8 Best Microsoft Excel Courses for Beginners
We compared 8 Microsoft Excel courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $9.99 to $74.99. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including 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
- 8
- Price range
- $9.99 – $74.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "microsoft excel" 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 $74.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Master Microsoft Excel & 365 Apps: Beginner to Advanced
Offered by Packt
This specialization 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 throug...
$49.00listed price -
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Learn Microsoft Excel + AI: Go From Beginner to Expert Fast
Unlock the full power of Microsoft Excel with this beginner-to-expert course taught by Todd McLeod – a best-selling Udemy instructor, a California professor, a Microsoft Certified Educator, and Microsoft Office Specialis...
$74.99listed price -
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Microsoft Excel - Beginner To Expert
Embark on a transformative learning journey with "Microsoft Excel - Beginner To Expert," a meticulously crafted online course by Anjan Banerjee, a distinguished Microsoft Certified Educator and Office Expert boasting dec...
$39.99listed price -
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Introduction to Financial Accounting: The Accounting Cycle
Offered by University of California, Irvine
In this hands-on Specialization you will practice completing each step of the accounting cycle within Microsoft Excel, from analyzing and recording the first financial transactions of the year all the way through startin...
$49.00listed price -
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Excel Basics for Beginners: Workbooks, Formatting, Charts and Core Skills
Offered by Knowledge Accelerators
Unlock the power of Excel—your gateway to smarter data management and analysis. • Microsoft Excel is the world’s most widely used spreadsheet tool, relied on by over 750 million users globally. Whether you're managing bu...
$49.00listed price -
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Complete MS Office Course Masterclass: Beginner to Advanced
This comprehensive course is your one-stop shop for mastering the entire Microsoft Office suite, from beginner to advanced levels. Whether you're a student, professional, or entrepreneur, this course will equip you with...
$24.99listed price -
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Excel for Beginners: Beginner Functions
Offered by Coursera
This 1-hour, project-based course introduces learners to basic spreadsheet functions. We’ll be using Excel on the Web in this project, which is the free spreadsheet program offered by Microsoft. However, all of the conce...
$9.99listed price -
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Learn MS Excel from Scratch
• Learn from an experienced consultant with over 10 Years of MS Excel and MS Access experience • Hands-on practical exercises that you can use in real life and on the job. • Beginner and Intermediate concepts covered •...
$19.99listed price
Best Microsoft Excel Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master Microsoft Excel & 365 Apps: Beginner to Advanced | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Learn Microsoft Excel + AI: Go From Beginner to Expert Fast | Udemy | — | $74.99 | View → |
| 3 | Microsoft Excel - Beginner To Expert | Udemy | — | $39.99 | View → |
| 4 | Introduction to Financial Accounting: The Accounting Cycle | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Excel Basics for Beginners: Workbooks, Formatting, Charts and Core Ski... | Coursera | Knowledge Accelerators | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Complete MS Office Course Masterclass: Beginner to Advanced | Udemy | — | $24.99 | View → |
| 7 | Excel for Beginners: Beginner Functions | Coursera | Coursera | $9.99 | View → |
| 8 | Learn MS Excel from Scratch | Udemy | — | $19.99 | 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 8 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $74.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $65.00. 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 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 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.