Comparison
Khanmigo vs MagicSchool for parents
Written for a parent deciding what a child uses at home. Khanmigo is a tutor a parent can buy. MagicSchool is built for schools, and a child gets in when a teacher or the district turns it on. This page does not rank them. Prices are the ones on the public pages we read. Anything missing is marked.
| Khanmigo | MagicSchool | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it is for | A parent account that turns the tutor on for children under 18. The regular Khan Academy library stays free. | K–12 teachers and students. Students use MagicStudent, the classroom side, when a school or educator enables it. |
| Price we could verify | Parent and learner plans are $4 a month or $44 a year. A U.S. billing address is required. Up to 10 children. | Teachers can use a free plan. Plus is $12.99 a month, or $8.33 per user a month billed yearly ($99.96 a year), on the FAQ. Enterprise for a district is a quote, not a posted dollar price. |
| How a child gets in | Sign-up is for adults 18 and older. A child under 18 needs a parent or a district. | A child uses it only with a parent’s consent or a school acting for the parent. The student data policy says a child cannot get in until a school or educator adds them, by a school sign-in or a room code. |
| Teaches or answers | Khan Academy says Khanmigo does not give the answer and helps the child think it through. That is their design claim. Replies can still be wrong. | MagicSchool says students brainstorm, practice, ask questions, and get feedback while the teacher chooses the tools. We did not sit in a student room and test whether it will hand over a finished answer. |
What the Khanmigo pages say
The figures above are the same ones on the Khanmigo tool page. Khan Academy also says parents can read chat history, and that student data is not used to train the model provider. The safety note links those claims. If you want the lessons without the tutor, free Khanmigo alternatives stays inside this directory. A second parent comparison is IQnition vs Khanmigo.
What MagicSchool’s pages say
The parent overview is Understanding AI for students and families. Plan prices are on the FAQ and the pricing page. Child access is in the student data policy. That policy says MagicSchool does not use children’s personal information to train general AI models, and that prompts may be processed briefly by AI providers and not kept for training. Those are the company’s statements. We did not audit the contracts.
MagicSchool’s FAQ also says students cannot chat with one another, and that teachers can review student activity. A parent does not buy a separate child subscription on the pages we read. If your school does not use it, Plus is an educator plan, not a homework app you hand to a third grader.
Not verified
- Whether MagicStudent will produce a finished answer if a child pushes it.
- A posted dollar price for MagicSchool Enterprise.
- Which model Khanmigo uses today. The parent page we read earlier still said GPT-4, and that line was not re-checked for this comparison.