15 Best AWS Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 AWS courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $149.99. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Royal Holloway, University of London & University of London. 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 – $149.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, 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 $149.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Computer Security
Offered by Royal Holloway, University of London & University of London
The purpose of this short four-week course is to introduce the topic of computer system security. We initially look at a short basic introduction to computer system core components and functions and then extend this to c...
$49.00listed price -
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Hashicorp Terraform – Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
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 -
3
Fundamentals of Machine Learning
Offered by Whizlabs
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the Fundamentals of Machine Learning, covering both conceptual understanding and practical implementation across modern machine learning workflows. It focuses on build...
$49.00listed price -
4
AWS DynamoDB Fundamentals
Offered by Whizlabs
Amazon DynamoDB Fundamentals is a skill enhancement course designed for candidates aiming to enhance their knowledge as Database professionals. This course will help learners understand working with NoSQL databases. Furt...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Cloud and Core AWS Services
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 -
6
Fundamentals of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Offered by Amazon Web Services
In this course, you will learn about the foundations of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). You will explore the connections between AI, ML, deep learning, and the emerging field of generative artific...
$49.00listed price -
7
Maven and SonarQube for DevOps Engineers - Beginners Guide
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 -
8
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 -
10
AWS Essentials: Cloud, AWS IAM, & Amazon S3 for Beginners
Build a strong foundation in AWS — Cloud concepts, IAM, the AWS CLI, and Amazon S3 — through clear explanations, hands-on demonstrations, and section-end quizzes designed to reinforce your learning.This course is ideal f...
$29.99listed price -
11
![[NEW] AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner From Scratch 2020](https://i.udemycdn.com/course/480x270/2918344_66d3_3.jpg)
[NEW] AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner From Scratch 2020
This course (AWS Certifed Cloud Practitioner Training From Scratch 2020) is the most comprehensive AWS Cloud Practitioner Training course you can find in UDEMY, which includes more than 14 hours of high-quality vide...
$39.99listed price -
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![[old] Building AWS Basic Architecture for super beginners](https://i.udemycdn.com/course/480x270/3887162_8968_3.jpg)
[old] Building AWS Basic Architecture for super beginners
This course is a legacy course. The UI of the AWS console in this course is an old version.Through this Udemy course, complete beginners of both AWS and IT in general will learn how to implement practical IT infrastructu...
$19.99listed price -
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AWS Essentials: Amazon EC2 & VPC Networking for Beginners
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. AI tools were used only in a few quiz questions, Role Play scenarios, and images. All were reviewed and edited by the instructor.Build the AWS compute and networki...
$69.99listed price -
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AWS For Absolute Beginners: Learn AWS From Ground Up
The cloud is slowly becoming an important piece of technology in today’s world. In addition to being a great data storage system, it is also becoming the standard for creating manageable and scalable web application serv...
$39.99listed price -
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Introduction to AWS Pentesting
The AWS Pentesting course is designed to provide learners with the knowledge and skills required to conduct penetration testing on AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud environments. The course covers various topics related to...
$149.99listed price
Best AWS 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 $149.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $130.00. 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 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. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Royal Holloway, University of London & University of London — 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.