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Add to SafariWhen comparing Platzi vs Khan Academy, the Slant community recommends Khan Academy for most people. In the question“What are the best websites to learn to code?” Khan Academy is ranked 12th while Platzi is ranked 25th. The most important reason people chose Khan Academy is:
Khan Academy is 100% free and does not require you to sign up in order to access the courses.
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Pros
Pro Focuses on skill development
Platzi designs their courses in a way that will teach you tangible skills and encourages you to apply them right from the start.
Pro High course adherence
By focusing on teaching tangible skills, Platzi has a 70% adherence rate to their courses compared to the 20% of other online courses.
Pro Live streaming classes
Pro Courses taught by industry leaders
Platzi has a few courses available taught by well known industry leaders such as Y Combinator President Sam Altman.
Pro Free
Khan Academy is 100% free and does not require you to sign up in order to access the courses.
Pro Motivation through gamification
Users collect badges and points through completing missions, watching videos, adding comments and more.
Pro Q & A Section
There is a Q & A section after every video where you can ask questions there and let other users answer them.
Cons
Con Many courses are only offered in Spanish
Platzi originally launched as Mejorando.la, an educational resource offering all courses in Spanish. They have since rebranded and now offer courses in both English and Spanish, however their English courses are currently still limited.
Con Limited programming courses
The programming courses are not in-depth, giving students only a basic knowledge of programming. The language choices are also limited (HTML, CSS and JavaScript).
