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Khanmigo

FreemiumOther Last updated: May 4, 2026

Khanmigo is Khan Academy's AI tutor and teaching assistant for K-12 students and teachers, using Socratic guidance across math, science, and humanities.

Our General Score

8.5/10
Functionality8.5
Features8.0
Usability8.5
Value9.5
Integrations7.5
Reliability8.5

Plans & Pricing

Use Cases

Education

9.2

Socratic tutoring integrated with Khan Academy's full K-12 content library enables students to work through math, science, reading, writing, CS, and test prep with guided hints and follow-up questions rather than direct answers — covering subjects from elementary arithmetic through AP Calculus and SAT/ACT preparation.

Research

7.2

Khanmigo can help students research topics within its K-12 curriculum scope and ask analytical questions about reading material, but it is not a general-purpose research tool for academic literature review, citation analysis, or topics outside Khan Academy's content library.

Personal Productivity

7.8

Voice I/O (text-to-speech and speech-to-text) reduces the typing barrier for students using Khanmigo on mobile or tablet, and chat history enables learners to review and continue previous tutoring sessions — but the tool is scoped to educational workflows and does not support general task automation or adult productivity use cases.

Content Creation

8.0

Teacher tools generate standards-aligned lesson plans, rubrics, hooks, exit tickets, discussion prompts, and quiz questions with export to Google Slides and Google Forms — covering the primary content creation workflow for K-12 educators without requiring separate writing tools for standard instructional materials.

Platforms

WebiOSAndroid

Capabilities

Context WindowN/A
API PricingN/A
Image Generation✗ No
Memory Persistence◑ Partial
Computer Use✗ No
API Available✗ No
Multimodal◑ Partial
Open Source✗ No
Browser Extension✗ No

Overview

Khanmigo is Khan Academy's AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant, built on GPT-4 and integrated with Khan Academy's full K-12 content library across math, science, reading, writing, computer science, and test preparation. For learners and parents, it costs $4/month or $44/year and guides students through problems using Socratic questioning rather than providing direct answers. For teachers, access is free in supported countries. Khanmigo generates standards-aligned lesson plans, rubrics, exit tickets, and progress summaries, with export to Google Slides and Forms. It integrates with Google Classroom, Canvas, and Schoology via Clever. Student classroom access requires a district partnership — individual teachers cannot grant access independently. Consumer access requires a US billing address. Art, music, and advanced college subjects are not supported.

Key Features

  • Socratic tutoring guiding K-12 students to answers through questions and hints rather than direct solutions
  • Full integration with Khan Academy's K-12 content library across math, science, reading, writing, CS, and test prep
  • Image upload for math and science problems including handwritten work and diagrams for tutoring support
  • Teacher tools generating standards-aligned lesson plans, rubrics, exit tickets, and progress summaries
  • Export of teacher-generated materials to Google Slides and Google Forms
  • Voice I/O with text-to-speech and speech-to-text across tutoring sessions

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • At $4/month, Khanmigo is the lowest-cost AI tutor purpose-built for K-12 learners — significantly below human tutoring ($50–$100/hour), Chegg Study ($15.95/month), and general-purpose AI tools that are not designed for guided learning
  • Teacher access is free for eligible educators in supported countries, eliminating the cost barrier for individual classroom teachers who cannot access institutional AI budgets
  • COPPA and FERPA compliance with parent moderation dashboards and interaction history makes Khanmigo the only AI tutor designed to meet US student data privacy requirements out of the box
  • Google Classroom, Canvas, and Schoology integration via Clever allows district deployments to connect Khanmigo directly to existing LMS infrastructure without separate configuration

Cons

  • Consumer access requires a US billing address — international learners and teachers outside Khan Academy's supported territories cannot purchase individual subscriptions regardless of language availability
  • Student classroom access requires a district partnership contract — individual teachers cannot grant their own students access to Khanmigo, limiting use to districts that have negotiated separate agreements
  • Art, music, advanced college subjects, and most post-secondary curriculum are not supported — learners needing tutoring outside K-12 core subjects must use a different tool
  • Socratic approach creates friction for time-pressured students who need quick answers — the platform's guided questioning model actively resists providing direct solutions even when a student is under deadline pressure

Who It's For

Best For

  • K-12 students who need patient, unlimited Socratic math and science tutoring at $4/month without risk of getting answers handed to them
  • Individual classroom teachers in supported countries who need free AI tools for lesson planning, rubric generation, and student progress summaries without institutional budget
  • Parents of K-12 learners who need a COPPA-compliant, supervised AI tutoring tool with parent moderation dashboards and interaction history
  • US school districts seeking a FERPA-compliant AI tutoring add-on integrated with their existing Khan Academy deployment and Clever rostering infrastructure

Not Ideal For

  • International learners and educators outside the US and Khan Academy's supported territories where the US billing address requirement blocks individual consumer access
  • Students needing immediate answers for time-sensitive homework deadlines — Khanmigo's Socratic method intentionally avoids providing direct solutions
  • Learners studying art, music, advanced college coursework, or professional subjects outside Khan Academy's K-12 curriculum scope
  • Individual teachers who want to grant their own classroom students access without a district partnership agreement in place

Audience Scores

At $4/month, Khanmigo provides unlimited Socratic tutoring across K-12 math, science, reading, and test prep with image upload for handwritten problems — the lowest price point for a purpose-built, COPPA-compliant AI tutor integrated directly with a full K-12 content library.

Free access to all teacher tools including standards-aligned lesson plan generation, rubric creation, exit tickets, and student progress summaries exportable to Google Slides and Forms eliminates the cost barrier that makes other AI teaching tools inaccessible for individual classroom teachers without institutional budgets.

Khanmigo's content coverage is scoped to K-12 curriculum topics and Khan Academy's library — it is not a tool for academic literature search, citation analysis, or research outside its educational domain, making it a poor fit for graduate-level or professional research workflows.

Freelancers who are self-directed learners can use Khanmigo for personal skill development in covered subjects at $4/month, but the US billing address requirement excludes international users and the subject scope (K-12 core subjects) does not cover professional or specialized freelancer training needs.

Consider These Instead

When Not To Choose Khanmigo

Choose Khan Academy (core platform, free) over Khanmigo when a student needs access to Khan Academy's video lessons and practice exercises without the AI tutoring layer — the core platform covers the same K-12 subjects at no cost. Choose Chegg Study over Khanmigo when a student needs direct textbook answers, step-by-step solutions without Socratic friction, or access to expert Q&A beyond the K-12 subject scope, at $15.95/month with broader subject coverage. Choose ChatGPT Plus over Khanmigo when a learner needs general-purpose AI assistance across all subjects including post-secondary, professional, or creative topics, and direct answer-giving rather than Socratic guided learning is acceptable.

Integrations

Khan AcademyGoogle ClassroomCanvasSchoologyCleverGoogle Slides

Known Limitations

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