Best Education AI tools, matched to your use case and budget

26 Education tools in our graveyard are still alive and taking signups. Below they're sorted two ways — by the job you're hiring them for, and by what you can afford per month. Anything we've confirmed dead, abandoned or absorbed is listed at the bottom so you don't waste an afternoon on it.

Pick by what you're trying to do

Use cases are matched against what each tool actually claims to do, not its marketing tier.

Pick by budget

Based on the lowest recorded entry price. Vendors change pricing constantly — treat these as a shortlist, then confirm on the vendor page.

26 live Education tools have no pricing on record yet: Duolingo Max, ALEKS, Khanmigo, Brisk Teaching, ELSA Speak, Turnitin Feedback Studio, Carnegie Learning MATHia, Ello, Knewton Alta, Loora, Speak, StudyFetch.

Don't bother: Education tools that are gone or going

Still ranking in Google, still linked in listicles, no longer worth your card details.

  • Socratic by Google

    Google's Socratic support page states that the app was discontinued on September 30, 2024. Its former homepage now redirects to that notice.

    🔴Shutdown / Dead
  • Gradescope

    Turnitin acquired Gradescope in October 2018. Gradescope remains available as a Turnitin product, so “acquired” describes its ownership rather than a shutdown.

    🟡Acquired / Merged
  • Photomath

    Google completed its acquisition of Photomath in May 2023 after European Commission clearance; Photomath continues to operate as an available app and service.

    🟡Acquired / Merged
  • Quizlet Q-Chat

    Quizlet’s Help Center states that Q-Chat was retired after June 30, 2024. The former product URL no longer presents Q-Chat as an available standalone study experience.

    🔴Shutdown / Dead
  • Fishtree

    Fishtree was acquired by Follett in 2018. Contemporary reporting said its technology would be integrated into Follett products; the original Fishtree website no longer presents a standalone product.

    🟡Acquired / Merged