Do I need Khan Academy to use Khanmigo?

Yes — Khanmigo is built on top of Khan Academy's content and platform. Khan Academy is free; Khanmigo adds the AI tutor for a monthly fee.

Khanmigo vs Khan Academy

Not an either/or: Khan Academy is the free courseware; Khanmigo is the ~US$4/month GPT-4 Socratic tutor that sits on top of it.

The verdict — Use Khan Academy free; add Khanmigo if you want the AI tutor. For a Commonwealth student, note both teach a US curriculum in English — excellent, but product-export for a local exam.

Tool	Curriculum	Language	Price	Infra	Pricing
KhanmigoUnited Statesscored as an import	✕	✕	✓	~	Free for US teachers; ~US$4/month for parents/learners
Khan AcademyUnited Statesscored as an import	✕	✕	✓	~	Free (donations and grants)

Fit scored through the Four Mismatches Test: ✓ pass · ~ partial · ✕ fail · – not exam-assessed. Verdicts are framed per each tool’s home market or, for imports, a Commonwealth buyer.

Independence: Addestra builds learning products too (MathsTutor, TinkerWell). We never review or score our own, and no tool pays to be listed or to rank higher — how we assess fit.

Where Khanmigo wins

Khan Academy: genuinely free, non-profit, a vast library of mastery-based lessons and practice across subjects — the foundation.

Where Khan Academy wins

Khanmigo: the AI tutor layer — Socratic, conversational help that guides rather than tells, for a low monthly fee, added on to Khan Academy's content.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need Khan Academy to use Khanmigo?: Yes — Khanmigo is built on top of Khan Academy's content and platform. Khan Academy is free; Khanmigo adds the AI tutor for a monthly fee.