GradeBoard vs Rubrical

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.

Rubrical is a web-based AI teaching platform for geography departments. Teachers can upload PDF, Word, or image assessments and mark schemes, or create rubrics themselves. It marks answers criterion by criterion against the selected rubric, presents reasoning and evidence, and drafts feedback; a teacher approves every mark and feedback item before delivery to students or writing to an LMS. Rubrical also drafts specification-aligned objectives, timed lessons, and tiered resources grounded in checkable sources. Approved results produce assessment-objective breakdowns, question-difficulty rankings, at-risk flags, misconception heatmaps, and plain-English queries. Work can come from Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, scans, or student hand-in links. It supports AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas, and user rubrics. Feedback can be simplified, enlarged, shown in OpenDyslexic, or translated. Core school data is stored in London. Rubrical says student and learning-platform data are not used to improve AI models. Pricing is available by contacting the team.