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Domestika vs. FutureLearn - Complete Comparison
Written by
Janosch Herrmann
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Overview
ToggleDescription | Domestika Domestika is the largest community for creatives. Learn from top professionals in the creative industry with thousands of courses on topics like drawing, painting, creating designs & lots of other creative topics. | FutureLearn FutureLearn is a British online learning platform that offers courses developed by their more than 175 university partners worldwide. The platform was founded in 2012 and has since attracted more than 10 million learners worldwide. |
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Types of courses | Domestika INDIVIDUAL LEARNING Domestika coursesSingle courses or course bundles, purchased individually $10 - $30 USD Self-paced | FutureLearn BACHELORS DEGREE Bachelor's DegreeGet a Bachelor's degree from one of FutureLearn's partner universities $10000 - $30000 USD 10-15 hours per week MASTERS DEGREE Master's DegreeGet a Master's degree from one of FutureLearn's university partners. $10000 - $40000 USD 1-3 years INDIVIDUAL LEARNING Short CoursesShort courses on a wide variety of topics, created by universities and other institutions FreeIncluded in subscription 2-4 hours per week INDIVIDUAL LEARNING MicrocredentialsCreate specialized courses created by top academic institutions worldwide. Some courses might count as academic credit towards a degree. $500 - $1000 USD 6–12 weeks |
Subscription plans | Domestika PERSONAL Domestika PlusGet access to 1,000+ courses from the Domestika course library. Additionally, you get one course credit every month that you can use to access any course on Domestika, no matter the price. $8 - 12 USD per month | FutureLearn PERSONAL FutureLearn UnlimitedUnlimited access to 1400+ online courses from FutureLearn $20 - 40 USD per month |
Pros & cons | Domestika
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General information
ToggleType | Course Marketplace | Course Marketplace |
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Number of courses | 1000+ | 2000+ |
Popularity | Popular | Relatively niche |
Available categories | 3D & AnimationArts & CraftsBrandingDesign ToolsDigital MarketingGraphic Design & IllustrationPhotographyVideo & Mobile Marketing | Business Analytics & IntelligenceComplianceData ScienceDesign ToolsDigital MarketingEntrepreneurshipFinanceIT CertificationsLanguage LearningLeadership |
Available languages | EnglishSpanish | English |
Evaluation
ToggleFull score | 8.4 10 | 8.5 10 |
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Available apps |   | No apps available... |
Company
ToggleCompany name | Domestika Creative S.L. | FutureLearn Limited |
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Company size | Medium | Medium |
Founded in | 2002 | 2012 |
Headquarters | Spain 🇪🇸 | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
Founders | Alberto Sanz, Jordi Miró | The Open University |
External reviews | App Store 4.98700 reviews Play Store 4.6845000 reviews  Trustpilot 1.92230 reviews | Trustpilot 4.7740 reviews |
Our opinion
ToggleDomestikaIn our view, Domestika is a great online learning platform for creative skills. What stands out is that they produce all of their courses in-house, which makes for a consistently high production quality, while being offered at very reasonable prices. Additionally, most of their courses come with subtitles and closed captions in a variety of languages. That said, the original language for a lot of their courses is Spanish, which means that the offering for English speakers is a bit limited, and you'll often have courses that only have closed captions in English. Overall, the quality of the courses on Domestika is great, and we can fully recommend it to Spanish speakers, as well as students that are fine with some of the courses only having English subtitles.
FutureLearnFutureLearn is one of the few online learning platforms that offer full online degrees. We also like that you can access a lot of their regular courses for free for a limited amount of time, with the upgrade to the paid course being offered as an optional add-on. In contrast to some other similar companies, their offering is also a lot more streamlined and easier to understand, which we think is another benefit of FutureLearn. That said, their catalog isn't as big as that of some of their competitors, which means that you might not find the course you're looking for, especially if it's a bit more niche. Overall, we can recommend FutureLearn for students that want to take full online degrees, as well as students that want to learn with courses from universities, instead of courses from individual instructors.
