CCNA course: the 10 best in 2026

Best for those who plan to go straight on to the CCNP. Arash Deljoo combines the CCNA 200-301 with the CCNP/CCIE ENCOR 350-401, moving from networking fundamentals to advanced routing, virtualization, SD-WAN and network automation, with hands-on labs.

It has 4.5 stars from 490 reviews and over 4,200 students. With more than 291 hours, 225 quizzes and 689 resources it is by far the largest course here, and it was updated in October 2026.

Best for learners who want to see real Cisco hardware. Besides theory and labs with 20 routers, it shows physical routers, switches, firewalls and access points, how to make an Ethernet cable and use a patch panel, and extra topics like BGP, EIGRP and IP SLA.

It has 4.7 stars from more than 1,800 reviews and over 12,000 students, with more than 24 hours of video and 21 quizzes, one at the end of each chapter. Its last update was in January 2025, the oldest on this list.

Best for candidates who want content already organized around the CCNA v2.0 blueprint. Taught by a Cisco Networking Academy instructor, it follows the five v2.0 domains, from infrastructure and switching to routing, security and the new AI and network operations area with agentic AI and Ansible.

It has 4.5 stars from more than 8,100 reviews and over 39,000 students, with more than 24 hours of video, updated in September 2026.

Best for learners who like many demos and built-in Packet Tracer assessments. Another David Bombal course, it explains the 200-301 topics with GNS3 and Packet Tracer demonstrations and adds offline labs, cheat sheets and tools such as subnetting and binary calculators.

It has 4.7 stars from more than 5,000 reviews and over 37,000 students, with more than 72 hours of video and 121 resources. It was last updated in October 2025.

Best for learners who want the most exhaustive CCNA course with plenty of quizzes. Arash Deljoo covers IP addressing, routing, switching, security, wireless, automation and programmability, combining real-world scenarios with interactive labs and practical exercises.

It has 4.7 stars, but from only 103 reviews and 876 students. It runs more than 137 hours, with 63 quizzes, two practice tests and 189 resources, and was updated in June 2026.

Best for learners who want built-in quizzes and practice tests. Oak Academy's course runs from cables, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting to OSPF, VLANs, spanning tree, wireless controllers, DHCP, NAT, AAA, ACLs, Layer 2 security, SDN and REST APIs.

It has 4.6 stars from more than 800 reviews and over 6,400 students. In more than 17 hours it includes 31 quizzes and two practice tests, and it was updated in October 2026.

Best for candidates who have finished the theory and need lab practice. David Bombal's course is all labs: configuration and troubleshooting exercises in Cisco Packet Tracer across many topologies, built to test whether you can really configure and fix networks the way the exam requires.

It has 4.7 stars from more than 9,200 reviews and over 106,000 students, with more than 17 hours of content and 88 resources. Its last update was in June 2025.

Best for absolute beginners who want networking foundations before exam prep. David Bombal, a CCIE since 2003, covers the OSI model, IP addressing and subnetting, Ethernet, TCP and UDP, DNS and DHCP, routing, VLANs, ACLs, wireless and SDN, with online simulations where you type real Cisco commands.

It has 4.7 stars from more than 58,000 reviews and over 309,000 students, with more than 73 hours of video and 116 resources. It was last updated in September 2025.

Best for career changers who want a teacher who made the same move. The instructor went from no IT experience to network engineer after passing the CCNA, and the course covers the full 200-301 syllabus with detailed lectures, flashcards for every lecture and step-by-step Packet Tracer labs.

It shares the top rating of 4.8 stars, from more than 6,800 reviews and over 44,000 students. It has more than 50 hours of video and 193 downloadable resources, and was last updated in December 2025.