6 Best Nmap Courses for Beginners
We compared 6 Nmap courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $49.00 to $199.99. 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
- 6
- Price range
- $49.00 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "nmap" 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 $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Nmap for Penetration Testing: From Beginner to Advanced
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 -
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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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An Introduction to Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux
Offered by Packt
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 you progress through th...
$49.00listed price -
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The Complete Ethical Hacking Bootcamp: Beginner To Advanced
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 -
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Practical Cybersecurity Fundamentals: Unit 3
Offered by Pearson
This course covers foundational security principles and progresses through the intricacies of passive and active reconnaissance using cutting-edge tools such as Nmap and Shodan. You'll gain hands-on experience in exploit...
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The Beginners Guide to Practical Cyber Hacking Skills
Bootcamp-style learning for real-world cyber readinessYou don’t need a degree to break into cybersecurity, you need real skills. This course cuts through the noise and gives you hands-on training with the tools professio...
$199.99listed price
Best Nmap Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Nmap for Penetration Testing: From Beginner to Advanced | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Introduction to Computer Security | Coursera | Royal Holloway, University of London & University of London | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | An Introduction to Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | The Complete Ethical Hacking Bootcamp: Beginner To Advanced | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Practical Cybersecurity Fundamentals: Unit 3 | Coursera | Pearson | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | The Beginners Guide to Practical Cyber Hacking Skills | Udemy | — | $199.99 | 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 6 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $150.99. 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.