Alison Free Online Courses Scraper

Extract course listings from alison.com at scale, in a clean, consistent structure ready for market analysis, catalogue aggregation, price monitoring and competitor research. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🎯 Built for learners worldwide

A dedicated global e-learning course scraper, not a global tool with a country dropdown. Categories, price formats and currency (USD) are tuned for alison.com.

🏫 Provider details

Training provider name and profile link for every course, ready for provider-level analysis.

🗓️ Format and schedule

Delivery format, duration and start dates in structured fields, so you can filter online from in-person and fixed-date from flexible-start.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
category	string	(empty)	Filter by category slug. Valid slugs: business, it, engineering, personal-development, health, marketing, management. Leave empty for all courses.
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum courses to return. Set to 0 for all.

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Output schema

Every field below is present on every record. Fields the source does not publish for a given course are returned as null rather than omitted.

Field	Type	Description
courseId	string	Unique course ID from the source.
name	string	Name.
url	string	Direct link to the course page.
slug	string	Slug.
type	string	Course type as published (e.g. course, master, certification).
level	string	Course level (e.g. beginner, advanced) where published.
provider	string	Training provider or institution name.
providerSlug	string	Provider slug.
category	string	Course category on the source.
duration	string	Course duration as published (null if not stated).
enrolled	number	Enrolled.
loved	number	Loved.
liked	number	Liked.
disliked	number	Disliked.
headline	string	Headline.
outcomes	array	Outcomes.
tags	array	Tags.
languages	array	Languages.
imageUrl	string	Image url.
createdAt	string	Created at.
updatedAt	string	Updated at.
scrapedAt	string	Timestamp when this record was scraped.
sourceCountry	string	Source country code of the marketplace.

Example record

{
  "courseId": "1202",
  "name": "Introduction to Advertising",
  "url": "https://alison.com/course/introduction-to-advertising",
  "slug": "introduction-to-advertising",
  "type": "Certificate",
  "level": "Intermediate",
  "provider": "Professional Academy",
  "providerSlug": "saylor-academy",
  "category": "business",
  "duration": "1.5-3",
  "enrolled": 22685,
  "loved": 62,
  "liked": 33,
  "disliked": 4,
  "headline": "Learn how to get your company recognized in no time, with this free online Introduction to Advertising course.",
  "outcomes": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": 291,
      "slug": "digital-marketing",
      "name": "Digital Marketing",
      "description": "Take Alison's free online digital marketing courses and learn how to effectively promote your business, reach a wider au …"
    },
    {
      "id": 394,
      "slug": "marketing",
      "name": "Marketing",
      "description": "Alison's range of free online Marketing courses, from social media marketing and marketing management courses to public …"
    },
    {
      "id": 397,
      "slug": "sales",
      "name": "Sales",
      "description": "With Alison's free online Sales courses, discover the persuasion skills and selling strategies needed when making sales …"
    },
    {
      "id": 592,
      "slug": "advertising",
      "name": "Advertising",
      "description": "These free online advertising courses have everything you need to learn about the most fundamental way of expanding your …"
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    "en",
    "es"
  ],
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/1202/alison_courseware_intro_1202.jpg",
  "createdAt": "2017-06-23 13:57:20",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-03 18:51:13",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-03T20:59:14.581Z",
  "sourceCountry": "int"
}

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Examples

Search for data analytics courses:

{
  "maxResults": 100
}

Browse a category:

{
  "maxResults": 100,
  "category": "business"
}

Larger run with a hard cap:

{
  "maxResults": 500
}

Weekly catalogue refresh (run on a schedule):

{
  "maxResults": 500
}

Schedule this input to run once a week in the Apify Scheduler to keep an up-to-date copy of the catalogue and catch new courses and price changes.

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💰 Pricing

$0.99 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved courses. Failed retries are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.10
1,000	~$0.99
10,000	~$9.9
100,000	~$99

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

Subscription tiers lower the rate further, down to $0.59 per 1,000 at the highest tier. Use the Max results cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	Typical time
100 results	under 1 minute
1,000 results	2–4 minutes
10,000 results	20–35 minutes

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Known limitations

• Price, duration and start dates are only returned when the provider publishes them — expect null on a share of records.
• Review data varies per course; new or niche courses often have no ratings yet.
• Very large result sets are bounded by the source's own paging limits.
• Providers can withdraw courses at any time, so a small share of URLs may expire shortly after scraping.

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Technical details

• Source: alison.com — courses for learners worldwide
• Coverage: everything the public catalogue exposes, filterable via the input parameters above
• Retry: automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff

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