloud
Offered by Google Cloud
Welcome learner! This is the first of five courses of the Google Cloud Data Analytics Certificate. Jump into the world of data analytics and cloud computing. Explore the data lifecycle in the cloud and gain a better unde...
$49.00listed price -
6
Tableau Fundamentals Case Study - Ecommerce Analysis
Offered by Corporate Finance Institute
In this course, you'll act as a data visualization analyst for Calwest E-commerce. In that role, you’ll be fulfilling a set of business requirements to build several visuals and dashboards in Tableau. Using what you lear...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Data Engineering on AWS
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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Data Science Fundamentals
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This specialization demystifies data science and familiarizes learners with key data science skills, techniques, and concepts. The course begins with foundational concepts such as analytics taxonomy, the Cross-Industry S...
$49.00listed price -
9
Introduction to Digital Marketing
Offered by IBM
According to Gartner, digital channels now represent nearly 80% of marketing budgets, creating high demand for skilled digital marketers and growth hackers. Whether you’re pursuing a marketing career or are a small busin...
$49.00listed price -
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Big Data Fundamentals
Offered by Adelaide University
Unpack big data fundamentals to learn how big data is driving organisational change and essential analytical tools and techniques, including data mining and PageRank algorithms.
$199.00listed price -
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Excel PowerPivot - Excel Data Analysis & DAX for Beginners
A brief glimpse of PowerPivot's usefulness and capabilities...This course is designed for all Excel users -- not just power users capable of building incredible Excel worksheets with functions, VBA, and mystical trickery...
$124.99listed price -
12
Technical SEO for Beginners: Keyword Research & Optimisation
Technical SEO for Beginners - A Straight-Talking Guide to Driving Traffic to Your Website Using Google SEO Keyword Research & Content Optimisation.If you're looking to rank highly on Google and drive more traffi...
$79.99listed price -
13
Power BI Masterclass: From Beginner to DAX Expert
Disclosure: This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.Stop building boring reports. Start building dashboards that make decisions happen.Power BI is one of the most in-demand data skills in today’s job mark...
$124.99listed price -
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Excel Data Analysis: From Beginner to Advanced Techniques
Unlock the full potential of Excel and become a confident data analyst with Excel Data Analysis: From Beginner to Advanced Techniques. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced professional, this course is des...
$19.99listed price -
15
Google Tag Manager Course: Beginners To Advanced (GTM)
Google Tag Manager has changed the way businesses track user actions, measure performance, and run ads with confidence. Yet many beginners feel lost when they open GTM for the first time. Buttons look confusing, tags and...
$19.99listed price
Best Analytics 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 $9.99 to $825.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $815.01. 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, Udemy 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. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The Georgia Institute of Technology, Corporate Finance Institute and University of California, Irvine — 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.