15 Best Mainframe Courses Online
We compared 15 Mainframe courses currently listed on Udemy, edX and Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $357.30. 14 of them teach the subject directly and 1 are built around a certification exam. 4 come from a named university or institution, including Cambridge University, MIT and IBM. 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
- $9.99 – $357.30
- Providers
- Udemy, edX, Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Udemy, edX, Coursera, matched to "mainframe" 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 $357.30, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Mainframe Mastery with DevOps
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, organizations must adapt to evolving technologies while leveraging their existing mainframe investments. This comprehensive online course, "Mainframe Mastery with DevOps," is desi...
$149.99listed price -
2
IBM z/OS Mainframe Practitioner
Offered by IBM
The IBM z/OS Mainframe Practitioner course offers a thorough introduction to the z/OS environment, helping you understand critical mainframe concepts and applications. You'll explore the architecture of mainframes, learn...
$357.30listed price -
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Learn Complete Mainframe JCL - Basics to Advanced Topics
First I would like to thank you! on landing on to this Course and Congratulations for opting this course.Here I'm going to explain the IBM Mainframe classes in a very simple way with a practical oriented Sessions. I have...
$24.99listed price -
4
Mainframe IBM en tu PC
¿Sabías que a diario usamos los Mainframes pero no somos conscientes de ellos? Sin ellos, el mundo actual sería muy diferente. Los Mainframes son una categoría de ordenadores desconocida para muchos,...
$39.99listed price -
5
Mainframe - do TSO ao ZOWE
A proposta deste curso é mostrar as principais atividades dentro do ambiente mainframe como TSO, JCL, COBOL, REXX, SORT, SQL, ZOWE...Cada seção será alimentada com dicas e técnicas sobre como , quando e o que fazer em de...
$34.99listed price -
6
JCL Mastery: The Complete Mainframe Job Control Test Q&S
Unlock the Power of the Mainframe with JCL Mastery.In the world of enterprise computing, the Mainframe remains the backbone of global banking, healthcare, and retail. To work on these powerful systems, you must speak the...
$29.99listed price -
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![Mainframe: Virtual Storage Access Method [VSAM]](https://i.udemycdn.com/course/480x270/4003032_a28f_3.jpg)
Mainframe: Virtual Storage Access Method [VSAM]
This course consist of: What is VSAM?Cluster DefinitionDifferences between VSAM and NON-VSAM datasetsDifferences between KSDS, ESDS, RRDS and LDS What is Control Interval (CI) and Control Area (CA)How to create KSDS, ESD...
$19.99listed price -
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Blue Prism Professional Developer (ADP01) Certification
Blue Prism Certified Professional Developer (APD01)The certified Professional Developer (APD01) exam represents the highest level of certification for a Blue Prism developer. The exam is aimed at already certified develo...
$64.99listed price -
9
Offloading Financial Mainframe Data into BigQuery and Elastic Search
Offered by Google Cloud
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this hands-on lab, you will import synthetic data* representing financial records offloaded from a bank’s mainframe.
$9.99listed price -
10
Ultimate Neural Nets and Deep Learning Masterclass in Python
Offered by Cambridge University
USED BY SOFTWARE STUDENTS AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY - WORLD CLASS DEEP LEARNING COURSE - UPDATED CONTENT January 2018 Master practical deep learning and neural network concepts and fundamentals My course does exactly what...
$189.99listed price -
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Learn to Code Penguin Maze Game with Scratch 3
Offered by MIT
Di kelas online ini, kita akan belajar tentang code, coding, mulai dari menyusun blok kode seperti bermain lego berwarna-warni. Sangat mudah dan menyenangkan seperti sambil bermain. Cocok untuk pemula yang belum punya da...
$19.99listed price -
12
AI Workflow: Business Priorities and Data Ingestion
Offered by IBM
This is the first course of a six part specialization. You are STRONGLY encouraged to complete these courses in order as they are not individual independent courses, but part of a workflow where each course builds on th...
$99.00listed price -
13
Introduction to Programming with MATLAB
Offered by Vanderbilt University
This course teaches computer programming to those with little to no previous experience. It uses the programming system and language called MATLAB to do so because it is easy to learn, versatile and very useful for engin...
$49.00listed price -
14
Model Context Protocol for Leaders: Generative AI Agents
Offered by Vanderbilt University
Your AI can write the perfect email, but can it actually send it? It can analyze your calendar, but can it schedule the meeting? The gap between AI's intelligence and its ability to take action has been the biggest barri...
$49.00listed price -
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AI Agents in Java with Generative AI
Offered by Vanderbilt University
AI Agents Are the Next Leap in Software. Learn to Build Them in Java. AI agents aren’t passive tools. They think, act, and solve problems—without waiting for instructions. That’s the future of software. And in this cours...
$49.00listed price
Best Mainframe Courses Online 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 $9.99 to $357.30, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $347.31. 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 Udemy, edX 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. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Cambridge University, MIT and IBM — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Courses versus exam preparation
1 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Mainframe 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.