15 Best Cloud Computing Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Cloud Computing courses currently listed on Coursera and edX, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including Amazon Web Services & Technical University of Munich (TUM), IBM 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
- $49.00 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera, edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, matched to "cloud computing" 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.
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Introduction to Networking and Cloud Computing
Offered by Microsoft
This course forms part of a series of courses that offers a good starting point for a career in cybersecurity. It will help you gain knowledge and skills related to networking and cloud computing and get you one step clo...
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Introduction to Cloud Computing
Offered by IBM
Jumpstart your cloud expertise and explore offerings of AWS, Google, and IBM; delve into IaaS, PaaS, SaaS models, and cloud security. Experience IBM Cloud app deployment. Perfect for executives, students, and budding pro...
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From Zero to Hero - Digital Product Development From Scratch
Offered by Amazon Web Services & Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Welcome to our Coursera course on contemporary digital product development! Throughout this course, you'll gain invaluable insights into the inner workings of digital product development. Drawing from the extensive exper...
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Information Technology (IT) and Cloud Fundamentals
Offered by IBM
In today’s connected world, core knowledge of IT hardware, software, networking, cybersecurity, and cloud technologies is vital for almost every function, or role within an organization. Adding storage, updating an opera...
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Linux for beginners with Hands-on Labs
Offered by KodeKloud
Why You Should Learn Linux As per Stack overflow’s insights, the most common and the most loved platform happens to be Linux. If you do a quick search online on Linux you’ll see some interesting statistics. All of the fa...
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6
Building Autonomous Agentic AI Systems for Beginners HandsOn
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...
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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...
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Introduction to Microsoft Azure Cloud Services
Offered by Microsoft
Whether you're just beginning to work with the cloud or you already have cloud experience and are new to Microsoft Azure, this course provides you with everything you need to get started. It introduces you to Microsoft A...
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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...
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10
Salesforce Fundamentals
Offered by University of California, Irvine
The Salesforce Fundamentals specialization guides learners through the Salesforce Fundamentals for Business Administration Trailmix and presents what is possible with the Salesforce platform and how it can support your b...
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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification and Beyond
Offered by Packt
This course provides a complete guide to mastering Microsoft Azure fundamentals, designed to help you prepare for the AZ-900 certification exam. It covers essential cloud computing concepts and Azure’s key services, with...
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Essentials with Azure Fundamentals
Offered by Microsoft
In this course you’ll cover the fundamentals of cloud computing, exploring key concepts, Azure services, and management tools. You’ll engage in hands-on projects, applying your knowledge to optimize resources using Azure...
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Linux Troubleshooting Fundamentals
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...
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Cloud Fundamentals
Offered by LearnKartS
Cloud is everywhere. But most beginner resources either overwhelm you with jargon or skip the foundations entirely. This course changes that. Here is what you will cover: • Networking for the Cloud You understand how TCP...
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Kubernetes for the Absolute Beginners with Hands-on Labs
Offered by KodeKloud
Why You Need To Learn Kubernetes? Learning Kubernetes is essential for any DevOps professional. DevOps engineers are always in demand. The average Silicon Valley salary for a DevOps engineer is 20% higher than that of a...
$49.00listed price
Best Cloud Computing 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 $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 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. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Amazon Web Services & Technical University of Munich (TUM), IBM 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.