Khanmigo

What it does

Khanmigo is Khan Academy’s AI tutor, built into its existing library of math, science, humanities, and coding lessons. Rather than answering a question outright, it’s designed around Socratic-style questioning — nudging a student toward the answer with hints and follow-up questions, closer to how a good human tutor works through a problem than how a general-purpose chatbot responds.

Beyond tutoring, Khanmigo offers writing and debate practice with feedback, career coaching, and (on the Parent plan) college admissions coaching, alongside a parent dashboard for reviewing chat history and moderation alerts. A separate, free version for teachers handles lesson planning, differentiated content, and student-work summaries. Khan Academy underwent a public product redesign in 2026 after disclosing that regular engagement among students with access was lower than hoped — worth keeping in mind when judging whether a subscription will actually get used.

Ideal users

• Students roughly middle school through college who want a patient, always-available tutor across Khan Academy's math, science, and humanities content
• Parents who want visibility into a child's tutoring conversations plus moderation alerts
• Families with multiple children, since one Parent plan can add up to 10 child accounts
• Teachers, who get full-featured access at no cost

Who should avoid it

• You want a fully free option for individual or family use — Khanmigo isn't free outside of teacher accounts
• You need tutoring on material well outside Khan Academy's own content library
• You're not sure you'll use it regularly — Khan Academy's own data shows most students with access don't

Key features

• Socratic-style tutoring that asks guiding questions rather than giving direct answers
• Personalized help across Khan Academy's math, science, humanities, and coding content
• Writing and debate practice with feedback
• Career coaching, plus college admissions coaching on the Parent plan
• Parent dashboard with chat-history access and moderation alerts
• Free, full-featured access for teachers, including lesson planning and student-work summaries

Pricing

Paid — $4/month or $44/year (Learner or Parent plan)

Free for all teachers worldwide. A single Parent plan allows adding up to 10 child accounts at no extra cost. District and school licensing is custom-quoted and requires contacting Khan Academy directly.

Typical workflows

• A student stuck on a Khan Academy math exercise opens Khanmigo, which asks guiding questions instead of solving the problem outright, walking them toward the answer themselves.
• A parent adds several children to one Parent plan, periodically reviews chat history and moderation alerts, and uses the same subscription's college admissions coaching for an older teenager.

Integrations

• Built directly into Khan Academy's own courses and exercises
• Available to schools and districts via Clever SecureSync or ClassLink single sign-on

Privacy & security notes

Khan Academy states its underlying LLM provider is contractually barred from training on Khanmigo chat data. District and school deployments use data processing agreements asserting FERPA, COPPA, and PPRA compliance. Parents on the Parent plan can view their children's chat history and receive moderation alerts.