15 Best Apache Spark Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Apache Spark courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $99.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including IBM, Northeastern University and University of California, Davis. 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
- $49.00 – $99.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "apache spark" 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 $49.00 to $99.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Apache Spark with Scala – Hands-On with Big Data!
Offered by Packt
Embark on a journey to master big data processing with Apache Spark and Scala. This course begins with setting up your development environment, ensuring you have a solid foundation in both Spark and Scala. You will dive...
$49.00listed price -
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AI Workflow: Enterprise Model Deployment
Offered by IBM
This is the fifth course in the IBM AI Enterprise Workflow Certification specialization. You are STRONGLY encouraged to complete these courses in order as they are not individual independent courses, but part of a work...
$99.00listed price -
3
Data Management for Analytics Part 2
Offered by Northeastern University
This course will offer you an opportunity to learn the fundamental concepts and emerging technologies in data storage and data governance. It presents a balanced theory-practice focus and covers Structured Query Language...
$49.00listed price -
4
Database to AI: Practical Data Analytics Integration
Offered by Northeastern University
This course introduces the fundamental concepts and emerging technologies in database design and modeling, database systems, data storage, and data governance. It presents a balanced theory-practice focus and covers enti...
$49.00listed price -
5
Learn SQL Basics for Data Science
Offered by University of California, Davis
This Specialization is intended for a learner with no previous coding experience seeking to develop SQL query fluency. Through four progressively more difficult SQL projects with data science applications, you will cover...
$49.00listed price -
6
AWS Data Processing and Analysis
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...
$49.00listed price -
7
Getting Started with Azure Data Solutions
Offered by Whizlabs
The Getting Started with Azure Data Solutions course is designed for beginners, aspiring data engineers, data analysts, cloud professionals, and IT practitioners who want to build a strong foundation in Microsoft Azure’s...
$49.00listed price -
8
Data Engineering for AI and ML Pipelines
Offered by Edureka
Data Engineering for AI and ML Pipelines equips you with the skills to build the data infrastructure that powers modern machine learning systems on Databricks. Across three courses, you will progress from foundational da...
$49.00listed price -
9
Machine Learning, Data Science and Generative AI with Python
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 -
10
PySpark for Data Science
Offered by Edureka
Ignite your data science journey with our PySpark for Data Science Specialization, crafted for aspiring and seasoned data professionals eager to harness the power of big data analytics. This program empowers you to effic...
$49.00listed price -
11
Data Processing, Exploratory Analysis and Visualization
Offered by Microsoft
This course introduces distributed computing frameworks and big data visualization techniques. Learners will explore MapReduce, work with Apache Spark, implement transformations with PySpark, and use Spark SQL for large-...
$49.00listed price -
12
Build A Data Warehouse in Azure
Offered by EDUCBA
Unlock the power of Azure Synapse Analytics with our comprehensive course designed to elevate your data warehousing skills. Across twelve modules, participants delve into foundational concepts, advanced techniques, and p...
$49.00listed price -
13
Time Series Analysis with Spark
Offered by Packt
This course focuses on building scalable time series analysis solutions using Apache Spark, a critical skill for modern data-driven organizations. Learners gain a strong understanding of why time series analysis matters...
$49.00listed price -
14
Functional Programming in Scala
Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Discover how to write elegant code that works the first time it is run. This Specialization provides a hands-on introduction to functional programming using the widespread programming language, Scala. It begins from the...
$49.00listed price -
15
Hadoop and Spark Fundamentals: Unit 2
Offered by Pearson
This course introduces the fundamentals of modern data processing for data engineers, analysts, and IT professionals. You will learn the basics of Hadoop MapReduce, including how it works, how to compile and run Java Map...
$49.00listed price
Best Apache Spark 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 $49.00 to $99.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $50.00. 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. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including IBM, Northeastern University and University of California, Davis — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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