A side-by-side comparison of two AI tools that are often grouped together but actually serve different audiences. Kuraplan is a teacher-facing prep tool with native NZ / AU / UK / US curriculum alignment. SchoolAI is a student-facing AI platform with real-time teacher moderation. We verified every pricing and feature claim against the live product pages on 20 May 2026.
Different audiences entirely — most schools end up using both
Pick Kuraplan if you…
Are a TEACHER planning lessons — and need plans, worksheets, slides and rubrics in one tool
Teach the NZ Curriculum, Australian Curriculum v9, UK National Curriculum, or NCEA
Want a browsable library of 1,000+ printable worksheets
Want transparent personal pricing you can act on today
Pick SchoolAI if you…
Want STUDENTS to use AI directly in class with teacher moderation and real-time visibility
Need FERPA / COPPA / SOC2 compliance baked into a district-grade platform
Are a US K–12 school or district adopting a single platform to govern student AI use
Want interactive in-app Spaces (not printable PDFs) as your primary classroom artefact
Honest note: these are different categories — Kuraplan is for the teacher's prep desk, SchoolAI is for the classroom with students. Most schools we talk to end up using both, for different parts of the same day.
Feature-by-feature comparison
Every row verified against the live product pages on 20 May 2026.
Feature
Kuraplan
SchoolAI
Free tier
Free forever
21 classroom tools usable with no signup; AI generation requires a free account
"Always free for teachers"
Includes 200,000+ pre-built Spaces, Basic Tools and Assistants, 1 basic PowerUp per Space, plus FERPA/COPPA/SOC2 compliance baseline
Pro and Scale tiers have no public dollar figure on schoolai.com/pricing — schools request a demo (verified 20 May 2026)
Primary audience
Teachers (prep workflow)
Built for the teacher's prep desk — plan a lesson, generate the worksheet, build the slide deck, mark with a rubric
Students + teachers (dual)
Built for students to use AI directly (via Dot, the student tutor) under teacher supervision through Mission Control; also has teacher productivity tools
AI lesson plan generator
Yes (native AI lesson planner)
Curriculum-aligned lesson plans in one click
Yes (Spaces + productivity tools)
Lesson planning sits alongside rubrics, assessments and parent communication in the teacher productivity surface
Worksheets database (pre-built)
1,000+ printable worksheets in library
200,000+ pre-built Spaces (interactive)
SchoolAI's library is built around interactive Spaces (in-app activities), not downloadable printable worksheets in the same Twinkl-style format
Student-facing AI chat
No (teacher-facing tool)
Kuraplan deliberately does not put an AI chatbot in students' hands — the product is for the teacher's prep workflow
Yes (Dot — signature feature)
Dot is a student-facing AI tutor adapting to individual learning styles in 60+ languages; this is SchoolAI's headline product, not a side feature
In-class moderation / student safety
N/A — no student chat surface
Because Kuraplan does not give students an AI chat surface, classroom moderation is not part of its product
Mission Control + real-time alerts
Teachers see real-time student activity, and the platform flags concerning content (bullying, abuse, neglect) for review — this is SchoolAI's signature safety story
Curriculum support
NZ, AU v9, UK NC, US, CA, IE + NCEA
Native alignment across six curricula and NCEA achievement standards
US-centric, generic standards alignment
Public materials emphasise US K–12 classrooms; native NZ Curriculum, Australian Curriculum v9, UK National Curriculum or NCEA alignment is not advertised on its public pages (verified May 2026)
SchoolAI's output gravity is interactive in-app experiences (Spaces) and Google Docs integration via Chrome extension, not standalone PDFs / printables
LMS / SSO integration
Google Classroom, Google Workspace
Direct export; Canvas / Schoology not surfaced
Full LMS + SSO (Scale tier)
Full LMS/SSO integration and LMS-embedded experiences are gated to the Scale tier per schoolai.com/pricing (verified May 2026); not in free tier
Mobile / device access
Responsive web
Responsive web + Chrome extension
Best for
Teachers planning the week (NZ / AU / UK / US) who want plan + worksheet + slides + rubric in one tool
Schools and districts that want students to use AI directly with teacher oversight, real-time moderation and institutional safety/compliance
Where Kuraplan wins
Five specific advantages, each backed by what we verified on both products this week.
Native multi-curriculum (NZ, AU v9, UK, US, CA, IE) + NCEA
Kuraplan generates plans aligned to the New Zealand Curriculum, Australian Curriculum v9, UK National Curriculum, US Common Core, Canadian provincial curricula and Irish curriculum out of the box — plus NCEA achievement standards for NZ secondary. SchoolAI's public materials are anchored in US K–12 contexts and do not name native alignment to NZ, AU v9, UK NC or NCEA on its homepage or pricing page (verified 20 May 2026). For non-US teachers, that gap is meaningful.
Full prep workflow: plan + worksheet + slides + image in one pass
Kuraplan is built around the teacher's whole prep workflow — type the topic, pick the year level and curriculum, and the lesson plan, matching worksheet, slide deck and any supporting images come out together. SchoolAI's teacher productivity tools exist, but its centre of gravity is the student-facing experience (Dot + Spaces + Mission Control). If your job to be done is "plan tomorrow's lesson end-to-end," Kuraplan is built for that exact moment.
Beyond on-demand generation, Kuraplan ships a library of 1,000+ printable worksheets across maths, reading and science — designed to be downloaded, printed and handed out. SchoolAI's 200,000+ Spaces are interactive in-app activities by design, which is the right choice for its student-facing model but a different artefact from a printable PDF you photocopy for Period 3.
Transparent personal pricing — $9 / month
Kuraplan publishes its prices openly: $9 / month for Pro, $99 / teacher / year for Schools. SchoolAI's Pro and Scale tiers have no public dollar figure on schoolai.com/pricing — schools request a demo to find out (verified May 2026). Individual teachers comparing budgets can act on Kuraplan's price the moment they read it.
21 free classroom tools without an account
Kuraplan publishes 21 classroom utilities — random name picker, rubric generator, exit ticket generator, seating chart maker, word search maker, and more — that work in the browser with no signup. Student names and class data are stored locally on-device, not on Kuraplan's servers. SchoolAI requires a teacher account to access its tools and Spaces.
Where SchoolAI wins
SchoolAI is genuinely excellent at the job it was built for — putting AI safely in students' hands with teacher control. Here are the places it outperforms a teacher-only tool like Kuraplan.
Best-in-class student-facing AI with real-time moderation
Dot — SchoolAI's student-facing AI tutor — is the most polished implementation of "safe student AI use" we have seen. Teachers configure what students can and cannot do per Space, watch activity live in Mission Control, and get alerts on concerning content (the platform highlights bullying, abuse and neglect flags). For a school whose actual problem is "students are using AI anyway — we want it governed," SchoolAI is purpose-built for that and a teacher-only tool like Kuraplan does not solve that problem at all.
Institutional-grade compliance posture
SchoolAI's pricing page calls out FERPA, FIPPA and COPPA compliance plus SOC2 and 1EdTech certifications in the free tier baseline. Student data is not used to train AI models. For a district legal/IT review, that posture is mature and easier to defend than rolling general-purpose chatbots into classrooms. Kuraplan's teacher-facing model sidesteps most of that risk by not exposing students to AI at all — different tradeoff, both legitimate.
Major scale claims and adoption
SchoolAI's homepage claims "over 1 million classrooms" and "over 1 million educators" using the platform, with "200,000+ Spaces created by teachers" (verified at schoolai.com 20 May 2026). These are SchoolAI's own self-published numbers — not an independent audit — but if even directionally accurate they represent serious district-level traction in the US K–12 market.
A genuinely different category — students, not just teachers
We want to be clear: SchoolAI is solving a different problem than Kuraplan. Kuraplan is "help the teacher prep their week." SchoolAI is "let students use AI safely in class, while giving teachers control and visibility." Both jobs are real, both jobs matter, and the right answer for many schools is to run both — Kuraplan on the teacher's prep desk, SchoolAI in the classroom for student activities.
Pricing breakdown (May 2026)
Pricing verified on each product's public pricing page on 20 May 2026.
Tier
Kuraplan
SchoolAI
Free
$0 — AI lesson, unit and worksheet planners (with limits), the full 1,000+ worksheets library, plus 21 classroom tools that need no account at all.
$0 — “Always free for teachers.” Includes 200,000+ pre-built Spaces, Basic Tools and Assistants, 1 basic PowerUp per Space, plus FERPA / FIPPA / COPPA compliance baseline and SOC2 + 1EdTech certifications.
Not publicly priced. SchoolAI does not publish a per-teacher dollar figure for paid access; teachers participate via their school's subscription.
Schools / District
$99 / teacher / year (Schools). Admin dashboard, bulk licensing, custom AI training, custom slide branding, DPA, 30-day trial.
Quote-based (Pro / Scale). Pro adds SIS rostering, dashboards, success manager, browser extension. Scale adds Student Portals, AI Notetaker, full LMS / SSO, LMS- embedded student Spaces, custom DPAs, SLA. Exact $ not published — demo required.
We deliberately do not invent a SchoolAI price. As of 20 May 2026, schoolai.com/pricing does not publish a specific dollar figure for Pro or Scale tiers — anything specific you see elsewhere is either out of date or quoted to a specific district.
Two different jobs — when each tool is the right pick
Because Kuraplan and SchoolAI are designed for different audiences, comparing them on a single prompt is misleading. Here are two realistic jobs and how each tool handles them.
Job 1: plan tomorrow's Year 5 maths lesson on fractions
Kuraplan generates a 45-minute lesson with timing breakdown, learning objective aligned to NZC Level 3 Number and Algebra (when you pick the NZ curriculum), differentiated scaffold + extension tasks, plus a matching worksheet and slide deck in one pass.
SchoolAI can produce a lesson plan via its productivity tools, and a teacher could build an interactive Space for students to work through. But the teacher's one-tap “plan + slides + worksheet” flow is not SchoolAI's home turf — its gravity is the in-class student experience.
Job 2: let students brainstorm an essay with an AI tutor — safely
SchoolAI is exactly this tool: students log in, talk to Dot, the teacher watches the conversation live in Mission Control, and the platform flags concerning content automatically. Teachers configure what Dot can and cannot do per Space.
Kuraplan does not solve this job at all — by design, Kuraplan does not put an AI chatbot in students' hands. If your need is in-class student AI, you want SchoolAI (or a similar student-facing product).
Honest assessment: The two tools answer different questions. We do not recommend choosing one solely on the basis of a head-to-head feature shootout; instead, pick the tool that matches who you want to put AI in front of — the teacher or the student. Many schools use both: Kuraplan for the teacher's prep desk, SchoolAI for in-class student activities.
User signals and adoption
We did not paraphrase unverified G2 / Capterra quotes for this comparison. Instead, here are the user-facing signals each product publishes directly.
Kuraplan, in its own numbers
“Trusted by 1,000+ schools.”
“Loved by 40,000+ teachers.”
1,000+ printable worksheets in the public library.
21 classroom tools open and free to use without an account.
Source: kuraplan.com homepage (verified 20 May 2026).
SchoolAI, in its own numbers
“Over 1 million classrooms” using the platform.
“Over 1 million educators” trusted.
200,000+ Spaces created by teachers.
FERPA / FIPPA / COPPA compliance + SOC2 + 1EdTech certifications baked into the free tier.
Source: schoolai.com homepage and pricing page (verified 20 May 2026). User-count figures are SchoolAI's own self-published data, not an independent audit.
Adding Kuraplan (alongside SchoolAI, or instead)
Because the two tools handle different jobs, “switching” is rarely the right framing — many schools run both. Here are the three paths most schools take.
1
Add Kuraplan for the teacher's prep desk, keep SchoolAI for student activities
The most common pairing. Teachers plan their week in Kuraplan (plan + worksheet + slides + rubric, aligned to your curriculum), then run in-class student activities through SchoolAI Spaces. Each tool stays in its lane and does what it is best at.
2
Replace SchoolAI fully if you don't want students using AI directly
Some schools decide students should not be interacting with AI directly in class — for pedagogical reasons, age-appropriateness, or board-level policy. If that is your stance, Kuraplan covers the teacher productivity story without exposing students to AI chat at all. Sign up at kuraplan.com/signup.
3
Use Kuraplan's 21 free no-account tools alongside whichever platform you choose
Even if SchoolAI is your primary platform, quick utilities (rubric maker, exit ticket, name picker, word search) work better as no-login browser tools. Bookmark kuraplan.com/tools. They run in the browser with no account; student data stays on-device.
Try Kuraplan free — no credit card
Pick your curriculum, generate your next lesson, and see how the teacher's prep workflow feels in 60 seconds.
It depends on the job. SchoolAI is purpose-built for students to use AI directly in class with teacher oversight — its signature features (Dot, Spaces, Mission Control) put a moderated AI tutor in students' hands and let teachers monitor in real time. Kuraplan is purpose-built for the teacher's prep workflow — lesson plans, worksheets, slides, rubrics — aligned to the NZ, AU v9, UK, US, Canadian or Irish curriculum (and NCEA). If your problem is "my students are going to use AI anyway and I want it governed," SchoolAI. If your problem is "I need tomorrow's lesson plan and worksheet ready before bed," Kuraplan. Many schools end up using both.
Are Kuraplan and SchoolAI direct competitors?
Not really — they sit in different categories. Kuraplan is a teacher prep tool. SchoolAI is a student-facing AI platform with teacher moderation. They overlap on the surface (both call themselves AI tools for schools) but the centre of gravity is different. Kuraplan does not put an AI chatbot in students' hands by design. SchoolAI does — and built an entire moderation product (Mission Control) around making that safe. We honestly recommend both for the right jobs.
How much does SchoolAI cost in 2026?
As of 20 May 2026 (verified at schoolai.com/pricing): the Free tier is "always free for teachers" and includes 200,000+ pre-built Spaces, Basic Tools and Assistants, 1 basic PowerUp per Space, plus FERPA/FIPPA/COPPA compliance baseline. The Pro tier adds unlimited PowerUps, SIS rostering, dashboards and a dedicated success manager. The Scale tier adds Student Portals, AI Notetaker, full LMS/SSO integration and custom DPAs. SchoolAI does not publish a per-teacher or per-student dollar figure for Pro or Scale — schools request a demo for pricing.
Does SchoolAI support the NZ, Australian or UK curricula?
SchoolAI's public materials (homepage, pricing page) are anchored in US K–12 contexts and do not name native alignment to the New Zealand Curriculum, Australian Curriculum v9, UK National Curriculum or NCEA achievement standards as of May 2026. Teachers in NZ, AU and UK can absolutely use SchoolAI's general teacher productivity features, but for standards-aligned lesson planning Kuraplan is purpose-built for those curricula.
Is Kuraplan a good SchoolAI alternative?
Honest answer: not exactly, because they solve different problems. If your reason for using SchoolAI is the student-facing AI tutor (Dot) with classroom moderation, Kuraplan does not replace that — by design we do not put an AI chatbot in students' hands. If your reason for using SchoolAI is the teacher productivity tools (lesson planning, rubrics, assessments), Kuraplan covers that with native multi-curriculum alignment, a 1,000+ worksheets library and transparent $9 / month pricing. For some schools the right answer is Kuraplan for teacher prep + SchoolAI for student activities.
Can students use Kuraplan directly?
Kuraplan is designed for teachers, not students. The 21 free classroom tools (name picker, exit tickets, word search) run in a teacher's browser. The AI generation tools (lesson planner, worksheet planner, unit planner) produce teacher-facing artefacts. If your need is "a safe AI surface students log into and use," SchoolAI's Dot is the right tool — Kuraplan does not try to be that.
Which is safer for student data?
Both products publish a privacy-first posture, but they take different routes. SchoolAI advertises FERPA, FIPPA and COPPA compliance plus SOC2 and 1EdTech certifications in its free-tier baseline, and explicitly states student data is not used to train AI models — necessary because students interact with AI directly. Kuraplan minimises the student-data attack surface by not exposing students to AI at all; the 21 classroom tools store student names locally in the browser, not on Kuraplan's servers. Both are defensible postures; the right one depends on whether you want students to use AI in class.
Do either tool integrate with Google Classroom?
Yes — both integrate with the Google stack. SchoolAI ships a Chrome extension that puts AI into Google Docs and offers full LMS/SSO integration on its Scale tier. Kuraplan exports to Google Classroom and Google Workspace from any tier. If LMS integration is a hard requirement, both are credible options; SchoolAI's LMS-embedded student experiences are unique to its student-facing model.
About this comparison
This comparison is editorially independent. Kuraplan is our product. We are not paid by SchoolAI or any competitor mentioned. We have not received review units or affiliate commissions. SchoolAI is an excellent tool at what it is built for — putting AI safely in students' hands with teacher control — and we have tried to give it credit explicitly where it outperforms us. Ratings reflect our genuine assessment based on free-tier and public-page review on 20 May 2026.
Last verified: 20 May 2026. Pricing accuracy: confirmed against schoolai.com/pricing and kuraplan.com/pricing on 20 May 2026. SchoolAI's Pro and Scale tier dollar figures are not publicly published; we have not invented any.