Coursera vs LinkedIn Learning
Compare Coursera for Business and LinkedIn Learning for a team on price, catalog, certificates and reporting, and see the live option built for skills people use at work.
Coursera or LinkedIn Learning?
Coursera for Business and LinkedIn Learning are both self-paced course libraries, and they cost about the same for a team. Coursera is the better pick when people want a certificate issued with a university or a company. LinkedIn Learning is the better pick for business, technology and creative skills on video, and it costs about $20 less a seat for teams of 20 or fewer.
Before you buy either one, decide what you want out of it. A library gives everyone access, and it’s easy for people to never open it. Lattice saw under 5% usage on its licenses for Udemy, another course library.
If you want a team that uses AI in its work, live training gets better results. In Lattice’s 3-month pilot of live courses on Maven, 87% of learners reported higher confidence using AI at work, and 68% said they reach for AI more often day to day.
Choose Coursera when
- People want a certificate issued with a university or a company.
- You need a published price for a team of more than 20 people.
- You want reports on skills learned, proficiency and time to mastery.
Choose LinkedIn Learning when
- People want to pick up business, technology and creative skills on video.
- Your team is 20 people or fewer, where it costs about $20 less a seat.
- Managers want to assign courses and see team activity and engagement.
What happened at Lattice
Lattice’s Udemy licenses went mostly unused, so its L&D team ran a 3-month pilot of live courses on Maven. 47 employees took 28 courses.
“People learn best when they get information… they can try out in real time, and not have to watch videos.”
Mollie West DuffyHead of L&D, LatticeCoursera vs LinkedIn Learning for teams
| Maven for Business | Coursera for Business | LinkedIn Learning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price for a teamWhat one seat costs for a year. | Maven for BusinessPriced for your teamThe price depends on your team size and the courses you pick. Subscriptions start at 30 seats, with a 3-month pilot you can cancel with no penalty. | Coursera for Business$399 per user a yearThe Team plan covers 2 to 499 users, billed annually, with a 14-day refund. Enterprise covers 500+ users and is priced on request. | LinkedIn Learning$379 per seat a yearLinkedIn Learning for Teams covers 20 seats or fewer, with a one-month free trial. Larger teams ask for a quote. |
| What people getThe catalog each seat opens up. | Maven for BusinessA live course for each roleEach person picks from a catalog curated for your company, out of 500+ live courses. Instructors update the material every cohort. | Coursera for BusinessA catalog of 9,000+ coursesCourses, short clips and Guided Projects from universities and companies, plus 165+ Professional Certificates. | LinkedIn Learning18,000+ video coursesCourses on business, technology and creative skills that people watch when they have time. |
| How people learnWhat a week of learning looks like. | Maven for BusinessLive cohorts, starting within 30 daysPractitioners teach weekly sessions with deadlines, and most courses include a hands-on project. There’s a cohort to show up for. | Coursera for BusinessOn their own scheduleYou can assign a learning path, and each person works through it on their own time. | LinkedIn LearningOn their own scheduleManagers can assign courses, and each person watches them on their own time. |
| What a manager seesThe reporting that comes with a team plan. | Maven for BusinessAttendance, projects and reviewsFor each person, with a skills assessment before and after every pilot. | Coursera for BusinessSkills and proficiencyAnalytics on skills learned, proficiency and time to mastery. | LinkedIn LearningActivity and engagementAn insights dashboard with team activity, engagement and popular courses. |
| CredentialsWhat people have to show at the end. | Maven for BusinessA certificate of completionEveryone who finishes a Maven course gets one. If a university or vendor credential is the goal, pick Coursera. | Coursera for BusinessProfessional Certificates165+ Professional Certificates and recognized credentials from universities and companies. This is where Coursera is the better choice. | LinkedIn LearningA certificate of completionIt shows the course was finished, and people can add it to their LinkedIn profile. |
Coursera and LinkedIn Learning prices and features are from each company’s public pages, as of November 2026.
Coursera and LinkedIn Learning pricing: quick answers
How much does Coursera for Business cost?
$399 per user a year on the Team plan.
As of November 2026, Coursera for Business pricing is $399 per user a year on the Team plan, billed annually, with a 14-day refund. The Team plan is also sold as Coursera for Teams and covers 2 to 499 users. Enterprise is for 500+ users and is priced on request.
How much does LinkedIn Learning cost for a team?
$379 per seat a year for 20 seats or fewer.
As of November 2026, LinkedIn Learning for Teams costs $379 per seat a year for 20 seats or fewer, with a one-month free trial. Larger teams ask LinkedIn for a quote. Individuals get LinkedIn Learning through a LinkedIn Premium subscription.
Which is cheaper for a team, Coursera or LinkedIn Learning?
LinkedIn Learning, by about $20 a seat, for teams of 20 or fewer.
For 20 people, Coursera’s Team plan costs $7,980 a year and LinkedIn Learning for Teams costs about $7,600. Above 20 seats, Coursera publishes its price for up to 499 users, and LinkedIn Learning asks you to request a quote.
What are the alternatives to Coursera and LinkedIn Learning?
Other course libraries, practice platforms and live cohorts.
Udemy Business is a course library like Coursera and LinkedIn Learning, and it has been part of the same company as Coursera since May 2026. DataCamp and Pluralsight are practice platforms for technical teams. Maven for Business is the live option. With a subscription, each person picks a live course for their role from a catalog curated for your company, and it starts with a 3-month pilot.
What changed at Lattice and Notion
Notion ran a private Maven cohort for its global sales team, and within the first week the team was sharing workflow and architecture diagrams on customer calls.
87%
of Lattice’s learners reported higher confidence using AI at work.
Read the Lattice story68%
of Lattice’s learners said they reach for AI more often day to day.
Read the Lattice story81%
of participants on Notion’s sales team said they could apply what they learned to customer conversations.
Read the Notion story
“I came to the course with an intermediate understanding of how agentic AI works, and I’ve walked out feeling like a true expert. I could build anything now.”
Solutions Engineer, LatticeAfter Hands-on Agentic AI for Leaders 
“We needed to quickly increase the technical aptitude of our customer facing teams. By partnering with Maven, we shifted from talking about workflows to actually building them for CTOs & CPOs.”
Sam WenerGTM Enablement Leader, Notion 
Why teams choose Maven over a course library
People show up
Weekly live sessions, deadlines and a cohort give people a reason to come back.
Updated every cohort
Instructors update the material each cohort. A recording changes only when it’s redone.
Questions get answered live
People bring problems from their own work and ask the instructor during the session.
A few hours a week
Courses take 3 to 5 hours a week for 2 to 4 weeks, and most include a project.
What you’ll be able to show leadership In beta
When leadership asks what the budget bought, you’ll have the answer for every person and every team.
See usage, attendance, projects and reviews on a live dashboard, down to each person.
Every pilot includes a skills assessment before and after, so you can show how AI fluency grew on each team.
A certificate of completion for everyone who finishes a course.
Coursera reports skills learned, proficiency and time to mastery, and LinkedIn Learning reports activity and engagement. Maven shows attendance at live sessions, projects and reviews for each person.
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