AI Certifications & Training
Free training from the companies building these models, free university-grade courses, and the paid certifications that actually show up on real job postings — with real demand data from our own 4,690 open AI/ML job postings, not a generic ranking.
Free, straight from the AI labs
The companies building these models publish their own free training — a fast, credible starting point before paying for anything.
OpenAI Academy
FreeOpenAI · Beginner
Self-paced lessons and live sessions on using ChatGPT and building with OpenAI's models.
Anthropic Academy
FreeAnthropic · Beginner
Courses on prompting, building with Claude, and agentic workflows, from the team that builds Claude.
Google AI Essentials
Free (certificate add-on available)Google · Beginner
Google's own intro course on using generative AI tools productively at work.
15.5% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention generative ai (725 postings)
Microsoft AI Skills Navigator
FreeMicrosoft · Beginner
Role-based free learning paths across Microsoft Learn for AI fundamentals through Azure AI engineering.
7.6% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention azure (355 postings)
AWS Skill Builder — Free Digital Training
Free (paid exam separate)Amazon Web Services · Beginner
AWS's own free courses covering generative AI and machine learning fundamentals on AWS.
17.5% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention aws (823 postings)
NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute — Free Courses
Free (paid certificate courses also offered)NVIDIA · Intermediate
Hands-on free courses on deep learning fundamentals and generative AI, from the GPU maker itself.
13.5% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention deep learning (635 postings)
Free university-grade training
No tuition, taught by the researchers who wrote the textbooks.
Machine Learning Specialization
Free to audit (certificate ~$49/mo)DeepLearning.AI / Stanford (Andrew Ng) via Coursera · Beginner
The canonical intro to ML — taught by Andrew Ng, free to watch and work through without paying for the certificate.
46.2% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention machine learning (2,167 postings)
Practical Deep Learning for Coders
Freefast.ai · Intermediate
A fully free, code-first deep learning course built for people who want to build real models fast.
17.7% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention pytorch (831 postings)
MIT OpenCourseWare — Introduction to Machine Learning
FreeMIT · Advanced
Full MIT course materials, lecture videos, and problem sets, free and open.
46.2% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention machine learning (2,167 postings)
Paid, vendor-recognized certifications
The credentials that actually show up as requirements or nice-to-haves on real job postings — see the real demand data next to each one.
AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01)
$100 exam feeAmazon Web Services · Beginner
AWS's foundational AI credential — replaced AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty, which retires March 31, 2026.
17.5% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention aws (823 postings)
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
$99 exam feeMicrosoft · Beginner
Entry-level Azure AI credential covering ML and AI workload concepts on Azure.
7.6% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention azure (355 postings)
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)
$165 exam feeMicrosoft · Intermediate
Hands-on associate-level credential for building and deploying AI solutions on Azure.
7.6% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention azure (355 postings)
Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer
$200 exam feeGoogle Cloud · Advanced
Google Cloud's flagship ML credential — designing, building, and productionizing ML models on GCP.
7.4% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention gcp (346 postings)
IBM AI Engineering Professional Certificate
~$49–59/mo (self-paced, ~4 months typical)IBM via Coursera · Intermediate
13-course series covering deep learning, PyTorch/TensorFlow, NLP, computer vision, and LLM/RAG application deployment.
11% of AI/ML job postings in our pool mention tensorflow (517 postings)
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