Students who need guided help
Work through questions with prompts and explanations tied to Khan Academy learning content rather than receiving only a final answer.
Independent tool overview
Khanmigo at a glance
Khanmigo is Khan Academy's AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant, combining guided learning conversations with Khan Academy content and a large set of free planning tools for educators.
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- Best for
- Guided tutoring and teacher planning within Khan Academy
- Teacher tools
- Free in supported regions
- Learner plan
- $4 per month in the United States
- Parent plan
- $4 per month for up to 10 connected children
- Classroom student access
- Requires an eligible Khan Academy Districts partnership
- Subjects
- Math, science, coding, history, humanities and more
Overview
What Khanmigo is
Khanmigo serves three distinct audiences. Learners receive a Socratic-style tutor designed to guide their thinking instead of immediately supplying answers; parents can provide that experience to connected children; and educators can use a separate suite of AI tools for lesson planning, rubrics, assessments and classroom communication.
Its main advantage is context. Khanmigo works alongside Khan Academy's curriculum rather than behaving only like a general chatbot, and district implementations add assignments, class reporting, student activity visibility and managed access.
Access differs sharply by plan. The teacher-tool collection is free in supported regions, while individual learner and parent subscriptions cost $4 per month and are limited to the United States. A teacher cannot independently switch Khanmigo on for a class unless the students are covered by an official Khan Academy Districts implementation; parents can enable it for eligible connected children.
Use cases
Who Khanmigo is best for
The strongest fit depends on the job you need the product to complete, not the size of its feature list.
Parents supporting home learning
Enable Khanmigo for as many as 10 connected child accounts and retain visibility into their conversations.
Teachers reducing prep work
Create lesson plans, objectives, rubrics, exit tickets, assessments, differentiated materials and family communications.
Schools using Khan Academy
Add managed student access, assignments, usage reports and teacher oversight through a Districts plan.
Capabilities
Core Khanmigo features
Socratic tutoring
Guides learners with questions, hints and explanations intended to build understanding rather than simply reveal answers.
Khan Academy integration
Works alongside Khan Academy courses and exercises across core academic subjects.
Teacher tool collection
Includes more than 25 activities for lesson plans, rubrics, exit tickets, multiple-choice assessments, recommendations, report comments and other recurring tasks.
Differentiation support
Helps adapt materials, clarify directions and generate learning supports, including an IEP Assistant that still requires professional review.
Writing Coach
Provides a structured space for planning, drafting and revising writing without treating generated text as the student's finished work.
Class insights
Eligible district teachers can review Khanmigo activity, assigned work, class snapshots and student chat history.
Parent oversight
Parents can connect child accounts, control access and view the conversations their children have with Khanmigo.
Safety moderation
Applies moderation, daily interaction limits and alerts that can notify a connected adult when a child's conversation is flagged.
Process
How the Khanmigo workflow works
Step 1
Choose the correct access path
Teachers can start with the free tools; adults can buy a learner or parent plan in the United States; schools should evaluate a Districts plan for classroom use.
Step 2
Set the learning goal
Select the course, assignment or teaching task and provide the relevant grade level, standard, constraints and source material.
Step 3
Use guidance, not answer replacement
Have the learner explain their reasoning and use Khanmigo's prompts as support rather than submitting AI output as original work.
Step 4
Review generated materials
Teachers should check accuracy, reading level, accessibility, standards alignment and fit for the actual students before use.
Step 5
Monitor and adjust
Parents and eligible educators can use conversation history and reports to spot confusion, safety concerns or overreliance on the assistant.
Cost
Khanmigo pricing and free plan
Khanmigo Teacher Tools are free in supported regions. Individual Learner and Parent subscriptions are $4 per month and are currently limited to adults with a United States billing address; the Parent plan can cover up to 10 connected children. School and district pricing depends on the Districts package and organization size.
Teacher Tools
Free
AI-powered preparation and instructional tools for educators in supported regions.
- More than 25 teacher activities
- Khan Academy account with teacher role required
- Does not give students Khanmigo access
- Availability varies by region
Learner
$4/month
Individual guided-learning access for an adult learner in the United States.
- Must be at least 18 to purchase
- United States billing address required
- Includes learner-focused Khanmigo experiences
- Paid subscriptions are currently US-only
Parent
$4/month
Family access managed by a parent or guardian in the United States.
- Supports up to 10 connected child accounts
- Parent can enable child access
- Parent can view child conversations
- United States billing address required
Khan Academy Districts
Contact for pricing
Managed teacher and student access for schools and districts.
- Enterprise Starter for up to 1,000 student seats
- Enterprise for more than 1,000 students
- Student Khanmigo access and reporting
- Support and rostering options vary by package
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Assessment
Khanmigo strengths and limitations
Where it stands out
- Guided tutoring is designed around learning rather than instant answer delivery
- Deep connection to Khan Academy's established curriculum and exercises
- Substantial teacher-tool collection is free in supported regions
- Parent and district oversight features are clearer than those of a general-purpose chatbot
- The $4 monthly individual plans are comparatively accessible
What to consider
- Khanmigo can produce incorrect or inappropriate responses and still requires adult and educator judgment
- Paid learner and parent subscriptions are currently limited to the United States
- Teachers cannot independently enable Khanmigo for students unless they are homeschool parents or part of an eligible Districts implementation
- Child and district-student conversations are visible to connected adults and may trigger moderation alerts, so they are not private from supervisors
- Daily interaction limits apply
- Free teacher tools do not include the complete learner or parent experience
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Khanmigo FAQs
What is Khanmigo?
Khanmigo is Khan Academy's AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant. It combines guided learner conversations with teacher planning tools and, in eligible districts, managed classroom access and reporting.
Is Khanmigo free?
Khanmigo's teacher-tool collection is free in supported regions. The individual Learner and Parent plans each cost $4 per month in the United States, while school and district plans use organization pricing.
Can a teacher give students access to Khanmigo?
Not through the free teacher plan. Classroom student access requires an eligible Khan Academy Districts implementation. Homeschool parents can enable Khanmigo for their own connected children.
How many children can use a Khanmigo Parent plan?
Khan Academy says the Parent plan can be used with up to 10 connected child accounts.
Does Khanmigo give students the answer?
It is designed to guide students with questions, hints and explanations rather than immediately giving the answer. Like any AI system, it can still make mistakes and should not replace a teacher or the student's own work.
Can parents see a child's Khanmigo conversations?
Yes. Connected parents and guardians can view their child's chat history, and Khanmigo's moderation system can flag concerning conversations for adult attention.
Is student data used to train AI models?
Khan Academy states that data from students in Districts partnerships is not used to train large language models and that student names and personal information are not shared with its AI service providers.
What can teachers create with Khanmigo?
Teacher tools cover lesson plans, learning objectives, rubrics, exit tickets, assessments, assignment recommendations, differentiated materials, report comments, family newsletters and more.
Bottom line
Our Khanmigo verdict
Khanmigo is most compelling for learners and educators already using Khan Academy. The curriculum context, Socratic approach and adult oversight make it a better educational fit than a generic chatbot, while the free teacher tools offer immediate practical value. Families and schools should choose the correct access model and keep human review central because the assistant can still be wrong.
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