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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907 courses, sorted by top ranked

#271edX· Course
Machine Learning and AI with Python
Harvard University
4.2 (54) out of 5 from 54 ratings176.2K learners24 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#272edX· Course
Google AI for Anyone
Google
4.5 (111) out of 5 from 111 ratings92.5K learners16 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#273Coursera· Path or specialization
Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals AI-900 Exam Prep
Microsoft
4.5 (1.7K) out of 5 from 1,678 ratings53.9K learners16 hours
BeginnerAI engineering
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#274Coursera· Course
Modern Robotics, Course 2: Robot Kinematics
Northwestern University
4.9 (304) out of 5 from 304 ratings26.3K learners20 hours
IntermediateAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#275Coursera· Course
Production Machine Learning Systems
Google Cloud
4.6 (1K) out of 5 from 1,036 ratings44K learners20 hours
AdvancedMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#276Coursera· Course
Text Retrieval and Search Engines
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
4.5 (968) out of 5 from 968 ratings63.7K learners12 hours
All levelsAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#277Coursera· Course
Advanced Deployment Scenarios with TensorFlow
DeepLearning.AI
4.8 (512) out of 5 from 512 ratings27.3K learners10 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#278Coursera· 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 ↗
#279Coursera· 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 ↗
#280Coursera· 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 ↗
#281Udemy· 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 ↗
#282Udemy· 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 ↗
#283Coursera· Professional certificate
Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Machine Learning Engineer
Google Cloud
4.4 (5K) out of 5 from 4,983 ratings89K learners34 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#284Udemy· 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 ↗
#285Coursera· Course
Introduction to Computer Vision and Image Processing
IBM
4.3 (1.4K) out of 5 from 1,440 ratings109.9K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#286Coursera· Course
Build Better Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)
DeepLearning.AI
4.7 (685) out of 5 from 685 ratings34.2K learners30 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#287Coursera· 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 ↗
#288Udemy· 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 ↗
#289edX· Course
SQL for Data Science
IBM
4.3 (88) out of 5 from 88 ratings134.7K learners16 hours
BeginnerData science
Free to auditView course ↗
#290Coursera· Course
Natural Language Processing with Attention Models
DeepLearning.AI
4.4 (1.1K) out of 5 from 1,102 ratings90.8K learners30 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#291Coursera· 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 ↗
#292Udemy· 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 ↗
#293Coursera· 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 ↗
#294Coursera· 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 ↗
#295Coursera· Course
Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning
IBM
4.6 (308) out of 5 from 308 ratings50.1K learners30 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#296edX· Course
Data Science: Wrangling
Harvard University
4.4 (38) out of 5 from 38 ratings113K learners32 hours
BeginnerData science
Free to auditView course ↗
#297Coursera· Course
Generative Deep Learning with TensorFlow
DeepLearning.AI
4.8 (317) out of 5 from 317 ratings24.7K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#298Coursera· 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 ↗
#299Coursera· Course
Custom and Distributed Training with TensorFlow
DeepLearning.AI
4.8 (439) out of 5 from 439 ratings25.5K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#300Udemy· Course
Modern Artificial Intelligence Masterclass: Build 6 Projects
Prof. Ryan Ahmed, PhD, MBA, SuperDataScience Team, Ligency
4.5 (3.1K) out of 5 from 3,141 ratings16 hours
IntermediateAI basics
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.