FutureLearn vs Great Learning

FutureLearn is an online learning platform available on the web, iOS, and Android, with mixed course formats and subscription access. Its Limited Access plan costs nothing and provides limited access to short-course materials, delivered weekly; certificates and test steps are excluded. Unlimited Monthly costs $49.99 a month, and Unlimited Annual costs $349.99 a year. Both paid plans include access to 1400+ short courses, immediate access to course content, and digital certificates for eligible courses. The platform offers business plans, and course certificates are available for eligible courses. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in the United Kingdom. Readers choosing between the listed plans can weigh weekly access to short-course materials at no cost against paid subscriptions that make the course content available immediately and include eligible certificates. Access is available through the website or the mobile apps, so the listed platform options cover desktop web and mobile devices.

Great Learning offers professional and higher-education programs in technology, data, and business. Programs are available online, in classrooms, or in blended formats, with mentors and qualified faculty. Academy Pro adds AI assistance, coding practice, guided projects, mock interviews, career support, and certificates. It includes Microsoft and AWS courses with certificates from those providers. Great Learning works with institutions including Johns Hopkins University, MIT Professional Education, UT Austin, Northwestern University, Deakin University, and IIT Bombay. Mobile apps provide offline access to videos and exercises. The Free Courses plan lists 1,000+ courses at free; Academy Pro is ₹999 a month. Other listed programs include a full stack software development certificate for $2,000, paid once and a postgraduate program for business leaders for $4,100, paid once. New Academy Pro+ users receive a seven-calendar-day trial, and course access lasts one year after completion.