Brisk Teaching vs MagicSchool AI

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan: Both have one
Best fit: Brisk Teaching: Individual K-12 teachers on Google or Microsoft classrooms who want feedback and differentiation without leaving the document · MagicSchool AI: Classroom teachers who want planning, differentiation and parent communication drafts in one place
Platforms: Brisk Teaching: Chrome extension, Web · MagicSchool AI: Web
Trust score: About even — Brisk Teaching 86, MagicSchool AI 89
Status: Both up at our last check (Sep 6, 2026)

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Brisk TeachingBrowser extension and web app giving K-12 teachers feedback, reading-level, quiz and lesson tools inside Google and Microsoft classrooms

MagicSchool AILesson planning, rubrics, levelled texts and parent messages for teachers, with a student version run under school guardrails

Side by side

Fact	Brisk Teaching	MagicSchool AI
Category	Lesson Planning for Teachers	Lesson Planning for Teachers
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	—	$8.33/seat/mo
Trust score	86 / 100	89 / 100
Platforms	Chrome extension, Web	Web
Company	Brisk Labs Corp.	Magic School, Inc.
Launched	—	2023
Last verified	Sep 6, 2026	Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Brisk Teaching

For a teacher on Google Classroom or Microsoft 365, Brisk is the rare AI tool that works where the marking happens: it sits in the browser, reads the document in front of you and writes the feedback, quiz or levelled version without copy-pasting. The free tier covers most of what an individual teacher needs, so the real decision is at district level, where the price is a per-student quote and the data agreement matters more than the feature list. Treat the feedback as a first draft a teacher edits, not as grading.

Pros

Works inside the browser and documents teachers already use, not a separate workspace
Free teacher plan includes the extension, Brisk Next and the feedback tools
Writing inspection replays a document's revision history, which helps flag pasted or generated work
Common Sense privacy rating and an ESSA Tier 3 evidence claim give districts something to check

Cons

School and district pricing is quote-only, per student, with no figure on the site
The 10,000-plus districts and 'one in three US teachers' figures are self-reported
Batch feedback on the free plan carries an upload limit the page does not quantify
Legal name is written two ways (Brisk Labs Corp. and Brisk Labs Co.) and no address is given

MagicSchool AI

MagicSchool wins on breadth and on fitting the shape of a teacher's week: each tool asks for the grade, standard and length a teacher is already thinking in, so the output lands closer to usable than a general chatbot's. The free plan is genuinely useful, and the district tier is why it keeps appearing in procurement. Its weakness is the same as every prompt-wrapper's - the quality of a levelled text or rubric still needs a teacher's eye, and the pupil-facing tools only make sense where the school has set the guardrails first.

Pros

More than 80 teacher tools and 50-plus student tools shaped around real classroom tasks
Permanent free plan rather than a trial
School tier adds SSO, SIS and LMS integration, moderation and dashboards
Plus is cheap at $8.33 a month on annual billing

Cons

Free-plan generation limits are not published on the pricing page
Output still needs checking against the curriculum and the class - it is a drafting aid, not a substitute
Quizzes and writing feedback are flagged as a preview with an end date, so their plan placement may change
No public API; integrations are limited to the named platforms

Which one fits

Choose Brisk Teaching if you need

Individual K-12 teachers on Google or Microsoft classrooms who want feedback and differentiation without leaving the document
Teachers differentiating one text into several reading levels and languages
Districts that want one vetted tool with a privacy rating and a pilot before a per-student contract

Choose MagicSchool AI if you need

Classroom teachers who want planning, differentiation and parent communication drafts in one place
Districts that need SSO, SIS and LMS integration and moderation controls before letting pupils use AI
Special-education and EAL staff producing levelled and adapted materials at volume