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Khanmigo vs Magicschool

Free teacher-prep tools from Khan Academy, plus low-cost learner and family tutoring · K-12 lesson planning, classroom communications, and teacher-facing AI tools with a published free tier

Decision pointKhanmigoMagicSchool
Best forFree teacher-prep tools from Khan Academy, plus low-cost learner and family tutoringK-12 lesson planning, classroom communications, and teacher-facing AI tools with a published free tier
CategoryEducationEducation
PriceTeacher tools officially free in supported locales; learners/families $4/month or $44/year; district tools by quoteFree $0 for individual teachers; Plus $12.99/mo or $8.33/mo billed annually ($99.96/year); Enterprise custom
AIToolsEssentials score4.4/54.3/5

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Khanmigo

Khanmigo's official teacher page states the product is completely free for teachers. The official pricing page lists $4/month or $44/year for learners and for families, with sales tax not included, and District Tools as request pricing. Official help documentation describes a Free Teacher Tools subscription for teachers in the United States and other listed locales.

Official sources checked 2026-08-26
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  • Current teacher-eligibility countries and verification rules are completed in the official signup flow and may change.
  • District Tools pricing is quote-specific.
  • The number of children covered by a family subscription should be confirmed on the current official parent/pricing pages at purchase time.

Official teacher, pricing, and help pages checked 2026-08-26. Teacher-free access is a separate product path from learner/family subscriptions and from district classroom access. Official teacher-page language says teachers cannot grant students Khanmigo access; classroom access is through school or district implementations.

MagicSchool

MagicSchool's official pricing page lists Free at $0 Forever Free for individual teachers exploring AI; Plus at $8.33 USD/user/month billed annually or $12.99 USD/month billed monthly; and Enterprise as custom pricing for districts. Official FAQ copy restates Plus as $12.99/month or $8.33/month billed yearly ($99.96 yearly).

Official sources checked 2026-08-26
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  • Exact Free-plan generation caps were not consistently enumerated as a single public number on the pricing page.
  • Enterprise district pricing is quote-specific.
  • FERPA, COPPA, and SOC 2 statements are vendor claims, not independent certifications by AIToolsEssentials.

Official pricing and FAQ pages checked 2026-08-26. The privacy page claims FERPA, COPPA, GDPR, 1EdTech, and SOC 2 alignment. Treat those as vendor claims. Free-plan generation limits are described qualitatively on official pages; exact daily generation counts were not consistently enumerated on the pricing page during this check.

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