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

#181Coursera· Course
Intelligent Machining
University at Buffalo
4.6 (1.4K) out of 5 from 1,391 ratings34K learners10 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#182Coursera· Course
Artificial Intelligence in Marketing
University of Virginia
4.5 (359) out of 5 from 359 ratings62.4K learners10 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#183Coursera· Course
Artificial Intelligence: Ethics & Societal Challenges
Lund University
4.7 (446) out of 5 from 446 ratings33.4K learners10 hours
BeginnerEthics and safety
FreeView course ↗
#184Udemy· Course
ChatGPT Masterclass - The Ultimate Guide
Nikolai Schuler
4.5 (3.6K) out of 5 from 3,568 ratings13 hours
All levelsUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#185Udemy· Course
Scala and Spark for Big Data and Machine Learning
Jose Portilla, Pierian Training
4.4 (5.6K) out of 5 from 5,642 ratings10 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#186Udemy· Course
Master Generative AI & Generative AI tools (ChatGPT & more)
Saad A
4.3 (9.4K) out of 5 from 9,403 ratings30 hours
All levelsUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#187Coursera· Course
Sustainable Development in the 21st Century with Ban Ki-moon
Yonsei University
4.8 (265) out of 5 from 265 ratings30.8K learners20 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#188Udemy· Course
Artificial Intelligence Masterclass + LLM Prize [2026]
Hadelin de Ponteves, Kirill Eremenko, SuperDataScience Team, Ligency
4.5 (3.5K) out of 5 from 3,463 ratings12 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#189edX· Course
SQL for Data Science
IBM
4.3 (88) out of 5 from 88 ratings134.7K learners16 hours
BeginnerData science
Free to auditView course ↗
#190Coursera· Course
Intro to Snowflake for Devs, Data Scientists, Data Engineers
Snowflake
4.8 (246) out of 5 from 246 ratings36.9K learners10 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#191Udemy· Course
PyTorch for Deep Learning and Computer Vision
Rayan Slim, Jad Slim, Amer Sh, Sarmad Tanveer, Adnan Abdulkader, Sohaib Mahmood
4.6 (2.3K) out of 5 from 2,260 ratings14 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#192Coursera· Path or specialization
Project Operations Coordinator: Asana, Excel, & AI Reporting
4.6 (2.4K) out of 5 from 2,393 ratings34 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#193Coursera· Course
AI Strategy and Governance
University of Pennsylvania
4.7 (475) out of 5 from 475 ratings32.3K learners10 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#194edX· Course
Data Science: Wrangling
Harvard University
4.4 (38) out of 5 from 38 ratings113K learners32 hours
BeginnerData science
Free to auditView course ↗
#195Coursera· Course
Promote the Ethical Use of Data-Driven Technologies
CertNexus
4.7 (307) out of 5 from 307 ratings34.7K learners20 hours
BeginnerEthics and safety
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#196Udemy· Course
GenAI & Prompt Engg for QA, Automation & Performance Testing
Kumar Gupta Isha Training Solutions, Anand Kumar Gupta, Chandra Kumar
4.5 (3.1K) out of 5 from 3,060 ratings22 hours
All levelsUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#197Coursera· Professional certificate
Generative AI for Software Development
DeepLearning.AI
4.6 (854) out of 5 from 854 ratings36.6K learners20 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#198Udemy· Course
Responsible AI/ML Masterclass 2.0 (including Gen AI)
Vasco Patrício
4.5 (3K) out of 5 from 3,026 ratings36 hours
All levelsEthics and safety
PaidView course ↗
#199edX· Course
Data Science: Productivity Tools
Harvard University
4.3 (45) out of 5 from 45 ratings122.3K learners32 hours
BeginnerData science
Free to auditView course ↗
#200Coursera· Course
人工智慧：搜尋方法與邏輯推論 (Artificial Intelligence - Search & Logic)
National Taiwan University
4.8 (327) out of 5 from 327 ratings24.8K learners20 hours
BeginnerAI basicsChinese
FreeView course ↗
#201Udemy· Course
AI Agents-Beginner to Pro-Azure AI Foundry Agent Service
Kshitij Joy (Cloud Alchemy)
4.6 (2K) out of 5 from 1,993 ratings12 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#202edX· Course
Fundamentals of TinyML
Harvard University
4.5 (67) out of 5 from 67 ratings86.3K learners20 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#203Coursera· Path or specialization
AI Foundations for Executive Decision-Making
4.7 (1.4K) out of 5 from 1,436 ratings1.7K learners16 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#204Udemy· Course
Complete Machine Learning with R Studio - ML for 2026
Start-Tech Academy, Abhishek Bansal, Pukhraj Parikh
4.5 (2.9K) out of 5 from 2,875 ratings12 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#205Coursera· Path or specialization
AI-Powered Content Marketing and Strategy
Adobe
4.7 (1.5K) out of 5 from 1,469 ratings6.4K learners16 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#206Coursera· Path or specialization
Generative AI in Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe
4.7 (1.5K) out of 5 from 1,509 ratings2K learners16 hours
BeginnerAI engineering
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#207Udemy· Course
TensorFlow: Machine Learning e Deep Learning com Python
Jones Granatyr, IA Expert Academy
4.6 (1.9K) out of 5 from 1,914 ratings19 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#208edX· Course
Data Science: Linear Regression
Harvard University
4.1 (31) out of 5 from 31 ratings123.5K learners32 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#209Coursera· Course
Innovations in Investment Technology: Artificial Intelligence
University of Michigan
4.7 (428) out of 5 from 428 ratings27.6K learners10 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#210Udemy· Course
Natural Language Processing in Python
Maven Analytics (2,000,000+ Learners), Alice Zhao
4.7 (1.3K) out of 5 from 1,315 ratings13 hours
All levelsMachine learning
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.