12 Best Cloud Storage Courses for Beginners
We compared 12 Cloud Storage courses currently listed on edX, Udemy and Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $209.00. 8 of them teach the subject directly and 4 are built around a certification exam. 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
- 12
- Price range
- $9.99 – $209.00
- Providers
- edX, Udemy, Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 12 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, Udemy, Coursera, matched to "cloud storage" 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 $9.99 to $209.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to AWS Cloud Careers
Offered by Amazon Web Services
The course walks you through the day‑to‑day responsibilities of technical roles that build and operate systems on the AWS cloud, covering the typical challenges they face and the opportunities the platform creates. It ex...
$119.00listed price -
2
Google BigQuery guide for beginners 2021
I designed this class for people that are starting with Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery. I put 5 years of my knowledge into 3 hours of video content where I try to explain all the important co...
$19.99listed price -
3
An Introduction to Google Cloud Platform for Data Engineers
COURSE REVIEWS: "I want to say thank you for all your courses. They are awesome and you are a great teacher. I passed my GCP Data Engineer exam yesterday. Your courses had a big part in that. Thanks again!" --...
$19.99listed price -
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Data Lake Fundamentals: Key Concepts and Best practices
Hello! Welcome to the "Data Lake Fundamentals" course!!Did you know companies generate massive amounts of data every year? Data that, if used correctly, can transform businesses.Traditional data management solutions stru...
$19.99listed price -
5
Introduction to Data Engineering on Google Cloud - Español
Offered by Google Cloud
En este curso, aprenderás sobre la ingeniería de datos en Google Cloud, los roles y las responsabilidades de los ingenieros de datos y cómo estos se corresponden con las ofertas de Google Cloud. También aprenderás sobre...
$49.00listed price -
6
Introduction to Data Analytics in Google Cloud
Offered by Google Cloud
Welcome learner! This is the first of five courses of the Google Cloud Data Analytics Certificate. Jump into the world of data analytics and cloud computing. Explore the data lifecycle in the cloud and gain a better unde...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to APIs in Google
Offered by Google Cloud
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. This lab will teach you about the architecture and basic functioning of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). This will be supplemented with han...
$9.99listed price -
8
Introduction to Designing Data Lakes on AWS
Offered by Amazon Web Services
In this class, we will help you understand how to create and operate a data lake in a secure and scalable way, without previous knowledge of data science!
$209.00listed price -
9
DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals Exam Prep 2026
Step into the world of modern data and cloud technology with a practical, real-world focused learning experience designed to build strong foundational understanding of Azure data concepts.In today’s digital ecosystem, or...
$19.99listed price -
10
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals PACK - AZ-900 + DP-900 + AI-900
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Combo PackExam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure FundamentalsExam DP-900 Microsoft Azure Data FundamentalsExam AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI FundamentalsMicrosoft Azure Fundamentals Pack is a comprehensiv...
$19.99listed price -
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DP-900 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals [NEW 2025]
Master the Microsoft DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals certification with our comprehensive practice exam package. This course delivers 5 complete practice tests, each containing 50 meticulously crafted questions aligned wi...
$19.99listed price -
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DP-900: Azure Data Fundamentals Exam Preparation
DP-900 Exam Practice TestWelcome to the DP-900 Exam preparations course! This course provides you with a comprehensive set of practice questions designed to simulate the format and difficulty level of the actual DP...
$24.99listed price
Best Cloud Storage Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Introduction to AWS Cloud Careers | edX | Amazon Web Services | $119.00 | View → |
| 2 | Google BigQuery guide for beginners 2021 | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 3 | An Introduction to Google Cloud Platform for Data Engineers | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 4 | Data Lake Fundamentals: Key Concepts and Best practices | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 5 | Introduction to Data Engineering on Google Cloud - Español | Coursera | Google Cloud | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Introduction to Data Analytics in Google Cloud | Coursera | Google Cloud | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | Introduction to APIs in Google | Coursera | Google Cloud | $9.99 | View → |
| 8 | Introduction to Designing Data Lakes on AWS | edX | Amazon Web Services | $209.00 | View → |
| 9 | DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals Exam Prep 2026 | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 10 | Microsoft Azure Fundamentals PACK - AZ-900 + DP-900 + AI-900 | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 11 | DP-900 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals [NEW 2025] | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 12 | DP-900: Azure Data Fundamentals Exam Preparation | Udemy | — | $24.99 | View → |
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 12 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $209.00, with the middle of the range around $19.99 — a spread of $199.01. 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 edX, Udemy and Coursera. 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.
Courses versus exam preparation
4 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Cloud Storage from scratch. They are the right choice only if you already know the material and want to pass a specific exam; if you are starting out, pick one of the taught courses first and come back to exam preparation afterwards.
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.