2026 Review

Khanmigo

Khan Academy's Socratic AI tutor that guides students toward answers instead of giving them away.

EducationFreemiumPopular70% positive

Facts checked Aug 8, 2026

About Khanmigo

Khanmigo is the AI tutor and teaching assistant from nonprofit Khan Academy, built into its exercises and courses. Instead of answering homework questions outright, it's designed to ask Socratic questions and give hints — with chats visible to the linked parent or teacher accounts. Teacher assistant tools are free for verified educators; the learner plan is $4/month or $44/year (US only), with one parent subscription covering up to 10 kids.

At a glance

Founded: 2008
Headquarters: Mountain View, US
Users: 2M students, educators, and parents used Khanmigo in SY24-25 (company claim)
Languages: 4
Platforms: Web

Integrates with

CleverClassLinkCanvasGoogle Classroom

Main competitors

MagicSchool AI ChatGPTPhotomathSchoolAI

Best for

Homework helpMath tutoringLesson planningWriting feedbackDistrict AI rollouts

Pros

Built by a nonprofit whose policy is not to sell student data — Common Sense Media's top rating among AI learning tools (4/5, 2024 assessment)
At $4/month for up to 10 kids, it's the cheapest serious AI tutor available
Teacher assistant tools are completely free for verified educators
Designed to guide rather than hand over answers — a safer default for homework than a general chatbot

Cons

Learner subscriptions are US-only, and there's no free trial
The chat tutor is web-only — the mobile app carries only Khanmigo Activities
Socratic pacing frustrates answer-seeking kids; Khan Academy itself reported low active usage among licensed district students and is redesigning for the 2026-27 school year
Only 4 languages are fully supported (English, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese); ~40 more are experimental

Our verdict

Best for: Parents who want cheap, guardrailed AI homework help grounded in a real curriculum — and teachers, whose assistant tools are free.

Skip if: Your student needs direct answers and step-by-step solutions on demand, is outside the US, studies mainly on mobile, or works mostly outside Khan Academy's course content.

Our review

Khanmigo is what AI tutoring looks like when a pedagogy organization builds it. The core design decision — guide with Socratic questions instead of answering — sounds like a limitation and is actually the product: it keeps the learning in the loop, and it's why Common Sense Media's AI-for-learning assessments scored Khanmigo above ChatGPT and Gemini for student use. Context-awareness inside Khan Academy's course library means it knows the exact exercise a student is stuck on, and parent-visible chat history plus moderation flags address the supervision problem most chatbots leave to the parents. At $4/month covering up to 10 children — with teacher tools free, subsidized by Microsoft — the pricing reflects nonprofit economics rather than a growth target.

The honest caveats: kids who just want the answer find Khanmigo's patience infuriating and quietly switch to ChatGPT or Photomath, and Khan Academy itself acknowledged that only a minority of licensed district students used it actively — prompting a redesign for the 2026-27 school year, which makes districts' timing awkward. Math accuracy has improved but slip-ups still surface in reviews, and the Socratic guardrail is a design goal, not a guarantee. The consumer plan is US-only, there's no trial, only four languages are fully polished, and — strangest of all for a kids' product — the chat tutor doesn't work in the mobile app, only on the web.

Verdict: the best-value AI tutor for families inside Khan Academy's curriculum, and free teacher tools make it an easy add for educators — as long as you buy into guided learning over instant answers. Students who need worked solutions on demand, live on a phone, or study outside Khan Academy's courses are better served elsewhere, just with fewer guardrails.

What reviewers elsewhere say

70% positive — Praised for guardrailed Socratic tutoring, nonprofit trust, and the $4 price; criticized for occasional math slip-ups, no-answers pacing that frustrates kids, and the web-only chat tutor.

Sentiment estimated from reviews on Reddit, as of Aug 2026. Third-party scores are point-in-time snapshots. We don't host user reviews.

Key features

Socratic tutor asks guiding questions and hints instead of handing over answers
Sees the exact Khan Academy exercise or video the student is working on
Chats are recorded and visible to linked parent and teacher accounts, with moderation flags for concerning messages
Free teacher tools: lesson plans, rubrics, exit tickets, quiz generation, and a Gemini-powered Writing Coach
One $4/month parent subscription covers up to 10 child accounts
District program with Clever/ClassLink rostering, Canvas integration, and a Google Classroom add-on

How to use Khanmigo

Teachers: verify your educator status at khanmigo.ai/teachers and use the assistant tools free.
Parents: subscribe at khanmigo.ai ($4/month or $44/year, US only) and add up to 10 child accounts.
Have your student work through Khan Academy courses — Khanmigo sits alongside every exercise and video.
When stuck, the student asks Khanmigo, which responds with hints and guiding questions rather than the answer.
Review your child's chat history from the parent dashboard; moderation flags surface anything concerning.
Schools: request district pricing — Enterprise Starter runs $10/student/year with Clever or ClassLink rostering.

Pricing

Teacher$0

Free for verified educators: lesson planning, rubrics, quiz generation, Writing Coach, and class insights.

Learner$4/mo

$44/year (about $3.67/mo). One parent subscription covers up to 10 child accounts. US billing address required.

DistrictCustom

Enterprise Starter is $10/student/year up to 1,000 licenses; larger districts get custom Enterprise pricing with Clever/ClassLink rostering.

Pricing verified August 2026 · prices as listed by the vendor; check the official site for current offers.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Khanmigo?

Khanmigo is Khan Academy's AI tutor and teaching assistant, launched in 2023. It tutors students Socratically inside Khan Academy's courses — guiding with questions and hints instead of answers — and gives teachers free AI tools for lesson planning, rubrics, quizzes, and writing feedback.

How much does Khanmigo cost?

Teacher assistant tools are free for verified educators. The learner/parent plan is $4/month or $44/year, and one subscription covers up to 10 child accounts (US billing address required). Districts pay $10/student/year on the Enterprise Starter tier (up to 1,000 licenses), with custom pricing above that.

Is Khanmigo safe for kids?

Safety is its main design goal: it's built to guide rather than hand over answers, conversations are visible to linked parent and teacher accounts, moderation flags concerning chats, and nonprofit Khan Academy's policy is not to sell student data. Common Sense Media gave it 4/5 in its AI-for-learning assessments — its top rating in that set. Like any AI, it can still make mistakes, so treat it as supervised help, not an oracle.

Does Khanmigo have an API?

No. There's no public Khanmigo API, and Khan Academy retired its general developer API. Schools integrate through Clever or ClassLink rostering, the Canvas partnership, and a Google Classroom add-on introduced in 2026.

Khanmigo vs ChatGPT for homework — what's the difference?

ChatGPT will typically solve the problem outright unless carefully prompted; Khanmigo is built not to. It asks what you've tried, hints at the next step, and keeps the struggle productive — better for learning, slower for finishing. It also sees the actual exercise the student is on, while ChatGPT only knows what gets pasted in.