7 Best Kali Linux Courses for Beginners
We compared 7 Kali Linux courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $24.99 to $199.99. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 7
- Price range
- $24.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 31 Aug 2026
How these 7 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "kali linux" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $24.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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An Introduction to Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux
Offered by Packt
This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through th...
$49.00listed price -
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The Complete Ethical Hacking Bootcamp: Beginner To Advanced
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
$49.00listed price -
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Ethical Hacking 2021: Beginners to Advanced level
Ethical Hacking: Beginners to Advanced level.Latest Kali Linux 2020: Hack into systems like a black hat hacker using the best hacking tools.This course is going to highly practical.What we cover in this course:Physical H...
$24.99listed price -
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Learn Ethical Hacking: Beginner to Advanced
If you would like to master ethical hacking and get a job in the field of cyber security, you are going to LOVE this course! Learn ethical hacking, penetration testing, Kali Linux and Python hacking with over 28 hours of...
$199.99listed price -
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Complete Python 3 Ethical Hacking: Beginner To Advanced!
Have you always wanted to learn Python 3 Ethical Hacking but you just don't know where to start?Or maybe you have started but you just don't know how.Then the “Complete Python 3 Ethical Hacking: Beginner To Advanced!” is...
$199.99listed price -
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Reverse Engineering: Ghidra For Beginners
If you have never used Ghidra before and want to learn how get started with using Ghidra to reverse engineer and analyse programs, then this is the course for you. Ghidra is the strong competitor to IDA Pro and is used b...
$39.99listed price -
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The Beginners Guide to Practical Cyber Hacking Skills
Bootcamp-style learning for real-world cyber readinessYou don’t need a degree to break into cybersecurity, you need real skills. This course cuts through the noise and gives you hands-on training with the tools professio...
$199.99listed price
Best Kali Linux Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Introduction to Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | The Complete Ethical Hacking Bootcamp: Beginner To Advanced | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Ethical Hacking 2021: Beginners to Advanced level | Udemy | — | $24.99 | View → |
| 4 | Learn Ethical Hacking: Beginner to Advanced | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
| 5 | Complete Python 3 Ethical Hacking: Beginner To Advanced! | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
| 6 | Reverse Engineering: Ghidra For Beginners | Udemy | — | $39.99 | View → |
| 7 | The Beginners Guide to Practical Cyber Hacking Skills | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 7 priced courses on this page run from $24.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $175.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion.
Before you enrol
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