Khanmigo

by Khan Academy

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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Khan Academy's AI tutor that listens to learners and provides voice-based feedback.

Web, iOS, Android  ·  subscription

TL;DR

Best for k-12 students and teachers using Khan Academy who want a conversational tutor over math and humanities. Pricing: subscription.

Category
Products
Pricing
subscription
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android

What it is

Khanmigo is Khan Academy's AI tutor, built on GPT-class models with safeguards for K-12. It supports voice conversations on math problems, writing coaching, and Socratic-style debate practice, anchored to Khan Academy's curriculum content.

Best for: K-12 students and teachers using Khan Academy who want a conversational tutor over math and humanities.
Watch out for: Capabilities and availability vary by region and school district.

What people actually do with Khanmigo-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveMake.comZapiern8nZoomSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Khanmigo vs Whipscribe

FeatureKhanmigoWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Khanmigo

Frequently asked about Khanmigo

How much does Khanmigo cost?

Khanmigo is a paid product. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Does Khanmigo work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Khanmigo runs on Web, iOS and Android.

How do I get started with Khanmigo?

There is nothing to install — Khanmigo is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of Khanmigo?

Capabilities and availability vary by region and school district.

Who is Khanmigo best for?

K-12 students and teachers using Khan Academy who want a conversational tutor over math and humanities.

Is Khanmigo open source?

No. Khanmigo is a proprietary product from Khan Academy. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Who makes Khanmigo?

Khanmigo is made by Khan Academy.

What kind of tool is Khanmigo?

In this directory Khanmigo is filed under ai tutor as a product.

What are the alternatives to Khanmigo?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/khanmigo-alternatives comparing Khanmigo with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Khanmigo-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Khanmigo?

Khanmigo is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Khanmigo?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Khanmigo category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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