GradeBoard vs RubiStar

GradeBoard is a web-based grading platform for educators that uses AI to provide feedback aligned with rubric outcomes. It accepts PDF, DOCX, TXT, and image uploads, and OCR extracts text from images. Its analysis compares learner work semantically with rubrics and generates inline comments, summative feedback, and annotations that can be edited before export. Batch processing is listed for 50 or more submissions at once. Analytics track performance trends, time savings, and student progress distribution. Free costs nothing and includes 10 learner submissions, a standard AI model, limited rubric uploads, annotated DOCX downloads, basic analytics, 30-day data retention, and email support. Pro costs £24.99 a month for 200 submissions, a priority AI model, batch grading, advanced developmental feedback, OCR, and six-month retention. Enterprise is listed from £250 a month, billed From, and includes unlimited submissions, SSO, team management, custom API/LMS integration, 12-month retention, and a dedicated success manager. Paid plans list annotated DOCX and batch feedback ZIP downloads. The registration page says GradeBoard complies with GDPR and other data protection regulations.

RubiStar is a free web tool for teachers creating rubrics for project-based learning activities. It offers generic templates for common projects and research assignments that can be printed or adapted. Template subjects include oral projects, products, multimedia, science, research and writing, work skills, math, art, music and reading. Selecting a category fills in suggested quality ratings, and teachers can change almost all of the suggested rubric text. The tutorial covers making a printable rubric without saving, creating and editing a saved rubric, and analyzing a saved rubric. Users can search rubric titles, author names or author email addresses with up to three keywords. The editor offers a permanent option for keeping a rubric online for more than one week. Registration requests a title, first initial, last name, ZIP code, password and email address; international users are instructed to enter ZIP code 99999. The site provides a RubiStar en Español link. Its terms describe the tool as educational and say rubrics may be removed if they are personal or commercial. The terms also say administrators cannot guarantee recovery or accurate compilation of data lost or misrepresented after a system error.