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Best Productivity ResourcesBy Shushant LakhyaniVerified creator

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Alison

Thousands of free online courses in work, tech and personal skills.

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What is Alison?

Alison offers more than 5,000 free online certificate and diploma courses across IT, business, health, languages and personal development. Learning is free and supported by ads, while official digital or printed certificates and an ad-free experience are paid extras.

Pros

  • Huge free course catalogue
  • Self-paced learning
  • Mobile app with offline lessons

Cons

  • Certificates cost money
  • Ads during free courses

Who should use Alison

Learners who want free, self-paced courses to build job skills.

Who may not need it

People who need university-accredited qualifications.

Alison alternatives

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Class Central

Focus: mooc, course directory and directory. Shares online courses and free courses with Alison. A website, not a course. Free (Alison: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Alison: 4.3).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Vibe Coding CN

Focus: vibe coding, ai coding and pair programming. Shares skills with Alison. Free (Alison: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Alison: 4.3).

CourseFreeWeb
4.7Visit

edX

Focus: universities, moocs and education. Shares online courses with Alison. Rated 4.6 (Alison: 4.3).

CourseFree planWeb, iOS
4.6Visit

Khan Academy

Focus: maths, science and education. Shares online courses with Alison. A website, not a course. Free (Alison: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Alison: 4.3).

WebsiteFreeWeb, iOS
4.8Visit

MIT OpenCourseWare

Focus: university, lectures and open education. Shares online courses with Alison. A website, not a course. Free (Alison: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Alison: 4.3).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.8Visit

Scientific Agent Skills

Focus: ai agents, scientific research and open source. Shares skills with Alison. An AI tool, not a course. Free (Alison: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Alison: 4.3).

AI ToolFreeWeb
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to Alison

Free resources that cover similar ground.

Open Culture

Focus: audiobooks, ebooks and education. Shares free courses with Alison. A website, not a course. Free (Alison: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Alison: 4.3).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.6Visit

UI Skills

Focus: ui design, design engineering and frontend craft. Shares skills with Alison. A website, not a course. Free (Alison: Freemium). Rated 4.5 (Alison: 4.3).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Awesome Journal Skills

Focus: academic writing, journals and claude code. Shares skills with Alison. An AI tool, not a course. Free (Alison: Freemium). Same 4.3 rating.

AI ToolFreeCross-Platform
4.3Visit

Oh My Fable

Focus: claude code, prompting and fable. Shares skills with Alison. An AI tool, not a course. Free (Alison: Freemium). Same 4.3 rating.

AI ToolFreeCross-Platform
4.3Visit
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