Udemy's Indian design and marketing catalogues were running a platform-wide promotion on 31 August 2026, and every one of the top 40 courses checked out between Rs. 449 and Rs. 669.
The shape matters more than the size: 36 of the 40 show the same 85-86 per cent badge. That makes the badge useless for comparing courses — the instructor's list price is the only thing setting what you pay.
📅 Read 31 August 2026, udemy.com design and marketing catalogues
40 courses, Rs. 449 to Rs. 669 - design median Rs. 529, marketing Rs. 569
36 of 40 at 85-86% off; a flat Rs. 399 promo ran on 26 August instead
📅 Update log:
31 Aug 2026 — first published. Every course title, checkout price, struck list price and badge on this page was read from udemy.com's Indian design and marketing category pages on 31 August 2026, logged out, and is reported as displayed. The medians, price ranges and the observation that 36 of 40 courses share one badge are our own analysis of those listings and are described as such. The comparison with the flat Rs. 399 pricing on 26 August is from our own earlier read of the same catalogue, logged on our Udemy sale calendar page. Prices are for individual course purchases, not the Personal Plan subscription, and exclude taxes added at payment. Udemy reprices its whole catalogue several times a month; we re-read these pages and log what changes.
Forty courses, all between Rs. 449 and Rs. 669
We read Udemy's Indian design and marketing catalogues on 31 August 2026 — the top 20 courses in each. Every one of the 40 checks out between Rs. 449 and Rs. 669.
The two catalogues are priced almost identically: design has a median of Rs. 529 and marketing Rs. 569, a gap of Rs. 40. The list prices behind them run from Rs. 799 to Rs. 4,629.
This is a platform-wide promotion, and its shape matters more than its size. 36 of the 40 courses are at 85 or 86 per cent off — the same percentage, applied to very different list prices. That is a change from the flat Rs. 399 promotion we logged on this catalogue five days earlier, on 26 August.
| Badge | Courses at it | What it is |
|---|
| 86% | 29 | The standard promo rate on both catalogues today |
| 85% | 7 | Same promo, rounded differently on a slightly different list price |
| 84% | 1 | Blender Megacourse, Rs. 459 off a Rs. 2,939 list |
| 73% | 1 | ChatGPT for Marketing - low Rs. 1,899 list price |
| 44% | 1 | Marketing Strategies of Consumer Brands - Rs. 799 list |
| 36% | 1 | Autodesk Fusion 360 - Rs. 799 list |
When the percentage is fixed, the list price is the price
A constant percentage means the checkout price is a fixed fraction of whatever list price the instructor set — about 14 to 15 per cent of it. So the only variable that decides what you pay is the list price.
Udemy's Digital Marketing Masterclass lists at Rs. 4,629 and checks out at Rs. 669, the dearest course in this read. The Complete Blender Megacourse lists at Rs. 2,939 and checks out at Rs. 459. Neither number reflects length, rating or recency — only the list price the instructor chose.
That is worth knowing before you compare two courses on their badges, because during a promotion like this the badge is identical on almost everything.
| Course | List price | You pay | Badge | What it shows |
|---|
| Digital Marketing Masterclass 2026 | Rs. 4,629 | Rs. 669 | 86% | Highest list price in this read, so the highest checkout price |
| Web Design for Beginners (HTML & CSS) | Rs. 4,319 | Rs. 619 | 86% | Highest-listed design course, and the dearest one |
| Adobe Photoshop CC Essentials | Rs. 3,469 | Rs. 499 | 86% | Mid list, mid checkout |
| Complete Blender Megacourse | Rs. 2,939 | Rs. 459 | 84% | Low list, near the cheapest |
| ChatGPT for Marketing | Rs. 1,899 | Rs. 509 | 73% | Small badge, ordinary checkout price |
| Marketing Strategies of Consumer Brands | Rs. 799 | Rs. 449 | 44% | Smallest list price - and the cheapest course here |
💡 A small badge here is not a worse deal. The four courses not at 85-86 per cent are the ones with low list prices — and two of them are among the cheapest at checkout. Marketing Strategies of Consumer Brands shows only 44 per cent off, and at Rs. 449 it is the cheapest course in this entire read.
Design courses, cheapest first
The design catalogue is the tighter of the two: 20 courses between Rs. 459 and Rs. 619, a spread of Rs. 160. Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, Blender, AutoCAD and the general graphic-design and drawing masterclasses all sit within about Rs. 100 of each other.
The one that breaks the pattern is Autodesk Fusion 360 at Rs. 509, which lists at just Rs. 799 and so shows a 36 per cent badge — the smallest on the design shelf, on a course priced in the middle of it.
| Course | You pay | List price | Badge |
|---|
| Complete Blender Megacourse: Beginner to Expert 3D Artist | Rs. 459 | Rs. 2,939 | 84% |
| Character Art School: Complete Character Drawing | Rs. 469 | Rs. 3,289 | 86% |
| Adobe After Effects CC Bootcamp: Beginner to Advanced | Rs. 479 | Rs. 3,309 | 86% |
| The Complete AutoCAD 2018-21 Course | Rs. 479 | Rs. 3,299 | 85% |
| Autodesk AutoCAD - Beginner to Advanced Level | Rs. 499 | Rs. 3,469 | 86% |
| The Ultimate Drawing Course - Beginner to Advanced | Rs. 499 | Rs. 3,469 | 86% |
| Graphic Design Masterclass - Learn GREAT Design | Rs. 499 | Rs. 3,469 | 86% |
| Complete Web & Mobile Designer: UI/UX, Figma and more | Rs. 499 | Rs. 3,469 | 86% |
| Adobe Photoshop CC - Essentials Training Course | Rs. 499 | Rs. 3,469 | 86% |
| Autodesk Fusion 360 (2026) - Complete Beginners Guide | Rs. 509 | Rs. 799 | 36% |
| Figma UI UX Design Essentials | Rs. 549 | Rs. 3,789 | 86% |
| Illustrator MasterClass | Rs. 549 | Rs. 3,779 | 85% |
| Complete Blender Creator: 3D Modelling | Rs. 569 | Rs. 3,959 | 86% |
| User Experience Design Essentials - Adobe XD UI UX Design | Rs. 569 | Rs. 3,909 | 85% |
| WordPress for Beginners - Master WordPress Quickly | Rs. 569 | Rs. 3,959 | 86% |
| Adobe Illustrator CC - Essentials Training Course | Rs. 569 | Rs. 3,959 | 86% |
| Ultimate Photoshop Training: From Beginner to Pro 2026 | Rs. 569 | Rs. 3,959 | 86% |
| Adobe Photoshop Masterclass with Photoshop + AI Updates | Rs. 569 | Rs. 3,959 | 86% |
| Web Design for Beginners: Real World Coding in HTML & CSS | Rs. 619 | Rs. 4,319 | 86% |
Marketing courses, cheapest first
Marketing runs slightly wider, Rs. 449 to Rs. 669, and the top of it is where the highest list prices sit: the AI SEO and Google Ads courses at Rs. 639 and the Digital Marketing Masterclass at Rs. 669.
The bundled multi-course listings — “27 Courses in 1”, “12 Courses in 1”, “32 Courses in 1” — are priced at Rs. 469 and Rs. 569, in the same band as the single-topic courses. On a percentage promotion that is not a bundle discount; it is the instructor's list price passing through the same multiplier as everything else.
| Course | You pay | List price | Badge |
|---|
| Marketing Strategies of Consumer Brands (FMCG/CPG) | Rs. 449 | Rs. 799 | 44% |
| Business Fundamentals: Marketing Strategy | Rs. 459 | Rs. 3,069 | 85% |
| The Complete Digital Marketing Guide - 27 Courses in 1 | Rs. 469 | Rs. 3,289 | 86% |
| Instagram Marketing: Complete Guide to Instagram Growth | Rs. 469 | Rs. 3,239 | 86% |
| YouTube Masterclass: Your Complete Guide to YouTube Success | Rs. 469 | Rs. 3,289 | 86% |
| The Complete Copywriting Course: Write to Sell Like a Pro | Rs. 479 | Rs. 3,329 | 86% |
| The Ultimate SEO Training 2026 + SEO for WordPress Websites | Rs. 499 | Rs. 3,469 | 86% |
| ChatGPT for Marketing, Content, Social Media and PR | Rs. 509 | Rs. 1,899 | 73% |
| The Complete Digital Marketing Course - 12 Courses in 1 | Rs. 569 | Rs. 3,959 | 86% |
| Facebook Ads & Facebook Marketing MASTERY 2026 | Rs. 569 | Rs. 3,959 | 86% |
| Mega Digital Marketing Course A-Z: 32 Courses in 1 | Rs. 569 | Rs. 3,959 | 86% |
| Social Media Marketing MASTERY 2026: Ads on 10+ Platforms | Rs. 569 | Rs. 3,909 | 85% |
| Google Analytics Certification - Get Certified | Rs. 579 | Rs. 3,779 | 85% |
| SQL for NEWBS: Weekender Crash Course | Rs. 579 | Rs. 3,809 | 85% |
| AI SEO Course 2026: From Zero to Page-One Results | Rs. 639 | Rs. 4,449 | 86% |
| Ultimate 2026 Google Ads Training: Profit with Pay Per Click | Rs. 639 | Rs. 4,449 | 86% |
| Digital Marketing Masterclass 2026: AI Marketing Course | Rs. 669 | Rs. 4,629 | 86% |
How we read this, and what it does not cover
These are the top 20 course cards Udemy returned on its Indian design and marketing category pages on 31 August 2026, read logged out with a browser session (a plain fetch of udemy.com returns 403 from a server). Prices are the individual-course checkout prices Udemy displayed for an Indian visitor and exclude any taxes added at payment. They are not the Personal Plan subscription price, which is a separate product covered on our Udemy Personal Plan page. Udemy runs platform-wide promotions several times a month and the prices below change with them — this same catalogue was at a flat Rs. 399 five days earlier. Course length, rating, enrolment count, instructor and last-updated date were not read, so nothing here ranks these courses on quality, and we have not bought or taken any of them.
The short version
Every design and marketing course in this read costs between Rs. 449 and Rs. 669, and 36 of the 40 carry the same 85-86 per cent badge. During a percentage promotion like this one, the badge is not a comparison tool — the list price is the only thing setting your price.
Buy on topic and on the course's own evidence, not on the discount. And note the shape changes: this catalogue was a flat Rs. 399 on 26 August and a proportional 85-86 per cent off on 31 August, so what you pay depends on which promotion is running the day you check.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do Udemy design courses cost in India?
On 31 August 2026 the top 20 design courses on Udemy's Indian catalogue cost between Rs. 459 and Rs. 619, with a median of Rs. 529. Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, Blender and AutoCAD courses all sat within about Rs. 100 of one another. Those are promotional prices — the list prices behind them ran from Rs. 799 to Rs. 4,319.
How much do Udemy marketing courses cost?
Between Rs. 449 and Rs. 669 in the same read, median Rs. 569. The cheapest was Marketing Strategies of Consumer Brands at Rs. 449; the dearest the Digital Marketing Masterclass 2026 at Rs. 669. SEO, Google Ads, Facebook Ads and the multi-course digital marketing bundles all sat between Rs. 469 and Rs. 639.
Why do almost all Udemy courses show 85% or 86% off?
Because this is a percentage promotion rather than a flat sale price: 36 of the 40 courses we read carried an 85 or 86 per cent badge. Udemy applies the same multiplier to each instructor's list price, so the checkout price works out to roughly 14-15 per cent of that list. It also means the badge is identical across most of the catalogue and cannot be used to compare one course against another.
Is a Udemy course with a smaller discount a worse deal?
Not on this shelf. The four courses not at 85-86 per cent are simply the ones with low list prices, and two of them are among the cheapest at checkout — Autodesk Fusion 360 at Rs. 509 (36 per cent off a Rs. 799 list) and Marketing Strategies of Consumer Brands at Rs. 449 (44 per cent off Rs. 799), the cheapest course in the whole read. Compare the checkout prices, not the percentages.
Do these Udemy prices change?
Frequently. Udemy runs platform-wide promotions several times a month, and the shape changes as well as the size — we logged this same Indian catalogue at a flat Rs. 399 per course on 26 August 2026 and at a proportional 85-86 per cent off on 31 August. Our
Udemy sale calendar tracks when the promotions run and what each one looked like.
Prices & codes last verified: 31 August 2026
Every course title, checkout price, struck list price and discount badge on this page was read from udemy.com's Indian design and marketing category pages on 31 August 2026, logged out and with no filters applied, and is reported as displayed. These are the top 20 cards each category returned rather than a sweep of Udemy's catalogue, so they are a sample and not a claim about the cheapest or dearest courses Udemy sells. A struck list price is the figure the instructor sets and Udemy displays; we have not verified that any course was sold at its list price, so every percentage here is arithmetic over Udemy's own two numbers rather than a measured saving, and our reading that a fixed multiplier is being applied follows from those published numbers rather than from any statement by Udemy. The medians, price ranges and badge counts are our own analysis of the 40 listings and are described as such. Prices are for individual course purchases and exclude taxes added at payment; they are not the Udemy Personal Plan subscription price, which is a separate product. Course length, rating, enrolment count, instructor and last-updated date were not read, and we have not bought or taken any course listed here, so nothing on this page ranks or endorses these courses on quality, teaching or outcomes. Udemy reprices its entire catalogue several times a month and promotions run for short windows, so this is one day's read; the price at your checkout is the one that applies. Zoutons may earn a commission if you buy through links on this page; it does not change what you pay, and nothing here was reviewed or approved by Udemy.