Coursera AI (formerly Coursera Coach) vs Khanmigo vs Chegg CheggMate vs Oboe
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Coursera AI (formerly Coursera Coach)
Coursera's in-course AI study assistant for paying learners
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Khanmigo
Khan Academy's AI tutor that guides students to answers instead of giv...
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Chegg CheggMate
Chegg's 2023 GPT-4 study companion, folded into Chegg Study
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Oboe
An AI tutor that plans a learning path, then teaches it in chat
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.4 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 |
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| Value for money | — | — | ||
| Ease of use | — | — | ||
| ASEAN readiness | — | — | ||
| API quality | — | — | ||
| Pricing | Subscription | Freemium | Subscription | Freemium |
| Free tier | No free access. Coursera AI chat is for paid Coursera Plus, select Professional Certificate and organisation learners; it unlocks only after the 7-day trial or refund window ends | Khanmigo for Teachers is free (still a pilot) for educators aged 18+ in 180+ countries and territories | — | Free plan with every learning format (chat, podcasts, flashcards, quizzes, study guides, diagrams, songs); usage rate-limited, resets daily |
| Paid from | Included in Coursera Plus: $59/month or $399/year | $4/month or $44/year (US parents and learners, sales tax extra) | Not published on the readable Study Pack page (CheggMate is no longer sold by name) | $15/month Plus or $40/month Pro (annual: $144 or $384 per year) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | 1M+ learners, 34M+ messages exchanged | Roughly 2M learners in SY24-25, including ~770K via district partnerships | — | Not publicly disclosed; early-stage consumer growth post-Series A |
| Founded | 2012 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Maker | Coursera, Inc. | Khan Academy | Chegg, Inc. | Nir Zicherman (CEO) and Michael Mignano (board member; partner at Lightspeed) |
| Verdict | Coursera's assistant is a well-integrated study aid: it answers questions in context, summarises, quizzes you and gives quick AI feedback on assignments, and Coursera's own figures suggest learners who use it pass quizze... |
Khanmigo does what it promises: it withholds answers and walks students through the reasoning, tied to Khan Academy's exercises and videos, and the free teacher tools for lesson plans, rubrics and exit tickets are genuin... |
There is no CheggMate to buy. The brand Chegg launched with OpenAI in April 2023 disappeared from its filings by mid-2023, and the AI it described became the conversational layer of Chegg Study, sold in the Study Pack wi... |
Oboe is a well-designed way to start learning something new: it plans a route toward your goal, then teaches it as a conversation, dropping in a podcast, quiz, flashcards or diagram when they help. The 2026 redesign answ... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.