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15 Best Authentication Courses on Coursera

We compared 15 Authentication courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $99.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including IBM, University of Colorado System and University of Colorado Boulder. 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 "authentication" 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.

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

    Analyze and Implement Splunk Authentication Controls

    Offered by EDUCBA

    By completing this course, learners will be able to analyze Splunk’s access control architecture, implement role-based security, configure enterprise authentication mechanisms, and evaluate authentication workflows for s...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    AJAX Next Level: Authentication, Servers, Projects & More

    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
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Cybersecurity Fundamentals

    Offered by IBM

    Vigilance against cyberthreats and attacks becomes increasingly important year over year as we continue to accelerate the amount of sensitive information in digital, web-accessible formats. Do you want to arm yourself wi...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Applied Cryptography

    Offered by University of Colorado System

    Cryptography is an essential component of cybersecurity. The need to protect sensitive information and ensure the integrity of industrial control processes has placed a premium on cybersecurity skills in today’s informat...

    $49.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera Certificate Grade A University-backed

    Cybersecurity for Data Science

    Offered by University of Colorado Boulder

    This course aims to help anyone interested in data science understand the cybersecurity risks and the tools/techniques that can be used to mitigate those risks. We will cover the distinctions between confidentiality, int...

    $99.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Classical Cryptosystems and Core Concepts

    Offered by University of Colorado System

    Welcome to Introduction to Applied Cryptography. Cryptography is an essential component of cybersecurity. The need to protect sensitive information and ensure the integrity of industrial control processes has placed a pr...

    $79.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    From Prototype to Product with Replit Pro

    Offered by Replit

    This course is designed for non-technical professionals in marketing, sales, HR, finance, operations, and similar business roles who have already built a working prototype in Replit and want to move beyond solo building....

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

    Advanced Backend Development, API Testing, and Deployment

    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...

    $49.00
    listed price
  9. 9
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    TCP/IP, Routing, and Wireless Networking

    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
  10. 10
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Salesforce Integration With External Systems Part 2

    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

    Mastering NestJS

    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...

    $49.00
    listed price
  12. 12
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Security Foundations, Threats, and Network Protection

    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
  13. 13
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Learn REST API Automation Using REST Assured

    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
  14. 14
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Ultimate ASP.NET Core Web API Development Guide

    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...

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

    AI-Powered App Building with No-Code & Full Stack

    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...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best Authentication 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, University of Colorado System and University of Colorado Boulder — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

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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.

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