Best AI Tools for Teachers
AI tools for lesson planning, differentiated reading material, quizzes, feedback and grading, most of them free for individual teachers.
How we picked
Each tool is built for classroom work rather than general chat, and all but SchoolAI have a lasting free plan for individual teachers; SchoolAI offers a limited free trial. School and district plans add admin controls and data agreements.
At a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Free plan | Open source | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MagicSchool | Free / Plus $12.99 USD per user | |||
| Brisk Teaching | Free | |||
| Khanmigo | Free / Learner $4/month | |||
| SchoolAI | Contact sales | |||
| Curipod | Free | |||
| Diffit | Free / Individual Subscription $14.99/month | |||
| Eduaide.ai | Free / Pro monthly $5.99/month | |||
| Gradescope | Free | |||
 Kahoot! | Free / Kahoot!+ Bronze $3/month | |||
 Wayground | Free / Individual $216/year |
The 10 tools
- 1
MagicSchool
Free / Plus $12.99 USD per userK-12 planning, assessment, differentiation, and supervised student AI tools
Free planPaid from: Plus · $12.99 USD per userMagicSchool is a K-12 educator co-pilot with 80+ teacher tools and a supervised student workspace. The Free plan costs $0, Plus costs $12.99 monthly or $99.96 annually, and Enterprise uses Custom pricing. It supports lesson planning, assessment, differentiation, communication, student activities, and classroom insights.
- Best for
- K-12 teachers planning lessons and assessments
- Strength
- It combines more than 80 teacher tools with a supervised student workspace.
- Drawback
- Free usage limits are described without a published numeric generation allowance.
- 2
Brisk Teaching
FreeTeacher-focused AI tools across documents, videos, web pages, and classrooms
Free planBrisk Teaching offers a $0 teacher-facing Free tier, alongside Educator Pro, Premium, and Intelligence plans with custom pricing. New accounts receive 14 days of Premium before returning to Free. Its tools create and adapt lessons, quizzes, slides, and feedback within familiar teaching workflows, while broader usage, administration, curriculum grounding, and student insights require paid access.
- Best for
- Teachers creating lessons and feedback from existing classroom content
- Strength
- It places lesson, quiz, slide, and feedback generation inside common teaching workflows.
- Drawback
- Paid plan prices are custom rather than publicly listed.
- 3
Khanmigo
Free / Learner $4/monthA guided AI tutor and teacher assistant built into Khan Academy
Free planPaid from: Learner · $4/monthKhanmigo is Khan Academy’s AI tutor and teacher assistant, built for learners, families, educators, and school districts. It connects tutoring and teacher tools to Khan Academy content, with guided help rather than direct answers. Learner and parent subscriptions start at $4/month or $44/year, while Teacher Tools are free in supported locations.
- Best for
- Learners who want guided help connected to Khan Academy exercises.
- Strength
- It ties tutoring to Khan Academy’s content library and exercises.
- Drawback
- Individual paid access is limited to the United States.
- 4
SchoolAI
Contact salesTeacher-designed AI learning spaces with student insights and district controls
SchoolAI is a K-12 classroom AI platform for teachers, students, schools, and districts. It combines teacher-built Spaces, student tutoring, classroom insights, standards alignment, and administrative controls. A Free Trial is available, while Pro and Scale pricing is quote-based, with no public dollar amount displayed on the pricing page.
- Best for
- K-12 teachers creating guided AI learning experiences for students.
- Strength
- Teacher-designed Spaces keep student AI interactions tied to classroom goals.
- Drawback
- Paid plan prices are not displayed publicly.
- 5
Curipod is a teacher-led web platform for interactive lessons, writing practice, discussion, polls, and structured AI feedback. Students join without accounts, while teachers review generated material and classroom responses. Entry price is $0 per month, with a weekly live-session allowance and unlimited students per session. School and district plans use custom pricing. It suits K-12 educators prioritizing controlled AI and formative assessment.
- Best for
- Teachers creating interactive lessons around writing, discussion, and formative assessment.
- Strength
- Students can join without creating accounts.
- Drawback
- The public pricing page does not show the exact free weekly session count.
- 6
Diffit
Free / Individual Subscription $14.99/monthDifferentiated, classroom-ready resources in minutes
Free planPaid from: Individual Subscription · $14.99/monthDiffit is a web app for turning topics, links, images, articles, or pasted text into differentiated readings and classroom activities. A free plan includes core creation and PDF workflows; Individual costs $14.99 monthly or $149.99 yearly, while schools receive custom quotes. It suits teachers supporting mixed reading levels, multilingual learners, intervention, and MTSS instruction, but generated content needs review.
- Best for
- Teachers adapting material for mixed reading levels.
- Strength
- One source can produce several differentiated classroom materials.
- Drawback
- School pricing is quote-based.
- 7
Eduaide.ai
Free / Pro monthly $5.99/monthA teacher-facing AI workshop for lessons, worksheets, and assessments.
Free planPaid from: Pro monthly · $5.99/monthEduaide.ai is a teacher-facing browser tool for K-12 lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and related resources. Its $0 Free plan includes 24 monthly credits, while Pro starts at $5.99 monthly or $49.99 yearly and adds unlimited generations, document chat, differentiation, images, transcript imports, and richer context. It suits teachers seeking structured, printable planning materials rather than tutoring, grading, or finished presentations.
- Best for
- K-12 lesson planning.
- Strength
- The Free plan provides 24 monthly credits.
- Drawback
- Generated materials require teacher review.
- 8
Gradescope is a Turnitin-owned assessment service for instructors who grade scanned work, PDFs, online assignments, programming submissions, and bubble sheets. A free Basic plan covers core rubric grading, while Institutional pricing is quote-based. Institutional access adds collaboration, integrations, roster tools, AI-assisted grouping, and administrative controls, with pricing set through institutional terms.
- Best for
- Large university courses with scanned work
- Strength
- It supports paper, PDF, programming, online, and bubble-sheet assignments in one grading workflow.
- Drawback
- Institutional pricing, quotas, and several important limits are not posted publicly.
- 9
Kahoot!
Free / Kahoot!+ Bronze $3/monthLive quizzes and AI study tools for classrooms, teams, and families
Free planPaid from: Kahoot!+ Bronze · $3/monthKahoot! is a learning and engagement platform for teachers, students, families, and workplace teams. It combines live quizzes, self-study, reports, presentations, and AI-assisted content creation. The school free plan supports up to 40 participants, while paid school plans start at $3/month with annual billing, or $9/month with monthly billing.
- Best for
- Teachers running fast formative checks with a whole class.
- Strength
- Live games are easy to join with a nickname.
- Drawback
- Participant limits vary sharply across paid plans.
- 10
AI-assisted lessons, assessments, and differentiation for classroom teaching
Free planPaid from: Individual · $216/yearWayground is an AI-supported teaching platform for educators creating assessments, presentations, passages, flashcards, and interactive videos. Its free Basic plan covers core classroom work, while the Individual plan costs $216 per year when billed annually. School and District plans use custom pricing and add broader reporting, integrations, question types, and administration.
Quizizz became Wayground on June 24, 2025. The company says Quizizz Inc. remains the legal parent and that accounts, ownership, privacy practices, links, and integrations remain unchanged.
- Best for
- Teachers building assessments, lessons, flashcards, and videos in one classroom workspace.
- Strength
- Wayground combines assessments, presentations, passages, flashcards, and interactive videos.
- Drawback
- Basic limits question types, stored activities, students, and some integrations.