How are these AI courses ranked?

By what learners rate each course, weighted by how many people rated it, and by how many people took it. A 5.0 from 3 people does not outrank a 4.8 from 50,000. Courses with no ratings rank by reach.

Which AI course should a complete beginner start with?

Pick the Beginner level, then a topic like AI basics or Use AI at work. The top of that list is beginner courses with high ratings from many learners, and many are free to start.

Are there free AI courses?

Yes. Use the Price filter: Free courses cost nothing, and Free to start courses let you audit or try the first part before you pay for a certificate.

Where does the course data come from?

From each platform's own catalogue pages and public course lists: titles, levels, ratings, learner counts, length and price as the platform shows them. Prices can change; the platform's page has the current price.

Can a platform pay to rank higher?

No. The order comes only from ratings and reach. Some links may earn us a commission. Commissions play no part in the order.

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#301Coursera· Course
Becoming a Sports Agent
Case Western Reserve University
4.7 (158) out of 5 from 158 ratings19.5K learners30 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#302Udemy· Course
Hands On Natural Language Processing (NLP) using Python
Next Edge Coding
4.4 (2K) out of 5 from 1,978 ratings11 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#303Coursera· Course
Modern Robotics, Course 4: Robot Motion Planning and Control
Northwestern University
4.8 (142) out of 5 from 142 ratings16.6K learners12 hours
IntermediateAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#304edX· Course
Deep Learning with Python and PyTorch.
IBM
3.8 (16) out of 5 from 16 ratings54.7K learners24 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#305Coursera· Course
Computer Vision Fundamentals with Google Cloud
Google Cloud
4.5 (549) out of 5 from 549 ratings19.2K learners10 hours
AdvancedMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#306Udemy· Course
RAG, AI Agents and Generative AI with Python and OpenAI
Diogo Alves de Resende
4.6 (959) out of 5 from 959 ratings38 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#307Coursera· Course
Team Software Engineering with AI
DeepLearning.AI
4.6 (187) out of 5 from 187 ratings20.9K learners10 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#308Coursera· Course
Customising your models with TensorFlow 2
Imperial College London
4.8 (196) out of 5 from 196 ratings14.8K learners30 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#309edX· Course
Data Science Tools
IBM
4.4 (52) out of 5 from 52 ratings36.8K learners28 hours
BeginnerData science
Free to auditView course ↗
#310Udemy· Course
Practical Deep Learning: Master PyTorch in 15 Days
Jannis Seemann
4.7 (696) out of 5 from 696 ratings17 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#311Udemy· Course
Diffusion Mastery: Flux, Stable Diffusion, Midjourney & more
Arnold Oberleiter
4.6 (897) out of 5 from 897 ratings23 hours
All levelsAI for creatives
PaidView course ↗
#312Coursera· Course
Generative AI: Boost Your Cybersecurity Career
IBM
4.6 (163) out of 5 from 163 ratings21.7K learners10 hours
IntermediateEthics and safety
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#313Udemy· Course
Machine Learning and Deep Learning Bootcamp in Python
Holczer Balazs
4.4 (1.7K) out of 5 from 1,723 ratings32 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#314Coursera· Course
Code Free Data Science
University of California San Diego
4.3 (217) out of 5 from 217 ratings38.1K learners10 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#315Coursera· Course
SQL for Data Science with R
IBM
4.4 (195) out of 5 from 195 ratings30.3K learners30 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#316Coursera· Course
Deep Learning with PyTorch
IBM
4.5 (110) out of 5 from 110 ratings26.3K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#317Udemy· Course
LLMs from Scratch: Build, Align & Fine-Tune with PyTorch
Javier Ideami
4.7 (646) out of 5 from 646 ratings19 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#318edX· Course
Hello (Real) World with ROS – Robot Operating System
Delft University of Technology
4.1 (11) out of 5 from 11 ratings39.2K learners28 hours
IntermediateAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#319Coursera· Course
Recommendation Systems on Google Cloud
Google Cloud
4.5 (485) out of 5 from 485 ratings20.7K learners10 hours
AdvancedAI engineering
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#320Coursera· Course
AI and Climate Change
DeepLearning.AI
4.8 (159) out of 5 from 159 ratings13.4K learners20 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#321Udemy· Course
Autonomous Cars: Deep Learning and Computer Vision in Python
Frank Kane, Frank Kane, Prof. Ryan Ahmed, PhD, MBA, Mitchell Bouchard, Sundog Education Team
4.4 (1.6K) out of 5 from 1,552 ratings13 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#322edX· Course
Diseña, fabrica y programa tu propio robot
Universitat Politècnica de València
34.4K learners24 hours
BeginnerAI basicsSpanish
Free to auditView course ↗
#323Coursera· Course
Data Science with R - Capstone Project
IBM
4.6 (116) out of 5 from 116 ratings19.7K learners12 hours
IntermediateData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#324Udemy· Course
Master Computer Vision™ OpenCV4 in Python with Deep Learning
Rajeev D. Ratan
4.2 (3.7K) out of 5 from 3,660 ratings11 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#325Udemy· Course
RAG Agents: Build Apps & GPTs with APIs/MCP, LangChain & n8n
Arnold Oberleiter
4.6 (771) out of 5 from 771 ratings18 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#326Udemy· Course
Machine Learning Practical Workout | 8 Real-World Projects
Prof. Ryan Ahmed, PhD, MBA, SuperDataScience Team, Ligency
4.3 (2.2K) out of 5 from 2,195 ratings14 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#327Coursera· Course
Fundamentos del uso de IA generativa
Universidad de los Andes
4.7 (97) out of 5 from 97 ratings18.5K learners10 hours
BeginnerUse AI at workSpanish
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#328Coursera· Course
Machine Learning with Apache Spark
IBM
4.5 (117) out of 5 from 117 ratings22.6K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
FreeView course ↗
#329edX· Course
Aprendizaje automático (machine learning) y ciencia de datos
Universitat Politècnica de València
4.5 (24) out of 5 from 24 ratings27.9K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learningSpanish
Free to auditView course ↗
#330edX· Course
Google AI for JavaScript developers with TensorFlow.js
Google
4.7 (31) out of 5 from 31 ratings24.2K learners28 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗

How we rank AI courses

How are these AI courses ranked?: By what learners rate each course, weighted by how many people rated it, and by how many people took it. A 5.0 from 3 people does not outrank a 4.8 from 50,000. Courses with no ratings rank by reach.
Which AI course should a complete beginner start with?: Pick the Beginner level, then a topic like AI basics or Use AI at work. The top of that list is beginner courses with high ratings from many learners, and many are free to start.
Are there free AI courses?: Yes. Use the Price filter: Free courses cost nothing, and Free to start courses let you audit or try the first part before you pay for a certificate.
Where does the course data come from?: From each platform's own catalogue pages and public course lists: titles, levels, ratings, learner counts, length and price as the platform shows them. Prices can change; the platform's page has the current price.
Can a platform pay to rank higher?: No. The order comes only from ratings and reach. Some links may earn us a commission. Commissions play no part in the order.