Formative vs Genially

Formative is a web platform for creating interactive lessons, assigning assessments, and seeing student progress as responses arrive. It serves individual teachers, schools, districts, and K-12 students across subjects. Luna AI can generate standards-aligned activities from prompts, PDFs, or documents, then provide hints and feedback. More than 20 technology-enhanced question types and multimedia formats support varied assessments. Teachers receive live response data to identify misconceptions and adjust instruction during learning. Integrations with Google Classroom, Clever, ClassLink, Canvas, and other LMS or SIS systems support rostering, single sign-on, and assignment syncing. Formative says it complies with FERPA, COPPA, and other K-12 privacy standards; student information is not sold, and student work is not sent to a public chatbot. Access requires a current Chrome, Firefox, or Safari browser and stable high-speed internet. The Free Teacher plan costs nothing. Classroom Plan costs $20.75 a month, billed annually, and a 14-day trial is listed. There is no stated limit on students added to a class.

Genially is a cloud-based web app for creating interactive presentations, courses, quizzes and games. Users add interactions and animations by selecting elements and choosing actions, without coding. The platform includes thousands of customizable templates, illustration tools, presentation design, a Brand Kit and real-time collaboration, with simultaneous editing and comments on drafts or published content. Analytics report visits, responses and interactions. AI tools generate content, and Genially says user data and designs are not used to train AI models. Courses can publish to LMS or LXP platforms through LTI 1.3, SCORM 1.2 or an iframe, including Moodle, Canvas and Google Classroom integrations. Genially states SOC 2 Type 2 certification and GDPR, FERPA and COPPA compliance; data is stored in AWS Ireland and encrypted in transit and at rest. The web-only product has a Free plan at free, with 1,000+ templates and resources, 2 GB storage and 500 AI credits yearly. Paid plans are billed annually.