Codecademy Reviews 1,463

I bought a subscription about a year ago. When I bought it, they didn't inform me that it would be automatically charged. They didn't even remind me about it afterwards, and today my subscription automatically renewed. No refund. Thanks Codecademy! Never again!

So I subscribed to Codecademy student pricing subscription last year. An hour ago it charged my credit card the full price and I could only talk to AI chat support. There's an email in Codecademy receipt that just billed me, so I emailed that email address but when I press send...that email address is unreachable, Here are some snippets:

Your message to [the email] couldn't be delivered. contact wasn't found at codecademy.com.

More Info for Email Admins Status code: 550 5.4.1

This error occurred because a message was sent to an email address hosted by Office 365, but the address doesn't exist in the receiving organization's Office 365 directory. Directory Based Edge Blocking (DBEB) is enabled for codecademy.com, and DBEB rejects messages addressed to recipients who don't exist in the receiving organization's Office 365 directory.

It's a shame that this happened, there's Codecademy advertisements everywhere for student discounts...

The content is well structured, and the lessons are easy to follow

According to Codecademy.com, I'm about 15% of the way through my python course. However I find the site very frustrating. They teach as though I have a photographic memory. I do practice sessions to try and master what I've learned but the practice sessions are either far too easy, or too hard. The most frustrating thing for me is the sort of lazy way in which the assignments are explained. They give minimal instructions. The upside is that I can use an interactive AI chatbot to get help. Unfortunately, that chatbot is not available during practice sessions.

The course structure is good but the content is some of the worst written that I have ever come across in learning to code. The structure and thinking of the lessons and scenarios is truly abysmal. I've found that a lot of my time has been just trying to understand the simple thing that they are very badly explaining. I wouldn't reccomend doing their courses.

The courses are outdated and the coding interface is completely trash.

I’ve had a great experience using Codecademy. The lessons are clear, interactive, and well-structured, which makes it much easier to stay focused and actually retain what I learn. I especially appreciate the instant feedback when coding — it helps me learn through doing, not just reading or watching.

The platform covers a wide range of topics, from beginner basics to more advanced concepts, and it’s constantly updated with current tools and languages. The projects and quizzes are also really helpful for applying what I’ve learned.

Overall, Codecademy offers incredible value, especially for the price. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to upskill, I highly recommend it!

Bought Pro over a year ago on their 50% offer, which was a great deal and I do believe the product is good.
I used it for a few months and then fell out of the loop with the practice, in the past several months I have been getting repeated and incessant emails advertising "sign up to get 50% off pro" to the same email address I'd previously purchased the offer at - I incorrectly assumed this meant I had at some point cancelled my sub to avoid the recurring full price bill, and these emails were encouragement to sign up again at the sale price.

Wrong. I got a recurring bill for the full price on my credit card, AND still am getting the advertising emails for 50, and now today 60% off. During this process I did not get a single reminder email regarding my subscription which is standard practice on annual billing with others I've used like MasterClass.

I tried replying to their emails asking why I was getting the advertising emails while being charged full price in the background, and got nothing.

Highly unethical company.

How do I get you guys off my YouTube ads? Very tired of it now.

they MASSIVELY over-promise the value you can get out of their courses, that aren't up to date. the "professional" certifications are a glorified version of their free plan, holding your hand tightly like a kindergarten toddler, whilst at the same time leaving out FUNDAMENTAL explanations. i regret wasting my time with this, FREE courses on Youtube do a better job at teaching you than this.

The data science course was far from good
It is a trap specially now when you can learn with AI

Love this. It is very good, and teaches how to code in a simple way. And, you can learn how to code in a certain amount of time, which is very quick. A brilliant website, don't mind if you have to pay, cause you can already get a free course. I'm learning JavaScript and use it every day so I can code for later life and it makes it so much easier. Thank you for whoever made this. You are great. Love it, 5 Stars.

Computer science student at university here.

I was looking for some additional resources to learn more about data science/machine learning and other fields in comp science, as well as some real-life style code projects to do. I heard of codeacademy many, maannyy times in the past, so I bought a free trial and decided to try it.

I did not have pleasant experience to be fair - the code practice sections are basically hand-holding fest with making you type code exactly as they tell you. For me this is not a good learning method as I feel like I am learning nothing.

Codeacademy offers portfolio project which don’t have hand-holding but there’s very few of them.

I am not sure, probably this style of teaching is good for other people but I’d rather to move to textbooks and other learning resources and cannot recommend Codeacademy.

I am a university graduate and was looking for a new career path and came across this. On the phone they convinced me that this was possible to do alongside full time work and a masters which is not possible. The starting steps are unclear and for the first month I was actually doing the wrong course which therefore led to added stress regarding meeting deadlines etc. I have had multiple emails with them back and fourth explaining my situation and told them that look this is just not for me and it’s not feasible for me to do this course alongside the Masters and work (like they told me).I understand the refund policy I have just asked them for a little bit of help regarding at least a partial refund as I haven’t even touch any of the materials needed to pass the course. I didn’t want to come to giving this review but this seems like this could be the only way to get through to them. They are not having any of it and now I have paid £1400 for something I don’t have the time for nor even have the passion to do as I realised that this course just isn’t for me. Also, if you pay monthly you can cancel the subscription anytime, but when u pay in full this completely irradiates the chance of a refund? Seems ludicrous.

Really unhappy with the service as a whole (both customer service and the learning tools provided).

I’ve had an extremely disappointing experience with Codecademy over a billing issue that remains unresolved.

In 2023, I was charged for two separate subscriptions under two different email addresses. I only used one of the accounts. The other was created after what seemed like a failed signup—there was no confirmation on the website, and I assumed the process hadn’t gone through. As a result, I ended up unknowingly paying for two subscriptions for over a year.

In April 2024, I contacted Codecademy support and clearly referenced two unexpected charges—one of which related to the unused account. I asked for clarification and a refund, but received no reply.

When I followed up in 2025, they acknowledged the second account and attempted to issue a refund, but said it was no longer possible due to system limitations. Instead, they offered account credit, which I declined. Despite this, they applied credit anyway rather than issuing a refund.

To recap:
• I was charged for a subscription I never used.
• I disputed the charge while a refund was still possible.
• Codecademy failed to respond at the time.
• They later admitted the double billing but refused to refund me.
• I was offered credit after explicitly declining it.

I’ve now submitted a chargeback and filed complaints with Swiss and EU consumer protection agencies.

I’m sharing this experience to warn others. Check your billing history carefully. If anything goes wrong, support may be unresponsive, and even when they acknowledge a mistake, they may not refund you.

They want a yearly billing period which means you're paying £200. No thanks. Monthly sub please.

they lure you in with a well laid out tutorials and lessons but as you go to the more complex stuff you soon see how poorly they have laid out the content and your forced to find external material to complete the lessons as they failed to explain how to do certain things. look if im paying $400 AUD i expect to have all the material there ready to go, if i wanted to go find everything i would have just done the free option and learned through yt which is miles better

Nice learning experience, and very good customer service. Thank you again for your help Alex! My problems with payment were resolved within a few days over e-mail.

They are good at helping you learn coding, but their prices are becoming ridiculous and they have ads, why do I pay if I am going to see ads the entire time?

Stay away from this site they scammed me and others