I am of two minds.  In general, the common knowledge is that certs are useless because companies know CERTs have zero signal value for whether you can thrive in the job as the ability to pass some paper test does not indicate or show whether you have the skills to actually do any job with coding required (for data analysis that's SQL/Python for sure among others). That's what I believed until I met a recent boss who did not come from a data science or CS background and just didn't know what they were doing or what they needed.  I am positive she weighted parts of my resume that I thought were irrelevant fluff more heavily than my github repository of data science projects.  So while people in the department you want to be hired in probably won't care one bit about certificates there is always the chance it will help you get past some HR manager or other out of touch manager involved in the process. More on reddit.com

I’ve got grilled by a few when I said Coursera Certs are worthless but the skills you learn aren’t. While the certificates may help, it’s unlikely. More on reddit.com

Thank you for this review, now I'm scared of the peer graded assignments More on reddit.com

Some of the Google certs offer free career counseling and other resources when you finish which can be incredibly helpful. I personally have never benefited from one, but I know two people who attribute their current jobs to Google certs. More on reddit.com