Codecademy.com Promo Codes for December 2025

just garbage

just garbage

They collect data & spam mail

They collect data, and they highly spam mail , I'm receiving 10+ mail !! Daily bad service

Watch out for their auto renewals and promo emails that flag their reminders to go into spam.

Started doing a course. Unfortunately, I had to put it aside due to health reason and was not able to pick it back up just yet. Little did I know you can't turn off auto renew for their services. You can either let them charge what they want every billing cycle (they doubled my price to $400 2 weeks before Christmas) or you can cancel their services. So you don't have the option to use their site, when your membership ends, wait until you can afford to use their service again. The option is either let them take what they want or cancel your program. If you are going to use their service make absolutely sure they're emails aren't going to your junk mail and deleted. That's what happened to me. They sent FIFTY promo emails since I signed up so naturally their billing reminders are long since flagged as spam my email servers before you ever get to see them.

buggy but ok

has a good amount of courses, for what you pay for, how ever the website may be buggy at times and have had to contact support when the system bugged out mid course or failed to generate the certificate.some well known courses are included but not the exam, they will advise you to go do the exam with Microsoft, google, amazon, ISC2support team have been fast and helpful, courses are easy to understand and follow, ai tool helps when it dosen't bug out and i am stuck in my course to break down where i went wrong.

When your code doesn't work the AI tool does not offer working solutions.

Codecademy is fine for the free courses. However if it's not possible to complete the paid ones, you may have wasted your money as the debugging methods don't work. The 'AI' tool is superficial and doesn't resolve problems. It isn't present for some of the lessons anyway. You are directed to community support and, in my experience so far, the community doesn't support. So I've wasted hours and my sub.

I bought a subscription about a year…

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!

Unprompted billing, email on receipt cannot be reached

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 5.4.1This 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...

Would suggest

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

Not really feeling it...

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.

Very bad writing/content.

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…

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

Excellent Learning Platform for All Skill Levels

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!

Shady renewal practices

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…

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

I would give it 0 if there was the option to do so!!

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…

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

Love this

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…

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.

Very Unhelpful service

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).

Admitted to double charging me – then refused to refund

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.