Coursera Coach vs Flint vs Khanmigo vs LearnLM
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Coursera Coach
Gemini-powered tutor baked into every Coursera course
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Flint
K-12 AI tutoring and teacher tools with published per-school pricing
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Khanmigo
Khan Academy's Socratic AI tutor — free for teachers worldwide, guided...
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LearnLM
Google's learning-science-tuned model family, now powering Gemini's Gu...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.4 / 10 | 7.1 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Value for money | — | — | ||
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| ASEAN readiness | — | — | ||
| API quality | — | — | ||
| Pricing | Subscription | Freemium | Freemium | Free |
| Free tier | Not available standalone; some Coach features surfaced on free/audit course pages | — | Free for teachers worldwide (70+ countries) via Microsoft partnership | Guided Learning mode is free for all Gemini users; LearnLM capabilities are also available to developers via Google's AI APIs. |
| Paid from | Included in Coursera Plus (~$399/yr or ~$35-59/mo) | — | $4/mo or $44/yr (learners/parents, US); free for teachers; districts add-on $15/student/yr | — |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 1M+ learners, 34M+ messages exchanged | — | Roughly 2M learners in SY24-25, including ~770K via district partnerships | — |
| Founded | 2012 | — | 2008 | — |
| Maker | Andrew Ng, Daphne Koller | — | Khan Academy | |
| Verdict | Coach is one of the better examples of AI grafted onto an existing course library instead of bolted on as a gimmick. It sits inside the lesson player, so a learner stuck on a concept can ask for a plain-language rewrite,... |
Flint's strongest signal is adoption pattern, not feature list: districts describe it as the tool they've actually approved district-wide, which matters more in K-12 than almost any other buying criterion given how many... |
Khanmigo is one of the more credible AI tutors on the market — it actually enforces guided learning over answer-giving, ties tightly into Khan Academy's content library, and is free for teachers worldwide through Microso... |
What this is for: A learning-tuned model that teaches through Socratic questioning and step-by-step guidance rather than just giving answers. Who this is for: Students, lifelong learners, and educators, plus developers... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.