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KCoursera with AI Coaching vs Photomath / Mathway
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Coursera with AI Coaching if…
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: career changers, working professionals
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Choose Photomath / Mathway if…
- you're in its core audience: middle and high school students, college students
Side by side
Feature Coursera with AI Coaching Photomath / Mathway
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$5.83/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—Yes
Data retentionKept no longer than necessary for collection purposesStored only as long as legitimate need exists; deletion on request
Step-by-step solutions—
Parent/teacher reports—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidiOS, Android
CategoryLearning & TutoringLearning & Tutoring
CompanyCoursera, Inc.Photomath LLC
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded2012—
Part of—Google
Key features
C Coursera with AI Coaching
- Courses from universities and companies like Google, IBM, Stanford
- Professional Certificates and Specializations
- Online bachelor's and master's degrees
- Unlimited course access with Coursera Plus
- Self-paced learning
- iOS and Android mobile apps
- Team and enterprise plans with analytics
P Photomath / Mathway
- Scan math problems with the phone camera
- Solves word problems
- Smart calculator for typed input
- Step-by-step solution explanations
- Multiple solution methods for many problems
- Custom visual aids
- Extra "how" and "why" tips
- Covers arithmetic through calculus and statistics
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Coursera with AI Coaching
Free coursesFree
Coursera Plus Monthly€50/month
Coursera Plus Annual€343/year
Coursera for TeamsPer-user pricing
Coursera for EnterpriseCustom
Photomath / Mathway
Basic$0
Monthly$9.99
Annually$69.99
Strengths and limitations
Coursera with AI Coaching
- Free courses and module previews available
- 7-day free trial on monthly Coursera Plus
- Annual plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee
- Mobile apps for iOS and Android
- The pages reviewed don't describe the AI coaching feature
- Prices are shown in EUR on the page we fetched
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
Photomath / Mathway
- Free Basic tier available
- Covers elementary math through college calculus
- Trials offered on both paid plans
- Annual plan works out cheaper than monthly
- Only listed for iOS and Android, with no web or desktop app mentioned
- No API listed
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