# Dataquest Reviews **Vendor:** Dataquest Labs, Inc. **Category:** [Online Course Providers](https://www.g2.com/categories/online-course-providers) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 87 ## About Dataquest Upskill your team with hands-on data and AI courses. Dataquest is here to help your team acheive their goals 10x faster. Our learning platform is all about getting hands-on with data and AI through exercises and projects, not long video lectures. It's designed for teams to learn effectively and apply new skills in the real world. Why Dataquest? Direct Learning Paths: We cut out the fluff. Your team learns skills that directly contribute to their goals. Learn from the Best: Our courses are created with experts and leading organizations to make sure you're learning from the top minds. Hands-On from Day One: Your team will dive into real data, tackling interactive lessons and exercises that stick. Build and Show Off: Projects help build confidence and let your team apply what they've learned. Plus, they get certifications to show for their hard work. AI-Assisted Learning: Meet Chandra, our AI learning assistant. Whether it's live code explanations, extra practice, or a different way to understand a problem, Chandra is there to help your team get unstuck and master concepts more easily. What You Get with Dataquest: Full Course Access: All our courses, assessments, and projects are at your fingertips. Easy License Management: Need to switch up who's learning? No problem. License changes are easy and free. Track Progress: See how your team is doing with our dashboards and reporting tools. Personalized Support: Any questions or need help getting started? Your dedicated account manager is there for you. Our courses: - Introductory courses: Explore new concepts and technologies with free introductory lesons. - Career paths: Dataquest career paths will teach everything your team needs to become experts in approximately nine months. They’ll build a portfolio as they learn, and they'll earn a path certification by completing a capstone project. - Skill paths: They’ll quickly add in-demand skills to their resume and gain confidence by completing real-world exercises and projects. Get Started with Dataquest Try us out and see the difference Dataquest can make in upskilling your team in data and AI. It's practical, effective, and tailored for busy teams ready to grow their skills Start a trial! ## Dataquest Reviews ### 1. Great website to learn Data Science **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yuze Z. | Kaggle Competitions Expert, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2018 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Learn by writing code, working with data, and building projects in browser at my own pace. Great community where I can get help from. Excellent Blog. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** I do not have any dislike point for it currently. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** N/A **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Dataquest helped me get started with Kaggle competition. ### 2. Good way to learn data science **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aniruddha B. | Module Lead, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 08, 2016 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** * Best resource for getting started. * Good technical and customer support. * Active slack channel to connect with other users and ask questions. * Covers all aspects of Data science using Python using Numpy, Pandas and Plotting libraries. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** * Explanations for some of the topics is too brief. * Statistics and Linear Algebra topics need more information. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** This is by far one of the best data science resource for the beginners and to continue learning. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** * Learning data science concepts and intend to solve machine learning problems. * Got better with Python language usage overall. **Official Response from Josh Devlin:** > Hey Aniruddha, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review - you might be interested to know we are re-writing our stats content to bring it up to the standard of the rest of our missions - it should launch in a few weeks time! Josh ### 3. Pretty good experience overall **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Commercial Real Estate | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Breadth of topics, some interesting challenges to solve. Definitely a nice in-browser approach to expanding my skill set. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** I've noticed in the ML & stats focused missions a fairly significant decrease in overall quality and depth to which each topic is explored. There have been several instances where the explanation either hasn't been clear for what is needed to complete an exercise, or was not provided at all. I feel this is definitely an area where there is room for improvement. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Really helped me become comfortable working with python (particularly pandas) and sql in unison to complete tasks I can automate at work. Mostly text based transformations, but also some analytical / math work. ### 4. Easy, Fun, Comprehensive **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Desiree C. | Associate Software Engineer, Computer Software, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** The lessons are organized in the perfect way for me—a track broken down into classes broken down into modules. It's easy to complete many in one sitting, or just work on one or two if you only have a few moments. I've taken a lot of online programming/data science courses and I feel like this one stands out because it presents information at the right level. Additionally, the quality of the writing and teaching in the lessons is very good. The content creators seem to be trying to put themselves in the shoes of a novice, and to break things down for somebody without prior knowledge. This also distinguishes the course from others! The progress reports I get in email are very nice and encouraging. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Can't think of anything here, sorry (not sorry)! **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** I recommend Dataquest to everyone I meet who is interested in developing their skills as a data analyst/scientist. Just try it, you'll love it. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** My job has recently changed from data analyst to software engineer with a long-term goal of becoming a data engineer so that I can support data scientists. I have already been using python, pandas, matplotlib, etc., so some of the content is review, but it helps me understand more of the fundamentals of the technology I take for granted. So in terms of benefits, I am more confident when I have to open up python and work on something, or when I field questions from other analysts at my company. ### 5. I was able to pivot my career through Dataquest **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kyle S. | Product Manager, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** I've used multiple platforms of learning for to understand data science, such as online courses through Udemy and Dataquest. I quickly discovered I preferred Dataquest because of two main things. What I liked best was the embedded console to type in code while I was learning. I also liked the roadmaps (Data Scientist, Data Analyst) because it so effectively gave an overview of data science which enables me to begin learning without being overwhelmed. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** I think something this platform could improve upon is keep users engaged throughout the process. I've struggled to keep using Dataquest as time went on... perhaps there could be a way that Dataquest could help the user set goals to complete modules, and also give the user an idea of how long it will take to complete the curriculum given the rate at which they are completing courses. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** I recommend to all my peers to try it, there are many courses that are offered for free. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** So the main benefit that I got from this program was being able to pivot my career. I quickly learned Python and SQL through Dataquest and that gave me the confidence to apply for a job in the tech field and I successfully landed the job! ### 6. Key enabling technology for practicing and learning Data Science **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew S. | Data Science, Education Management, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** The modules and structure of practice and also having access to answers if you get stuck is a great approach for learning. You can't do everything, but you can do something. Dataquest is a great approach for doing something - enabling me to take action to learn and practice. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** In everything there are benefits and limitations, one limitation with Dataquest is I felt like I had a difficult time making the transition from the Dataquest platform and completing some of the processes and steps on my own in Jupyter Notebook, but that same limitation was a benefit to me as a brand new beginner because it made it very accessible and easy to begin. This is a transition friction point that might be helpful to address **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** Fantastic starting point for someone interested in beginning to learn the enabling technologies for data science, highly recommend as part of someone's journey. You can't do everything, but you can do something. Dataquest empowers you to begin and take steps. Don't waste time getting distracted by what platform is best, pick one and practice. Dataquest is an excellent choice, now start practicing! **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm using data science to dig deeper into data structure, statistics, and visualizations for a variety of types of data. ### 7. Providing me with the tools to attain my career goals **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Andrew G. | Business Intelligence Analyst, Telecommunications, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** It provides the perfect balance between self-learning and guided learning. Forcing me to write my own code, and asking me to do it repetitively helps me to actually grasp the material. Too many websites/tutorials out there ask you to alter a line of code and expect you to learn how to program that way. For me, that's not at all useful. I just completed all lessons on the Data Scientist path that are available to Basic subscribers, and the statistics refresher was very helpful. It was great to see how easily the Pandas and SciPy libraries could make statistical analysis. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** There were some missions where the actual involvement of the subscriber was minimal. I learn by doing and solving problems on my own, so writing one line of code did not help hammer home the concept. On some guided projects I was asked recall concepts and bits of code that I completed a while back. It wasn't always easy for me to remember how to solve those problems, so perhaps links to the pages on which you first learn those concepts would be helpful. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** It is the best resource for learning Python that I have found thus far, and I've done some looking! It's also helped me to practice the actual application of the skills it teaches rather than simply teaching syntax. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have not implemented any of my learning in my current position, but hope that my exposure to the analytical methods covered in their curriculum can help me to advance in my career. ### 8. Great way to learn python, data science, and machine learning **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zac Yung-Chun L. | Data Scientist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** I get to deal with real-world datasets and apply the things I just learn in each course into small practice projects. By going through this process in each course, I gradually build up a good portfolio for my data science projects, which I believe is the best way to present my skills to potential employers. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** There are not really anything I dislike at the moment as I am still taking these courses on Dataquest. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** Recommend for scientists/ PhD students who plan to transfer to data science **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am a research scientist in geophysics and I am trying to transfer to the field of data science. I currently don't have business problems to solve, rather I have some scientific problems I hope to employ machine learning applications. I realize that the trainings I receive by taking courses on Dataquest help me to decide which algorithm to use for my scientific problems. ### 9. Excellent Teaching Methodology **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Enrique B. | Accounts Officer / Developer, Financial Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** The methodology they have chosen to implement is hands on and guides you through the relevant technologies and processes to get started with Data Science. On top of that, they have a slack community that is very active and the Dataquest team members respond to queries quite quickly. If you are a member, you also get access to guided projects which you can save to your GitHub account to build a portfolio. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** The only thing that I would say I dislike is how the statistics material is presented, but that is being replaced with new content. New content is constantly being rolled out and they are regularly updating what is there based on user feedback. When reading this, remember it was written on 25/01/2017 and the new statistics content is due to be deployed in a week or so. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** If you wish to learn the methodologies of Data Science, give Dataquest a try on their free content. It is hands on and guiding you towards completing projects on your own. If you join, the community is very helpful and the Dataquest team members tend to reply quite promptly. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have started running exploratory analytics for my employer and managed to find metrics that can be used to differentiate clients at risk of terminating their contracts vs those that will be successful. I am now going to be doing further analysis to build a model to help determine when clients may need intervention and to measure how effective our current interventions are. ### 10. Provides excellent overview & working familarity with the toolkit of a data analyst & data scientist **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Owen T. | Product Consultant, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 21, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** The Dataquest curriculum covers the basic toolkit of a data analyst and a data scientist. I believe it give you a foundation that you can go build upon with your own projects. The Dataquest learning platform is very well organized and implemented. The exercises have a good balance between basics practice and expanded challenges. I haven't encountered any bugs in the exercises. (You know those bugs that make you doubt all your learning and lose trust in the instruction -- haven't seen one.) Previously, I have picked up skills with Codecademy, Google's Python video course, live classes in Python, and Coursera classes, and I think Dataquest puts many essential topics together nicely and provides a smooth but steep onramp to real data science workflows. The lessons are very well written. Dataquest is a great solution for the tricky problem of online instruction in data science. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Sidebars are sometimes cut off on 11" MacBookPro screen. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** It puts together in one place many skills I have learned across other platforms. Good for defragmenting your knowledge and giving you a sense of what you still need to learn. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Good for getting reps with workflow of data science. The platform is well-suited for getting deliberate practice with data analysis skills. I picked up skills that I am using to make better decisions and solve business problems. ### 11. Hands-on learning has never been this fun. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eric S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** This is a great site for beginners who want to become Data Analyst, Data Scientist or Data Engineers. You can select one of those three learning paths or pick and choose a variety of subjects such as Python or Linear Algebra. I have used other online platforms like Udacity and Lynda however I gained the most from Dataquest for several reason: *It's hands-on console allows you to code throughout each exercise *Each exercise is centered around a real world theme along with guided projects *Lessons and content are easy to follow *You get e-mail of weekly progress reports for motivation **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** I would like to see more emphasis placed on SQL and even a short course on MS Excel for those that need it. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using Dataquest to help me transition into a career as a full-time Data Analyst. ### 12. Thoroughly pleasant and invloved **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bertrand K. | Devops Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Encourages a fail fast environment. Easy to trial and error Decent notes in source material. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Really bad code will break the page. And make the laptop run pretty hot. Diifficult to review older material. Need a better search function. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** The exposition is good, the code examples are nice, the puzzles make everything stick together. I would recommend this to any 1st year grad student looking to do data heavy work for their post grad studies. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have a degree in Math and Economics. I do devops for a genetics company and I wanted the data analysis skillset to help me be a better engineer for my customers. I'm looking to get back into data analysis to help me solve entry level big data problems, so I can leverage that to experiment with building big data pipelines down the road. ### 13. A great program **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex H. | Special Investigations Analytics Consultant, Insurance, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Dataquest is a great program that expanded my python usage and knowledge within the realm of data science. It also helped introduce different data science concepts in a way that was helpful for learning but also that I could take and then apply beyond just simple lesson plans to my own projects. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Some pieces seem to increase in complexity and difficulty rapidly without the ramp up that other modules may have specifically some of the machine learning concepts. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** How much time you have to dedicate, and make sure your users will be spending dedicated time at a desktop. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am working on projects making use of OCR and NLP. With what I've learned I'm able to support other data scientist and also speed up development times. ### 14. Dataquest review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ivan I. | Freelancer Data Science, Computer Hardware, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** I love how basic the information is explained. I was a beginner never touched programming. The site gets constant updates. Now it is way better that before when it started. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** The slow response time of the community to beginner questions. Some information at first was very difficult to comprehend. As I've said I've never touched programming before and learning the basics was hard. My most difficult course to understand was the panda's courses. I've had to go to other websites to get a better feeling about the subject. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** I would always recommend it. I've got a great experience with the website **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Now I'm still working on my portfolio in kaggle. But with their information provided, I'm sure I will be able to land on the best working space. **Official Response from Josh Devlin:** > Hey Ivan - thanks for taking the time to leave a review, we really appreacite your kind words! I just wanted to reply on your mention of the response times in the community, by which i I think you're talking about our Q&A forums. The nature of the forums is that they're always going to be slower paced in terms of answers. You might like to look at our Slack community if you want faster responses - we have lots of users there at all hours of day discussing data science generally as well as what they're working on, it's a great place for instant help! We also have members of the Dataquest team monitoring to help out as well. If you do get stuck though, please reach out to Customer Support - we're really committed to helping you achieve your learning goals and support is included as part of your subscription! ### 15. Love Learning Data Science with DataQuest **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** William K. | CEO, Author, Course Creator, E-Learning, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 16, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** A nice structured approach. They show you how far along you are in various areas which is motivating. Also, it's good to work on problems with guided assistance. Love the in-browser coding at first so people aren't stuck installing python, etc. Also, there is help in the Slack forums if you get stuck (I tend to help other people at this point). I like how you can export accomplishments to LinkedIn as well so that hopefully employers may notice. Many sites and courses in this area tend to be complicated (written by PhDs) and more passive where you watch and don't necessarily learn, or worse you get discouraged by all the complex math that people show to potentially impress others rather than teach effectively. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Nothing really at this point. I have logged a couple minor technical issues and they have responded well to them with plans to address in the near future. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** Give it a try I'm sure you will be as happy as I am with the service. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I need a way to get up to speed on data science and machine learning in a practical way. I'm gaining practical knowledge and skills that will allow me to help employers with their business problems at some point. ### 16. Terrific for getting started in data science **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jim F. | Research Scientist, Higher Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** 1. Terrific Interface 2. Slack channel and dataquest employees (Josh) extremely helpful and attentive 3. Great gamification of learning python, data analysis, data science, etc. That really helps for motivation towards a concrete goal 4. Some of the exercises and projects and really well done and centered around a theme with real world data. For example, examining basketball stats or movie reviews. 5. Great value 6. Certifications for LinkedIn are cool. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** 1. Some projects don't have a clear goal. For instance, you'll do analysis but then the last step will essentially be "Oh, we didn't find anything interesting" 2. There are lots of annoying bugs, but generally no show stoppers. For instance, it always seems to have a problem to determine if I had completed an exercise. 3. Following on #1, there is a lot of variability in the exercises. Some are awesome, while some were not really helpful at all. 4. No I've mentioned it to (maybe ~20 people) in the tech and data science community in my city have heard of dataquest. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** Try it! **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was (am) learning Python and Data Analysis and Data Science. I worked through the 170 plus online hours in a couple months and the material was similar to an in-person part time data science class that I took. After doing the Data Analyst and Scientist tracks, I am very confident to approach data science problems, such as those on Kaggle--at least the beginner and intermediate problems, perhaps not their "Super Bowl" yet. ### 17. Great resource to start building your skill set in data analytics and machine learning **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 20, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Lessons are very straightforward and provide a great introduction to each subject. The assignments/missions use different types of data sets ranging from sports data, to analyzing academic test scores, Applying these skills to different types of data has allowed me to come up with my own ideas for the types of data I'm interested in drawing insights from. I also have plenty of code/projects to add to my portfolio! **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** I understand the intent of the site is to introduce the tools and how they are applied in data science, but I'd like to see more in depth explanations and exercises related to statistical theory and application. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** Dataquest is great for learning Python and its statistical libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-Learn, etc.) and a good introduction to understanding what goes on under the hood. I believe after completing many of these courses that you'll be more than prepared to start a career in Data Analytics. To take your statistical background to the next level, I would maybe go to Coursera to find courses that are focused on just that. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm interested in pursuing a career using predictive analytics to optimize and drive decision making. Exercises like exploring the stock market and predicting outcomes really helped me build the skill set I'm looking for to pursue this type of career. ### 18. Two-month use of Dataquest **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Andrew K. | User Experience Developer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** The consoles are directly inserted, and each section is easily navigable. There is also nice audio feedback that is sort of addicting whenever you pass an exercise. One member of the support team was extremely responsive and was very open to my suggestions and problems. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** There are too many small bugs, typos, and details missed. There could be a hint system so that we can progressively solve exercises. I didn't feel like I was in touch with the wider Dataquest community. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** This is a great site for getting your feet wet with Data Science. However the plan is currently a bit expensive for where they are currently at in their development. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Learning to use python in my workflow for data wrangling. I feel like I have gone through what has been offered fairly quickly and it was easily accessible. ### 19. Awesome resource to learn data science **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Prasad P. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 11, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Broad range of topics Easy to navigate interface Easy to understand content Real world practical missions Learning by coding instead of watching a video Well organized learning tracks **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** I have not found anything I dislike. Dataquest met or exceeded my expectations. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** It is the best online resource for learning data science. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am not trying to solve any business problem at present. I like learning new concepts and technologies. Dataquest is augmenting my skill set by teaching several topics. ### 20. Applicable **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brandon S. | Financial Analyst | Senior Accountant, Health, Wellness and Fitness, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Hands-on application of concepts/principle of data science and data analysis. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Some of the content was ambiguous or a little outdated. I would have gone through each course to make sure content was up-to-date and grammar was correct. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** Fully recommend this product to anyone who wants those "aha" moments of knowledge vs application. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** The problems I am solving is how to use the data available within my company for building KPI's, models, and eventually actuarial tables of our customers. (customer lifetime value) ### 21. Dataquest is an amazing online course for learning data science **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michal H. | Intern, Events Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** I really like the format of this course, the structure of missions and testing my skills on real datasets. I especially enjoy the guided projects, where I can experiment with the dataset. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** There are a few minor bugs but its really nothing that would bother me. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm just a student about to finish my bachelor's degree and am interested in date science ### 22. DataQuest - Data Science Guru **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vinay K. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Its "Do to Learn" way of teaching Data Science. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Till date, I haven't had any improvement points. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** I would surely recommend and also have done so. Because DataQuest is helping people to gain all the required Data Science skills. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was weak with coding and I needed a strong background in Data Science domain. Hence I opted DataQuest which is helping me in acquiring all the skills needed to solve a problem using Data Science. ### 23. Best python lessons (for data analysis) currently in the MOOC market. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Piya S. | Executive Marketing Manager, Demand Planning, Telecommunications, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** The lesson plan is very well structured, a small-step format encourage progress. Unlike most ( or all) MOOC, the lessons do not require you to view lecture videos, which are totally unnecessary for a course on practical computer programming, that would have made it difficult and slow to review past lessons. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** It would be nice to have a separate windows to try / test parts of snippets of codes rather than having to run codes of the whole exercise in the main window. Also, it would be nice to have course notes. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Trying to learning python for data analyses. ### 24. DataQuest is really great with ample exercises to practice and specifically focused on Data Science. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Neel K. | Software Developer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Great topics with great explanations... And the most important, hands on real data. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Currently it doesn't have the facility of highlighting important points and save it as notes in the course. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** I would recommend every one who has a dream to become data scientist or data engineer. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using Pandas library for data analysis of Sales.. ### 25. Learned a lot! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jerry C. | Data Scientist, Computer Games, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Python-based hands-on experience with the most common/important data-related tasks and analyses. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Has some bugs. Sometimes the automatic answer validation could be implemented a bit better. Sometimes the explanation is not clear enough. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** If you want hands on Python-based data science training, this is a great place to start. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Various things. Cleaning/manipulating data. Machine learning. ### 26. Used the platform to understand python and basic data science schemes **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yohannes N. | Research Analyst, Higher Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** The way dataquest make people learn the content is "learning by doing" and I really like the structure b/c that is the way to go forward **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** I don't think I dislike specific thing, but I recommend they create practical challenges and projects so that people apply what dataquest is doing in real world problems **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** I recommended some of my friends to check it based on my experience **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used them to learn python and be able to use the skill in machine learning. ### 27. Awesome Dataquest.com **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maxim S. | Lead Business Analyst, Banking, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 02, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** The most coolest thing on Dataquest is huge amount of real world examples and simple explanation of complicated things. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Dataquest don`t have detailed chapter about deep learning and relevant frameworks: tensorflow, torch etc. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Credit scoring tasks, stock exchange indexes prediction ### 28. Satisfied former Dataquest customer **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** I loved the structure of Dataquest. Rather than surfing the web for training materials on disparate data science concepts, Dataquest students need only follow the progressions laid out in the role paths (i.e Data Analyst and Data Scientist). **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** At times, the missions didn't quite build on each other as much as I'd like. For example, Python concepts taught in early missions wouldn't appear in subsequent missions, only to become required in even later missions. While constructing a more neatly linear progression proves easier said than done, I would have loved to see something closer to that. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** My company will soon begin using Python to a greater extent, so Dataquest offered my first exposure to the language. ### 29. Great service **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael R. | Senior Cyber Intelligence Analyst, Hospital & Health Care, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Easy to use interface, a variety of different subjects that are useful, and a constantly expanding course offering. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Price is a bit steep to keep subscribing - information isn't unique enough. Would like more project-based learning exercises. **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** Consider using supplemental sources for learning data science. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using Dataquest for personal education and enrichment. It is a good tool to learn the basics of data science. ### 30. Making this a habit was the best career development I've done **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Scott B. | Data Scientist, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Broad range of topics, digested into bite-sized sessions **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** The command line interface is a bit buggy **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Career development, much more comfortable in python now ### 31. A great data science starter experience **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Electronics | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** - Covers a lot of material - In-browser experience - Reactive support - Quite a lot of free content - Excellent blog posts **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** - Slightly irritated support agents - Website UX could be more intuitive - There could be a little more content dedicated to how to run stuff on your on computer **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** Lot of free stuff to start with Read the blog posts Make sure you know exactly what you want to learn instead of just follow the lessons in a linear way **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** - Trying to learn basic data analysis in Python ### 32. Excellent **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** You learn by practicing and it's both entertaining and addictive **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Well, I have the feeling theory can be explained further but I understand it is out of the scope. Perhaps some links to good theoretical materials would do the trick **Recommendations to others considering Dataquest:** Dataquest is good for Python. If you want R, you may consider other software **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I just finished a PhD and wanted to learn data science in python to be more employable for companies. ### 33. A lifechanging experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** The feature I like the most is the possibility to code in the same window as the description is nested at the same time as learning data science in a really approachable manner. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** That coding on the road - i.e. on the mobile phone or a 8 inch tablet is not really comfortable... **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I actually get the opportunity to explore not just the marketing data of our company with much more depth. ### 34. Great tool, easy to navigate **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gabriela P. | Data Analyst, Internet, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** very well organized easy to navigate and the content is pretty awesome! **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** may not go over all aspects of the subject. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm working throught the courses to improve my data science skills ### 35. Nice structure to learn data science **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fatih A. | Software Design Engineer, Semiconductors, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Structure To the point examples Content materials online assistance community **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** bugs nothing at al, why I should fill 40 characters. I think G2 needs "improvement" more than dataquest :D **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** learning data science ### 36. Great platform for learning basic skills quickly **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** The missions. It helps with knowledge retention to apply the skills you've learned outside of the dataquest UI. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Buggy command line modules made the experience disjointed. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Improving my team's use of Python. (We primarily use R for analytics) ### 37. Great course! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Dataquest?** Great exercises, building knowledge block by block. **What do you dislike about Dataquest?** Maybe there should be more lessons on specific algorithms. **What problems is Dataquest solving and how is that benefiting you?** Learning Data Science and Machine Learning. ## Dataquest Discussions - [How long does it take to complete Dataquest?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-long-does-it-take-to-complete-dataquest) - 1 comment - [View Dataquest pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/dataquest/reviews?page=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-21+14%3A02%3A31+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=c0c6d819-4c6c-4e17-8511-8b3460596bc1&secure%5Btoken%5D=2b2540269e74c8d0c193ca3f9affc164f8d5e2c7bc873d66e0fac1d34b0f8662&format=llm_user) ## Dataquest Features **Functionality** - Skill Gap Analysis - Skill Assessment - Projects - Comprehension Checks **Courses** - Personalized recommendations - High-quality content - Video content - Projects - In-course assessments - Certification practice tests **Content** - Interactive Content - Video Content **Administration** - Team-level monitoring - Administrative dashboard - Certificates **Platform Reporting and Analytics** - SSO - API Access **Compatibility** - Mobile compatibility - Offline access - Single sign-on (SSO) **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation **Agentic AI - Technical Skills Development** - Adaptive Learning ## Top Dataquest Alternatives - [Pluralsight](https://www.g2.com/products/pluralsight/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (1,297 reviews) - [Udacity](https://www.g2.com/products/udacity/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (720 reviews) - [DataCamp](https://www.g2.com/products/datacamp/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (492 reviews)