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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#61Udemy· Course
AI for Every Employee: Understanding and Using AI
Kurt Anderson
4.5 (4.9K) out of 5 from 4,920 ratings1.5 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#62AWS Skill Builder· Hands-on lab
AWS SimuLearn: Explore the Amazon Bedrock Playgrounds
Amazon Web Services
4.7 (2.2K) out of 5 from 2,164 ratings1 hour
BeginnerAI engineering
FreeView course ↗
#63Udemy· Course
AI Fundamentals for the Workplace: A Beginner’s Guide to AI
Diane Flynn
4.5 (4.8K) out of 5 from 4,777 ratings30 min
BeginnerUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#64AWS Skill Builder· Course
Machine Learning Essentials for Business and Technical Decision Makers
Amazon Web Services
4.6 (3K) out of 5 from 3,047 ratings1.5 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
FreeView course ↗
#65AWS Skill Builder· Hands-on lab
AWS SimuLearn: Build and Understand Code with Amazon Q
Amazon Web Services
4.7 (2K) out of 5 from 1,969 ratings1 hour
BeginnerAI engineering
FreeView course ↗
#66Coursera· Course
Finetuning Large Language Models
Sharon Zhou
4.6 (629) out of 5 from 629 ratings47.2K learners1 hour
IntermediateLLMs and agents
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#67Great Learning· Course
ChatGPT for Marketing
Great Learning Academy
4.6 (2.9K) out of 5 from 2,872 ratings48.5K learners1 hour
BeginnerAI for business
FreeView course ↗
#68DataCamp· Course
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Concepts
4.8 (1.4K) out of 5 from 1,365 ratings8.8K learners1 hour
BeginnerAI basics
Free to startView course ↗
#69AWS Skill Builder· Course
AWS ML Engineer Associate Curriculum Overview
Amazon Web Services
4.6 (2.7K) out of 5 from 2,706 ratings1 hour
AdvancedAI engineering
FreeView course ↗
#70Udemy· Course
ChatGPT & Generative AI: Prompt Engineering for Business
Davis Jones, Eazl.ai Courseware
4.4 (6.6K) out of 5 from 6,562 ratings1 hour
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#71DataCamp· Course
Cleaning Data with Generative AI
4.7 (1.8K) out of 5 from 1,801 ratings15K learners1 hour
BeginnerAI basics
Free to startView course ↗
#72AWS Skill Builder· Course
AWS AI Business Strategist - Core AI Concepts and Terminology
Amazon Web Services
4.7 (1.8K) out of 5 from 1,793 ratings1 hour
BeginnerAI engineering
FreeView course ↗
#73Coursera· Course
AI Agents in LangGraph
Harrison Chase
4.7 (336) out of 5 from 336 ratings39.3K learners1 hour
IntermediateLLMs and agents
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#74Great Learning· Course
Artificial Intelligence Projects
Great Learning Academy
4.5 (1.6K) out of 5 from 1,615 ratings56.2K learners1.5 hours
BeginnerAI basics
FreeView course ↗
#75Coursera· Course
Essentials of Prompt Engineering
Amazon Web Services
4.6 (1.1K) out of 5 from 1,082 ratings37.4K learners1 hour
All levelsLLMs and agents
FreeView course ↗
#76Google Skills· Course
Build a Certification Study Guide: ACE Exam Prep
Google Cloud
4.3 (7K) out of 5 from 7,043 ratings1 hour
IntermediateAI basics
FreeView course ↗
#77Udemy· Course
An Introduction to Machine Learning for Data Engineers
Mike West
4.4 (5.5K) out of 5 from 5,476 ratings1 hour
BeginnerMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#78Pluralsight· Course
Understanding Machine Learning
David Chappell
4.6 (2.3K) out of 5 from 2,290 ratings30 min
BeginnerMachine learning
SubscriptionView course ↗
#79AWS Skill Builder· Professional certificate
Domain 1 Review: AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01 - English)
Amazon Web Services
4.5 (3.4K) out of 5 from 3,433 ratings1.5 hours
BeginnerAI engineering
FreeView course ↗
#80Coursera· Course
Multi AI Agent Systems with crewAI
Joe Moura
4.8 (346) out of 5 from 346 ratings32.8K learners1 hour
BeginnerLLMs and agents
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#81Udemy· Course
GitHub Copilot Masterclass: The best AI Pair Programmer
Sameer Saini
4.5 (3.4K) out of 5 from 3,389 ratings1.5 hours
All levelsCode with AI
PaidView course ↗
#82DataCamp· Course
Understanding the EU AI Act
4.7 (1.5K) out of 5 from 1,534 ratings10.1K learners1 hour
BeginnerEthics and safety
Free to startView course ↗
#83AWS Skill Builder· Course
Planning a Machine Learning Project
Amazon Web Services
4.6 (2.2K) out of 5 from 2,161 ratings30 min
BeginnerMachine learning
FreeView course ↗
#84Great Learning· Course
Applications of AI
Great Learning Academy
4.5 (2.7K) out of 5 from 2,747 ratings53.2K learners1 hour
IntermediateAI basics
FreeView course ↗
#85Google Skills· Course
Gen AI: Unlock Foundational Concepts
Google Cloud
4.4 (5.1K) out of 5 from 5,059 ratings1 hour
BeginnerAI basics
FreeView course ↗
#86Udemy· Course
AI Agents: The Future of Work for Leaders and Managers
Learnsector LLP
4.5 (3.2K) out of 5 from 3,181 ratings1.5 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#87Great Learning· Course
Probability for Data Science
Great Learning Academy
4.5 (2.1K) out of 5 from 2,136 ratings55.2K learners1.5 hours
BeginnerData science
FreeView course ↗
#88Great Learning· Course
Machine Learning Algorithms
Great Learning Academy
4.5 (3.2K) out of 5 from 3,204 ratings32.7K learners1.5 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
FreeView course ↗
#89AWS Skill Builder· Professional certificate
Official Pretest: AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01 - English)
Amazon Web Services
4.7 (1.5K) out of 5 from 1,458 ratings1.5 hours
BeginnerAI engineering
Subscription, US$29/moView course ↗
#90Udemy· Course
Prompt Engineering for Business - ChatGPT Copilot LLM AI
Salil Dhawan
4.4 (4.7K) out of 5 from 4,694 ratings1 hour
All levelsLLMs and agents
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.