AWS Skill Builder vs edX

AWS Skill Builder is a web-based training service for developing AWS Cloud and AI skills, with material for learners from fundamental to advanced levels. Its free resources include 1,000+ learning resources and over 900 self-paced digital courses. Individual subscriptions add AWS Builder Labs, game-based learning, AWS Jam challenges, a no-fee practice sandbox, exam-preparation courses with guided labs, and Official Practice Exams. The annual Individual subscription also includes AWS Digital Classroom courses, which provide self-paced digital training based on classroom courses. Team subscriptions provide administration for assigning and tracking training, plus reports on course enrollment, labs, AWS Cloud Quest, active users, and AWS Jam challenge results. Team learners can use company credentials when their organization has SSO through ADFS, Azure AD, Ping, or Okta. Courses can be browsed, searched, and enrolled in on phones and tablets, though labs and game-based learning are best experienced on a laptop or workstation. Individual subscriptions exclude live classroom training and AWS Certification exams. Team seats are limited to the purchasing company’s employees and contractors.

edX is an online course provider offering courses, certificates, executive education, microcredentials and degrees from edX, member institutions, 2U and other organizations. Learners can audit courses for free, but the audit track limits content, omits graded assignments and certificates, and ends access to materials when the course ends. Verified individual courses start at around $50 and include graded work, a certificate and continued access to lectures, readings and lessons. Multi-course professional certificate programs start at around $500; executive education programs can cost at least $2,500. Courses combine video and text, discussions, and different problems and assessments; many are self-paced, and individual courses generally take two to six weeks. Android and iOS apps support enrollment, most assignments, discussions and offline video downloads, but not timed or proctored exams. Institutional and business offerings include LMS integrations, SSO, grade pass-back, analytics dashboards and administrative tools. edX reports a network of 100 million learners and more than 250 content partners.