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Adobe Captivate vs Nearpod

Adobe Captivate

adobe.com

Nearpod

nearpod.com

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FigureAdobe CaptivateNearpod
Price from$39.99/mo$13.25/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
Web—Yes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
Linux—Yes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
API—Yes
Plans published35
Spec score · Educational Software7.1 (#23)8.9 (#3)
Spec score · Interactive Lesson Makers7.0 (#30)8.9 (#5)
Founded19822012

Plans

Adobe Captivate

  • Individual subscription$39.99 a month
  • Team subscriptionPriced on request
  • Enterprise licensesPriced on request

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Nearpod

  • SilverFree
  • Gold$159 a year
  • Platinum$397 a year
  • School & DistrictPriced on request
  • School or DistrictPriced on request

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Adobe Captivate

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Nearpod

Nearpod helps educators create and deliver interactive lessons, with options for live participation, student-paced work or front-of-class teaching. Teachers can build lessons from scratch or import PowerPoints, Google Slides, PDFs, videos and YouTube videos, then add formative assessments and media activities such as Draw It, Polls, Drag & Drop, VR Field Trips and PhET simulations. Its library contains more than 22,000 customizable, standards-aligned lessons, videos and activities, including K–12 content. Teachers can review real-time feedback and post-session reports to assess student understanding and work. AI Create can generate interactive lessons, activities and multiple-choice questions; the plan details list the question generator with Gold and AI Create with school and district plans. Nearpod works on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows and the web, and lessons can be embedded in an LMS through a link. Integrations include Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Clever, ClassLink and LTI 1.3 platforms such as Canvas, Schoology and Blackboard. Silver is free; Gold costs $159 a year and Platinum $397 a year. School and district pricing is by quote.

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