Scrimba Review (2026): Is It Worth It?

Pros and cons at a glance

Pricing: what you actually pay

Scrimba has a free tier and a single paid plan, Scrimba Pro, sold as a monthly or an annual subscription. Prices change and the official pricing page loads dynamically, so treat the figures below as approximate, at the time of writing.

• Free - a selection of courses, including a long introductory React course, with no payment needed
• Pro, monthly - around $49 a month
• Pro, annual - around $294 a year, which works out to about $24.50 a month

Scrimba's help center says full refunds are available within 14 days of your first purchase, limited to one per account, and that renewals are generally not refundable. Cancelling stops future renewals and you keep access until the paid period ends. The annual plan is the better value if you will study for several months, but remember a renewal is charged automatically unless you cancel.

Course quality and teaching depth

Scrimba's strength is how it teaches. Because the code in the video is live, you never have to switch to another window to try an idea. For visual topics like layout and components that is a real advantage, and the instructors are good at explaining the reasoning, not only the syntax. The Frontend Developer Career Path is also a clear, ordered route, which many beginners need more than a long list of courses.

The trade-offs are scope and pace. The catalogue leans on frontend, and a screencast moves at the instructor's speed. If you prefer to write the code yourself from the first minute, a text-and-code route such as Coddy's HTML course, the CSS course and the JavaScript course gives you a graded challenge at every step, and you can try ideas in the HTML playground or the JavaScript playground without any setup.

Certificates and LinkedIn

Scrimba offers certificates on some of its paths and courses. Which ones, and whether a certificate is included in Pro, can change, so check the page of the path you plan to take. As with most platforms, a certificate shows you finished the material; employers care far more about the projects you can show.

Coddy certificates are free. They are publicly verifiable and come with a one-click "Add to LinkedIn profile" button, so the proof of your work costs nothing extra and does not depend on a paid plan.

The honest trade-off: Scrimba gives you a teacher walking beside you, while Coddy gives you a free, verifiable certificate and one click onto your LinkedIn profile.

Who Scrimba is best for

Scrimba is a strong fit for:

• Learners who like a teacher's voice and find video easier to absorb than written lessons
• Aspiring frontend developers who want a guided, ordered career path in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React
• Visual thinkers who want to see a page change while the explanation is happening
• People who enjoy a community, since the Discord adds accountability

Look elsewhere if you want many languages, backend or data work, prefer reading and doing to watching, or do not want a recurring subscription.

Is Scrimba worth it?

Yes, if you are a beginner aiming at frontend work, you learn well from video and you will study consistently. Try the free courses first; if the style clicks, Pro is reasonable value, especially on the annual plan.

Probably not, if you want to write the code yourself from the start, need languages beyond the web, or want to keep costs at zero while you find out if coding is for you. For a wider map of options, see our best sites to learn coding roundup.