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15 Best API Development Courses on Coursera

We compared 15 API Development courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. 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 – $49.00
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 "api development" 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 $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B Lowest price here

    Modern API Development

    Offered by Edureka

    This course covers the essentials of building and designing APIs, including frameworks, RESTful design, validation, testing, and performance optimization to help participants build and manage APIs effectively. Tailored f...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Microsoft Secure & Scalable API Development with .NET

    Offered by Microsoft

    Build practical back-end development skills with .NET and learn how to create secure, scalable, and high-performing APIs for modern applications. This Professional Certificate helps you understand the complete API develo...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    API Development and Architecture

    Offered by Edureka

    APIs are the backbone of today’s digital ecosystem, enabling seamless communication between applications, systems, and services. This Specialization is designed for software developers, engineers, and IT professionals wh...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    GraphQL API Development: Schema Design,Security & Deployment

    Offered by Board Infinity

    Build GraphQL APIs that go beyond basic queries—secure, real-time, and cloud-ready. In this course, you’ll master advanced schema design, secure data flow, real-time subscriptions, and scalable deployment. Use Apollo Ser...

    $49.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    SwiftUI & Node.js: Intro to Full Stack Development

    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...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Prompt Engineering in Python, with GPT, and the OpenAI API

    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...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    GitHub Copilot: AI-Powered Coding & Productivity

    Offered by KodeKloud

    Unlock the power of AI in software development with our comprehensive GitHub Copilot course. Designed to enhance your coding experience, this course introduces you to the features and techniques that will transform your...

    $49.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    GitHub: Evaluating and Integrating AI Models

    Offered by Pragmatic AI Labs

    Learn to evaluate, select, and integrate AI models using GitHub Models — a service that provides ready-to-use, off-the-shelf machine learning models directly within the GitHub platform. You will navigate the GitHub Model...

    $49.00
    listed price
  9. 9
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    .NET Core Mastery: Advanced Techniques for Exp Developers

    Offered by EDUCBA

    Overview: Elevate your expertise in .NET Core with our specialization. Master advanced C# programming, web application development, testing, debugging, and building scalable applications. Gain insights into clean archite...

    $49.00
    listed price
  10. 10
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Svelte 5 & SvelteKit For Hands-On Modern Web Development

    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...

    $49.00
    listed price
  11. 11
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Learning MEAN Stack by Building Real world Application

    Offered by Board Infinity

    The MEAN Stack Web Development Specialization prepares you to build fast, scalable, full-stack applications using MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js. Through three hands-on courses, you’ll master Angular for responsi...

    $49.00
    listed price
  12. 12
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Node.js & Express.js Foundations

    Offered by LearnKartS

    Ready to master backend development? Building scalable, high-performance web applications starts with mastering Node.js and Express.js. The challenge? Many developers struggle with creating secure APIs and integrating th...

    $49.00
    listed price
  13. 13
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Modern Web Development Specialization

    Offered by EDUCBA

    This specialization offers a comprehensive journey through modern web development using ASP.NET Core, CI/CD, and cloud technologies. The "Introduction to Modern Web Development with ASP.NET Core" course provides a solid...

    $49.00
    listed price
  14. 14
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Agentic AI Engineering: RAG, MCP & MERN

    Offered by LearnKartS

    What if your AI couldthink, decide, and act—not just respond? Welcome toAgentic AI Engineering, a hands-on specialization designed to help you buildautonomous, production-ready AI systems. Unlike traditional AI courses t...

    $49.00
    listed price
  15. 15
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Full-Stack Web Development: PHP, HTML, CSS & JavaScript

    Offered by Board Infinity

    The Full-Stack Web Development Specialization equips you with the skills to design and deploy modern, responsive web applications end to end. Across three courses, you’ll build engaging UIs with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript,...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best API Development 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 $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $0.00. 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.

Before you enrol

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