Eduaide.AI — Pedagogy-First AI Lesson Planner with Document Workspace + Feedback Bot

1. One-line positioning

Eduaide.AI (Annapolis, 2023; Derek Johnson + Thomas Hummel/Thompson, 80万+ educators, ~6 employees) = AI instructional-design workbench built by teachers — 100–110+ guided resource generators (Lesson Plan / Graphic Organizer / Game / Assessment categories) + Erasmus Smart Document Chat + Adapt & Differentiate + grade-level Evaluator + Feedback Bot, all grounded in retrieval/scaffolding/formative-assessment pedagogy. Not MagicSchool (broader ecosystem + student product), not Brisk (Chrome-side real-time assistant), not Diffit (text-leveling-only), not ChatGPT (chat, no standards/doc workflow). Fits ai-productivity-data; pipeline_stage none (objective → generate → differentiate → evaluate → export LMS). 2026 trap: Free = 15 generations/month (or daily limits on 81 tools) — pinch daily users into $5.99/mo fast; outputs fact-check and standards-alignment-claim still need teacher eyes; smaller ecosystem than MagicSchool for district adoption.

2. Core features

Layer	Capability	Notes
Generate	100–110+ guided generators in 3 families: Content (lesson/worksheet/rubric/quiz), Organizers (compare/sequence/map), Games (review/active practice)	No long-prompt needed; topic + grade + standards in
Standards	Common Core / NGSS / TEKS / Florida B.E.S.T. / VA SOL + 50+ jurisdictions, browse-apply inline	Claims always teacher-verified
Workspace	Tabbed editable doc editor, Erasmus Smart Document Chat (rewrite/examples/pace), DOCX import, multi-tab	Generation is start, not end — refinement happens here
Differentiate	Adapt & Diff: questions, engagement packs, learner profiles (Gifted/EL/Special Ed/absent), answer keys, 5 rubric types, complexity adjust, study tools, translate 26+ langs	One-click from open doc
Assess	Assessment Builder — 9 question types, difficulty/cognitive-demand controls, point values	Aligned to Bloom tiers
Feedback	Feedback Bot — paste student work → criteria-based constructive written feedback, longer assignments on Pro	Teachers report grading ~½ time
Sources	YouTube transcript → lesson, upload docs/websites, images, custom classroom images	Pro: 3x topic prompt (6,000 chars), 5 standards, 3 docs
Models	Claude + GPT under the hood; reasoning-model access on Pro	—
Surface	🌐 Web · 🧩 Chrome context (not a standalone ext like Brisk) · 🔌 no public REST API · no native mobile app	—

3. Pricing (2026-08, USD)

Tier	Price	Grants	Unlocks
Free	$0	15 AI generations/month (some sources say daily limits across 81 tools), limited Feedback Bot length, basic generators, national standards DB, doc/website inputs	Try the workflow; most active users cap out in 1–2 weeks
Pro (monthly)	$5.99/mo	unlimited generations, Erasmus Doc Chat, Enhance+Transform, Feedback Bot long assignments, custom images, YouTube transcripts, reasoning model, 6,000-char topic, 5 standards, 3 uploads	Best pure value in category
Pro (annual)	$49.99/yr (~$4.17/mo, 30% off)	everything in Pro	Recommended for full-year teachers
Schools & Districts	Custom	volume discount, admin dashboard, team collab, PD, priority support, FERPA/COPPA posture	Per-seat site license

pricing_type = freemium; starting_price = $0; free_tier = "yes; 15 generations/month (or daily limits on 81 tools), limited Feedback Bot assignment length, basic content+teaching-assistant tools, national standards DB, document/website inputs; NO unlimited AI, NO Erasmus Doc Chat, NO custom images, NO YouTube/3x prompt"; pricing_note = "free-15-generations-monthly-pinches-daily-users; pro-599-monthly-4999-annual-30pct-off; cheapest-paid-in-category-vs-magicschool-833; feedback-bot-length-capped-on-free; no-student-facing-product; no-public-rest-api; no-native-mobile-app; standards-alignment-claims-need-teacher-verification; fair-refund-policy"

4. Access Type (v2)

access_type: web-app

access_display: 🌐 Web · 🧩 Chrome (context, not full Brisk-style ext) · (no native iOS/Android, no public REST API)

5. Reviews (split — review sites high, G2/Capterra absent)

Source	Score	Signal
ToolChase / ToolMango / AICloudBase	4.4–4.5/5	Cheapest Pro, pedagogy depth, 100+ generators, Feedback Bot
Product Hunt	~4.5/5 (May 2026)	“Reclaim personal time; double-check facts”
G2	not listed	—
Capterra	not listed	—
Trustpilot	sparse ~mixed	Refund/termination-clause awareness; small-team support latency
Reddit / teacher forums	positive consensus	“Quiet workhorse next to MagicSchool”; verify facts + alignment

Praise: best pure value (~$6/mo, cheaper than MagicSchool Plus $8.33 / ChatGPT $20), tiered scaffolding + accommodations show founders taught, Workspace matches real planning flow, Feedback Bot halves essay grading, clean uncluttered UI.

Gripes: free 15/mo too tight (effectively a paid tool), smaller community/PD than MagicSchool, no student-facing product, no mobile app, outputs can hallucinate facts, standards “alignment” is AI-claimed not state-verified, refund/cancellation terms draw scrutiny.

6. Best for / Not for

Best for	Not for
K-12 classroom teachers building differentiated materials daily	Schools wanting one platform including student use (MagicSchool safer institutional bet)
Special ed / ESL teachers scaffolding + leveled readings	Teachers needing robust free tier (15/mo wall)
New teachers learning instructional strategies (5E, inquiry, UDL, UbD, PBL, SEL)	Mobile-first / offline classroom use (no native app)
Curriculum designers / instructional coaches building reusable artifact libraries	Districts requiring deep admin dashboards + SIS/LMS SSO (MagicSchool/Brisk stronger)
Teachers on a budget wanting unlimited generations	Anyone unwilling to fact/standards-check AI output
Educators using YouTube/docs as source material	University/HE heavy research writing (K-12/ELA/Science/Social Studies core)

7. Competitors (table)

Tool	Lane	Starts	vs Eduaide
MagicSchool AI	Broadest teacher AI suite + student product + district momentum	Plus ~$8.33/mo	Bigger ecosystem, student-facing, pricier; Eduaide deeper on instructional design
Brisk Teaching	Chrome-extension real-time teaching assistant	freemium	Better in-flow web use, weaker doc workspace
Diffit	Text leveling / differentiated reading	freemium	Narrower; Eduaide broader generator set
SchoolAI	AI teaching + student-space platform	custom-ish	More student-facing, less craft-focused
Conker / Quizizz	Quiz/assessment generator	freemium	Assessment slice only
ChatGPT / Claude	General LLM chat	$20/mo	No guided generators, standards, or workspace — teachers build scaffolding themselves
Canva for Education	Template + visual lesson design	free	Visual edge, not pedagogy/assessment-native