CodecademyReviews 39

Having you pay $20 for a membership a month is genuinely insane. Like sure there's a bunch of courses, but you're able to learn anything and everything they provide from other sites... for free! Only difference between free and **TWENTY DOLLARS A MONTH** is no ads and quizes lol. Also their plus subscription used to be 6 dollars a months. Idfk why they are so greedy but it's astonishing why people still give them money. Shame on you.

Here are some alternatives for each thing you're missing out from the paid plans:

Quizzes: w3 schools has quizes for their courses
"AI Learning assistance" (mumbo jumbo ai garbage to raise prices): ANY LANGUAGE MODEL
Job Readiness Checker: Leetcode practice (has paid options but their free version still has tons of content)
Career paths (ONLY for the 40USD a month version LOL): if you need to pay 40 bucks a month to see what career paths are open to you with coding it might be time to look for another field of study.
Code challenges ($40 a month version only): Leet code again
Certificates of completion: Trust me no employer cares that you have a Codeacademy certificate. Just make a good portfolio with complex personal projects and a personal website with nice graphics.

Just got charged $240 for annual subscription. There were no notifications, and it's impossible to refund if you forgot to cancel the subscription. Absolutely terrible customer service, don't even try it.

Other than grabbing your money, Codeacademy is worth peanuts! Such a money laundering platform. Grow up guys

Yes you get to learn programming languages, but There is 0% of freedom, You have to wright the exact line of code, literally, if you added a space to anything where you can, it gets mad at you. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY TO GET RID OF THAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Come on codecademy, don't control us for money :( :<

They charged me straight away even though I cancelled the subscription before getting charged and took 340$ from rather than the 40$ a month I signed up for and don't help customers back or remind me of my trial canceling

Codecademy is a great resource if you want to learn programming as a complete beginner. I used it years ago to learn HTML, CSS, and Javascript. It helped me a lot.

Now that I'm getting back into programming, I've been reading up some books on C# and have had a good time learning it. Decided to try CodeCademy again as an added resource to learn.

The explanations on everything are fairly simple, and the path of topics to learn is very digestible. The problem is every time you try to submit your code, CodeCademy is looking for very specific things.

On one of the earlier lessons, it wanted me to use\n to write a new line.

I used\n in the same line, in only one Console. WriteLine(); method.

It printed out exactly what the lesson wanted in the console. But still gave me a big red X. I struggled to find what the problem was for a few minutes until finally checking for the solution.

Turns out, it wanted me to write three different Console. WriteLine(); statements. How frustrating. Not nearly as efficient.

And honestly that is just one example. Every other lesson this would happen, I would understand the material, write my code, it would say it didn't work even when it did, and then I would have to guess what the computer wanted. It really messed with the pacing of my learning.

CodeCademy is like having an incredibly nitpicky teacher. It will slow down your progress. Even if the material is good stuff, but it feels like pulling teeth trying to figure out what exactly the computer who's grading you wants.

I recently subscribed for the $19 monthly to see how codecademy works and cancel later on. They charged me for the annual plan of $239 which i did not subscribe for. They have no number for customer service. They are scam and thieves. I don't know how to get my money back

I buy Pro Annual Subscription in 4999/- annual pack in Christmas offer on 20 December 2021 and they scammed me after one month on 20 January 2022. Now they Wipe out billing details and I'm not able to refund my money and it's says to buy pro pack. In one month I use pro subscription but now they don't show me. Fully Scammer don't trust Codecademy.

I've been using Codecademy daily for three months now and it is miles apart from the comments I read of years ago. None of those complaints are relevant as of October 2021 and I've had no issues with customer service, servers being down, etc. I would say try it and enjoy the improvements. There are courses for all levels! This site deserves at least 5 stars. I've completed multiple courses and I'm fully satisfied. Thanks Codecademy for such a great site; I plan to keep my annual subscription for years to come.

The 7 day trial without notifications, with no email reminders and no refund policy feel very much like a scam. I cancelled my subscription the day it was set to expire and they have already charged me that same day. I will dispute the charge but BOY are they expensive when there are clearly websites like freecodecamp that offer the same thing for free. WHAT a scam.

I signed up for the pro version of Codeacademy, and after starting the Javascript section I noticed that my code was not running anymore for their exercises. When trying out courses on their website, I noticed that my screen would start freezing up. It may seem good at first, but after a while their website starts moving slow and sticking. You can try other free resources to learn instead. Do your research because others have said the same thing.

Business model of codecademy is based on a simple scam tactic. You sign up for a free trial, they "guarantee" that you can cancel before the free trial runs out, but they absolutely need your credit card. You cancel, then a few months later (4 months in my case) you suddenly get a charge. No refunds :) When you cancel your account, they call it "pause":)
Hillarious reply from their "support", this is a copy-paste quote:

"Codecademy subscriptions resume automatically once your pause period elapses using the payment details on file for your account. Upon your Pro subscription purchase, you acknowledge and agree that we are authorized to use the payment information on file for the renewal fee."

I would stay away. I just completed their Java Course. It is no where
Near a complete course. There are far superior courses online. And you
Don't have to pay for them. I'm so disappointed. Im not sure if the Prop gives you any other lessons. But why pay when there are far more superior courses such as Edx, Stanfords CS106a. If you do CS106a, Make sure you use Professor Mehran Sahami's lectures. The other Professors are not as good. Kevin Crawford