Skills intelligence · RankedCoursera
Coursera is an online learning platform that offers structured courses, course certificates, and degrees and certificates from universities · coursera.org ↗
Why models recommend it
“For university and company-backed certificates that employers recognize, Coursera is the top pick.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Comparative question · first choice
“For career skills/certifications: Start with Coursera or LinkedIn Learning.”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · first choice
“Coursera and edX carry the most weight for resumes”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“If you need recognized industry credentials or university-backed learning: Look at Coursera for Business.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Unexpected subscription charges after free trials conclude without clear notification”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Be cautious with payment plans—use free audits first.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Coursera, over the 38 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 | View → | |
| 33 | 1 | View → | |
| 26 | 1 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 2 | View → | |
| 10 | 3 | View → | |
| 9 | 2 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Coursera →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 34 of the 38 answers that named Coursera and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Eighty-six of the eighty-six domain citations in answers naming Coursera came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossary or explainer | 22,842 | 0 | 2025-08-11 | ||
| Blog | 6,648 | 0 | 2025-12-19 | ||
| Comparison | 378 | 0 | 2026-01-12 | ||
| Report or ebook | 335 | 1 | 2026-08-12 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 145 | undated | |||
| Case study | 68 | 0 | 2026-03-11 | ||
| Conference or event | 36 | 0 | 2025-01-21 | ||
| Template or tool | 13 | 0 | 2025-07-19 | ||
| Podcast or video | 10 | 0 | 2025-03-17 |
Most recent
- 2026-08-12Jupyter notebook report or ebook
- 2026-03-11Customer relationship management case study case study
- 2026-01-12Agile vs scrum video comparison
- 2025-12-19Ai learning roadmap blog
- 2025-12-19Data analysis interview prep guide blog
- 2025-12-19Data science learning roadmap blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page coursera.org exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.