Top 17 Free Product Management Courses & Certificates
Free courses for product managers interested in boosting their skills:
Pendo, Product Management Basics Certification
Pendo, AI for Product Management
Pendo, Product Analytics Certification
Pendo, Product-led Certification
Pendo, Digital Adoption Course (Internal PM)
ProductLed, Product-led Fundamentals
Google, Generative AI Learning Path
LinkedIn, Becoming a Product Manager Course
Become a Tech-Literate Product Manager Course
Udacity, A/B Testing
Udacity, App Monetization
Udacity, Product Design
Udacity, Rapid Prototyping
Great Learning, Introduction to Design Thinking
Google, Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Personalization & Targeting Course
A/B Testing & Optimization
IMPORTANT: Some points contain unique 100% discount codes for The Product Compass community, which you won’t find elsewhere. I’m not affiliated.
🎁 I also created a set of PM courses I couldn’t find elsewhere. Premium subscribers can access those courses and get certified for free. Each subscription has a 30-day money-back guarantee:
Continuous Product Discovery Masterclass
From Strategy to Objectives Masterclass
1. Pendo, Product Management Basics Certification
A crash course in product management. It's designed for anyone interested or already working in this field. The course covers the essentials: understanding the product manager role, tackling common challenges, and exploring each Product Management Life Cycle phase.
Price: Free
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
URL: https://www.pendo.io/product-management-basics-certification/
2. Pendo, AI for Product Management
Geared towards current and aspiring product managers, focusing on the integration and application of AI in product management. It covers how AI transforms product strategy and development, emphasizing building AI-powered features and understanding AI's role in a product-led organization.
Price: Free
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
URL: https://www.productledcertified.com/ai-for-product-management
3. Pendo, Product Analytics Certification
Foundations of product analytics strategy, use cases for leveraging analytics, and how to foster a data-driven product organization.
It costs $149, but we got a new 100% discount code only for our community: learnwithpawel
Price: Free (use our code)
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
4. Pendo, Product-led Certification
It's the best product-led course on the market, designed for product managers and business leaders, focusing on product-led strategies.
It costs $149, but we have a new 100% discount code only for our community: learnwithpawel
Price: Free (use our code)
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
5. Pendo, Digital Adoption Course (Internal PM)
The course covers “Internal Product Management.” I'm not sure why it's titled “Digital Adoption Course.”
In case it was paid, use our discount code: pawel
Price: Free (use our code)
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
URL: https://www.productledcertified.com/digital-adoption-certification-course
6. ProductLed, Product-led Fundamentals
Product-Led Fundamentals is the free training that breaks down which businesses should (or shouldn’t) go product-led, why it’s critical to think about this now, and how to create a strong foundation for successfully building a product-led model.
Price: Free
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
7. Google, Generative AI learning path
This learning path provides an overview of generative AI concepts, from the fundamentals of large language models to responsible AI principles.
Price: Free
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
8. LinkedIn, Becoming a Product Manager Course
I'm not a fan of LinkedIn Learning. But this one is brilliant and covers many important topics. They even got the MVP definition right.
You can complete it with a free 30-day trial.
Price: Free (use trial)
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/paths/become-a-product-manager-2
9. Become a Tech-Literate Product Manager Course
Top 6 free tech courses to help you land a new job (or keep the existing one). I created this list as a former software developer and updated it after receiving feedback from the community.
Price: Free
Certificate: No
10. Udacity, A/B Testing
This course will teach you how to design and analyze business experiments using A/B testing methods. It covers the fundamentals of A/B testing, including selecting variables and test duration, and dives into both randomized and matched-pair design tests.
Price: Free
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
11. Udacity, App Monetization
This course will teach you effective development, implementation, and measurement of app monetization strategies. It includes lessons on developing a monetization plan, understanding different strategies, and optimizing revenue models with insights from industry experts like Nir Eyal.
Price: Free
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
12. Udacity, Product Design
Product Design blends theory and practice to teach you product validation, UI/UX practices, Google's Design Sprint, and the process for setting and tracking actionable metrics.
Price: Free
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
13. Udacity, Rapid Prototyping
The course will teach you how to create prototypes to save time and money in app development. It covers creating low to medium-fidelity prototypes and conducting user research using tools like InVision for interactive prototyping.
Price: Free
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
14. Great Learning, Introduction to Design Thinking
This free online course will help you understand the essence of design thinking and innovation, showing you the Stanford design thinking process.
Price: Free
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
15. Google, Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Designed by Google, is an entry-level course aimed at teaching data analytics. It includes 8 courses covering data cleaning, analysis, visualization, and using tools such as SQL and R programming.
Price: Free trial (remember to cancel within 7 days)
Certificate: Yes 🎖️
16. Personalization & Targeting Course
This course teaches you to develop and scale programs for personalized experiences. It explains why product personalization is crucial and tips for getting started.
Price: Free
Certificate: No
URL: https://www.dynamicyield.com/course/personalization-and-targeting/
17. A/B Testing & Optimization
15 lessons on A/B testing and optimization – from basic concepts, common pitfalls, and proven methods through evaluating and scaling your results.
Price: Free
Certificate: No
URL: https://www.dynamicyield.com/course/testing-and-optimization/
18. Continuous Product Discovery Masterclass
If you are serious about your career, I recommend my Continuous Product Discovery Masterclass. Product Discovery is, by far, the most important area for a Product Manager.
It’s a self-paced video course. You will:
Combine top product discovery techniques: Opportunity Solution Tree, Opportunity Score, and Strategyzer cards (©Paweł Huryn).
Access dedicated tools to easily implement Continuous Product Discovery in your organization.
Get a digital, verifiable credential you can easily demonstrate after passing the exam.
🎁 My premium subscribers can access it for free.
19. From Strategy to Objectives Masterclass
As a product leader, you need to answer:
What are you trying to achieve and why?
Where are you going to play?
How are you going to win?
And turn those choices into actions. The best companies lead with strategic context, empower their teams, and trust them to find the way forward.
From Strategy to Objectives Masterclass, launched in Sep 2024, is a self-paced video course.
You will:
Learn how to craft a strong product vision and strategy.
Access #1 Product Strategy Canvas (Google) and a dedicated Notion template.
Protect your strategy against competitive threats.
Lead your empowered product teams with strategic context.
Apply Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) in practice.
Get a digital, verifiable credential you can easily demonstrate after passing the exam.
🎁 My premium subscribers can access it for free.
