AI education tools , by Class Companion, Inc. , since 2023
Class Companion
AI grading and tutoring tool giving students instant rubric-based feedback with unlimited retakes
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What Class Companion does
Class Companion lets teachers assign a writing or short-answer task tied to a rubric; students get instant AI feedback and can revise and resubmit as many times as allowed, while an AI tutor named Ditto answers student questions in real time. Teachers see aggregated class insights showing common errors and progress.
What you get: Rubric-based instant AI feedback on writing/short answers, Unlimited student retake/resubmission loop, Ditto real-time AI tutor for students, Teacher-side class insights dashboard, Response-integrity / AI-use detection (paid), LMS integration (paid), Subject-specific tools (e.g., English writing feedback).
Typical jobs: ai writing feedback tool free for teachers; instant rubric grading ai; ai tutor for student revisions; detect ai-written student essays.
Worth knowing: Paid school/district pricing (LMS integration, analytics) is not publicly disclosed; the official pricing subpage returned connection errors during verification and was corroborated instead via press coverage.
What users complain about: Reviewer said pricing for LMS integration and other advanced features 'are only available with a school or district subscription plan' with no published cost, and called for 'more randomized control trials' before treating AI-graded feedback as proven effective. (Tech & Learning hands-on review)
Pricing and plan limits
Verified August 2026| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per mo) | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free | Individual teacher use with unlimited student retakes on assignments |
| School/District | not disclosed | n/a | Custom quote |
Where it wins
- Genuinely free for solo teachers, not just a trial - the core grading/tutoring loop has no paywall
- Unlimited retakes turn each assignment into practice rather than a one-shot grade
- Ditto AI tutor gives students real-time 1:1 help beyond just feedback
- Rubric-aligned feedback keeps grading consistent across a class
- Positive early hands-on coverage from Forbes and Tech & Learning
Where it falls short
- LMS integration and admin/insight dashboards are locked behind an undisclosed school/district price
- No public randomized-trial evidence yet that it improves outcomes versus traditional feedback
- Designed for K-12 - not built for college-level instruction
- Relatively young product with a small public independent review base
- Feedback is powered by a general-purpose LLM, so accuracy on niche or advanced subject matter isn't independently benchmarked
How we scored it
Full methodology| Criterion | Weight | Score | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | 30% | 7.0 | 2.10 |
| Value for money | 25% | 8.0 | 2.00 |
| Ease of use | 15% | 8.0 | 1.20 |
| Maturity | 15% | 6.0 | 0.90 |
| Support & docs | 10% | 5.5 | 0.55 |
| Momentum | 5% | 7.5 | 0.38 |
| Weighted total | 100% | 7.1 | 7.10 |
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