MagicSchool gives you 80 tools.
Classly AI gives you a Sunday night back.
Written by a teacher, not a marketer. Here's the honest difference — including where MagicSchool actually wins.
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Last updated June 2026. Pricing pulled from each company's public pricing page.
AI-resistant homework, as a first-class tool
The #1 pain in 2026 is students shortcutting work with ChatGPT. Classly AI has a dedicated generator for oral defenses, process artifacts, in-class capstones, and two-step submissions. MagicSchool has ~80 tools — none of them are this.
Self-critique pass on every output
Every Classly lesson, activity, and assignment runs a second pass against Bloom's, UDL, and your state standards before you see it. MagicSchool generates and stops. It's the difference between a draft and a co-planner.
Depth on 5 flows, not breadth on 80
Classly goes deep on lesson plans, sub plans, parent comms, Classroom posts, and student-work scanning — the things you actually do every Sunday night. 80 shallow tools you'll never open, or 5 deep ones you'll use every week.
Curriculum Mode, not just single lessons
Classly builds backward-designed 2–6 week units with pacing, assessment scaffolds, and standards mapping baked in. MagicSchool is optimized for one-shot generations.
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | Classly AI | MagicSchool |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated AI-resistant homework generator | ||
| Self-critique / pedagogy pass on every output | ||
| Curriculum Mode (2–6 week backward-designed units) | ||
| AI detection on student PDFs (individual tier) | District only | |
| Lesson plan generator (15/60/90 min + block schedule) | Generic length | |
| IEP / 504 / ELL differentiation with IDEA & WIDA citations | Partial | |
| Sub plans a non-specialist can actually run | Partial | |
| Parent comms with Spanish translation | Partial | |
| Google Classroom post writer | ||
| Number of single-purpose tools | 5 deep flows | 80+ shallow |
| PDF upload page limit (paid) | 50 pages | Varies |
| 7-day free trial | ||
| Paid price (individual) | $19.99/mo | $14.99/mo |
When MagicSchool is genuinely the better pick
They're $5/month cheaper, and if your district already licensed them, that budget fight isn't worth having. If you want a long menu of one-shot tools — vocabulary lists, quick emails, single rubrics — MagicSchool's breadth is real. It's a Swiss Army knife.
When Classly AI is the better pick
You want one workflow that actually understands your week: drop a source, get a lesson plan → activities → AI-resistant homework → Classroom post that all reference the same standards and vocabulary. Every output is critiqued against Bloom's, UDL, and your standards before you see it. That's the $5/month.
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