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15 Best Prompt Engineering Courses for Beginners

We compared 15 Prompt Engineering courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $19.99 to $49.99. 2 come from a named university or institution, including Institute of Product Leadership (IPL) and Duke University. 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 – $49.99
Providers
Coursera, Udemy, edX
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "prompt engineering" 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 $49.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT: Beginner to Advanced

    Offered by LearnKartS

    The difference between an average AI response and an exceptional one isn’t the chatbot; it’s the prompt. In this Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT course, you will learn how to write clear and strategic prompts to produce m...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Prompt Engineering Masterclass - From 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. You’l...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    ChatGPT for Beginners in Hindi with Prompt Engineering

    चैटजीपीटी कोर्स बेगिनर्स के लिएक्या आप जानते हैं कि आप ChatGPT क्या है और इसका उपयोग क्यों करना चाहिए? क्या आप तैयार हैं इस उपकरण की माहिती और उपयोग सीखने के लिए? अगर हां, तो यह कोर्स आपके लिए है!कौन कौन से छात्र इस कोर्...

    $49.99
    listed price
  4. 4
    Udemy Bootcamp Grade B Lowest price here

    Prompt Engineering Bootcamp: From Beginner to Expert

    This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.Demand for AI fluency — the ability to effectively use and work with AI tools — has grown nearly sevenfold in U.S. job postings in just two years.Whether you’re usi...

    $19.99
    listed price
  5. 5
    edX MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    AI Prompt Engineering Fundamentals

    Offered by Institute of Product Leadership (IPL)

    ChatGPT Beginner Course in LLM Engineering. Master the Prompting Techniques to Build and Direct Powerful Agentic AI

    $40.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    edX MOOC / Non-credit

    Introduction to Prompt Engineering

    Offered by IBM

    Learn to craft effective generative AI prompts that produce the results you’re looking for quickly.

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Generative AI

    Offered by Duke University

    This introductory course is designed for beginners with no prior knowledge of generative AI. You will start by gaining a high-level understanding of what generative AI is and how it works. Through interactive lessons and...

    $49.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Salesforce Agentforce: Introduction to Agentforce Platform

    Offered by Edureka

    This course explores how Salesforce Einstein AI and Agentforce enable intelligent, enterprise-ready AI experiences within the Salesforce platform. It focuses on how AI can move beyond traditional automation and reporting...

    $49.00
    listed price
  9. 9
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    2026 AI And ChatGPT At Work: Productive AI Use For Beginners

    Offered by Alex Genadinik

    This course is designed for people who are completely new to artificial intelligence and want to learn how to start using it in their daily work. You will learn in plain language how AI works, how to interact with it eff...

    $49.00
    listed price
  10. 10
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Introduction to UGC & Short-Form Video Production with AI

    Offered by SkillsBooster Academy

    By the end of this course, you'll be able to plan, prompt, generate, and deliver professional AI-powered UGC and short-form video content — from a single polished clip to a full 7-day client campaign. You'll set up a com...

    $49.00
    listed price
  11. 11
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Generative AI Fundamentals

    Offered by IBM

    Generative AI is revolutionizing our lives. This specialization provides a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts, models, tools, and applications of generative AI to enable you to leverage the potential...

    $49.00
    listed price
  12. 12
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    AI Fundamentals

    Offered by Google

    Ready to move beyond the buzz and see real results with AI? This course covers the fundamentals of working with AI, like understanding its strengths and limitations so you can leverage it effectively at work. You’ll lear...

    $49.00
    listed price
  13. 13
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Introduction to Generative AI for Developers With Copilot

    Offered by Microsoft

    This course introduces developers to generative AI technologies, focusing on their practical applications in software development. You will explore the core concepts of generative AI and understand the basic functionalit...

    $49.00
    listed price
  14. 14
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Generative AI Fundamentals for Beginners

    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...

    $49.00
    listed price
  15. 15
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Cursor AI for Beginners

    Offered by Edureka

    Your development workflow can improve. In this hands-on course, you'll learn Cursor—an AI-powered IDE that helps developers write code more efficiently. Whether you want to reduce repetitive coding tasks or explore how A...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best Prompt Engineering 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 $49.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. 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, Udemy 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. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Institute of Product Leadership (IPL) and Duke University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

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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.

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