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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1,132 courses, sorted by top ranked

#391Coursera· Course
GenAI and LLMs on AWS
Duke University
4.6 (29) out of 5 from 29 ratings6.3K learners20 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#392Udemy· Course
ChatGPT For Beginners: Smart Tips For ChatGPT Prompts
Peter Alkema, TeraVerse Instructor
4.2 (669) out of 5 from 669 ratings11 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#393edX· Course
Introducción a la Inteligencia Artificial de Watson
IBM
6.9K learners32 hours
BeginnerAI basicsSpanish
Free to auditView course ↗
#394Coursera· Path or specialization
AI in Law: Research, Risk, and Legal Drafting
4.3 (108) out of 5 from 108 ratings6.9K learners16 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#395Alura· Course
Curso Python: Inteligência Artificial Aplicada
4.7 out of 56.8K learners12 hours
All levelsAI basicsPortuguese
SubscriptionView course ↗
#396edX· Course
AI for Teachers
University of British Columbia
4.5 (25) out of 5 from 25 ratings6.1K learners12 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Free to auditView course ↗
#397Coursera· Path or specialization
AI for Finance
AI Business School
4.0 (71) out of 5 from 71 ratings9.2K learners32 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#398DataCamp· Path or specialization
Supervised Machine Learning
5.0 (3) out of 5 from 3 ratings6.5K learners25 hours
All levelsMachine learning
Free to startView course ↗
#399Coursera· Path or specialization
Leadership Strategies for AI and Generative AI
Fractal Analytics
4.6 (246) out of 5 from 246 ratings2.9K learners16 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#400Coursera· Course
Open Source LLMOps Solutions
Duke University
4.8 (33) out of 5 from 33 ratings5.2K learners16 hours
BeginnerAI engineering
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#401edX· Course
Impact, Ethics, and Issues with Generative AI
IBM
4.7 (24) out of 5 from 24 ratings5.6K learners12 hours
BeginnerEthics and safety
Free to auditView course ↗
#402Coursera· Course
Ethical Issues in Data Science
University of Colorado Boulder
4.8 (53) out of 5 from 53 ratings4.5K learners20 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#403edX· Course
Ciencia de Datos Aplicada al Marketing
Universidades Anáhuac
3.9 (10) out of 5 from 10 ratings7K learners20 hours
BeginnerAI for businessSpanish
Free to auditView course ↗
#404Coursera· Course
SQL for Data Science (and Version Control with GitHub)
3.8 (24) out of 5 from 24 ratings8.2K learners12 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#405edX· Course
Introduction to Robotic Programming
RWTH Aachen University
4.8 (12) out of 5 from 12 ratings5.7K learners32 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#406Coursera· Course
AI Materials
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)
4.7 (52) out of 5 from 52 ratings4.4K learners20 hours
BeginnerAI basics
FreeView course ↗
#407Coursera· Path or specialization
AI Automation Engineer with n8n
LearnKartS
4.5 (19) out of 5 from 19 ratings5.8K learners16 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#408Stepik· Course
Практический Machine Learning
Stepik author
5.0 (68) out of 5 from 68 ratings3.2K learners31 hours
BeginnerMachine learningRussian
₽3,900View course ↗
#409Coursera· Course
Foundational Mathematics for AI
Johns Hopkins University
4.9 (12) out of 5 from 12 ratings5.2K learners20 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#410edX· Course
Foundations of Generative AI
The Georgia Institute of Technology
4.5 (22) out of 5 from 22 ratings5.5K learners12 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#411Coursera· Course
Inteligencia Artificial Aplicada al Derecho
Universidad de Palermo
4.6 (50) out of 5 from 50 ratings4.7K learners10 hours
BeginnerAI basicsSpanish
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#412Udemy· Course
OWASP Top 10 LLM 2025: AI Security Essentials
Andrii Piatakha
4.5 (257) out of 5 from 257 ratings12 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#413Udemy· Course
AI-Powered E-Commerce App with .NET 9, Angular 20 & RAG
Rahul Sahay
4.7 (190) out of 5 from 190 ratings11 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#414Coursera· Path or specialization
AI For Business Productivity - 2026
Alex Genadinik
4.5 (75) out of 5 from 75 ratings4.8K learners32 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#415Coursera· Course
Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
4.2 (25) out of 5 from 25 ratings5.8K learners20 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#416Coursera· Course
Excel for Business with AI: Essentials
Macquarie University
4.9 (13) out of 5 from 13 ratings4.8K learners12 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#417Coursera· Path or specialization
AI for HR
AI Business School
4.7 (46) out of 5 from 46 ratings4.1K learners32 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#418Coursera· Path or specialization
Tidyverse Skills for Data Science in R
Johns Hopkins University
4.5 (111) out of 5 from 111 ratings4K learners34 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#419edX· Course
Models and Platforms for Generative AI
IBM
4.7 (15) out of 5 from 15 ratings4.9K learners12 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#420Udemy· Course
ChatGPT 101: Learn ChatGPT Prompts & ChatGPT Smart Tips
Peter Alkema, TeraVerse Instructor
4.0 (1.1K) out of 5 from 1,066 ratings18 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
PaidView 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.