Lumi Education vs Mindsmith

Lumi Education lets educators create, edit, host, and share interactive H5P learning content. H5P activities can include quizzes, interactive videos, presentations, and games. Content can be shared by direct link, embedded widget, or QR code, and exported as HTML, SCORM, or H5P files. Lumi says H5P content can integrate with platforms such as Moodle, WordPress, and Drupal. Its free, open-source desktop editor creates, edits, and previews H5P content offline on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Lumi Cloud deployments collect learner interactions and answers, stored individually within each deployment. The platform is hosted in the EU, with core application data stored in Frankfurt, Germany. Lumi describes GDPR-aligned safeguards including data minimization, privacy by design, encrypted connections, restricted production access, updates, and monitoring. The free plan allows unlimited content and includes HTML, SCORM, and H5P export, with a 15 MB per-file upload limit. Pro raises the file limit to 500 MB and adds individual feedback; listed prices are $10 a month or $100 a year.

Mindsmith is an AI-native eLearning authoring tool for turning source material into interactive courses. It runs in a browser, with no installation, plugins, or desktop player required. Its tile-based editor and built-in AI are intended to help create lessons without design skills or complex tooling. A library of more than 30 interactive elements includes conversations, branching scenarios, quizzes, and simulations. Courses can be created in more than 70 languages and shared by link, dynamic or static SCORM, LTI 1.3, API, iframe, PDF, or web export. LTI 1.3 can launch lessons from compatible learning management systems and sync scores to their gradebooks. Analytics cover completion rates, score breakdowns, and answer distributions, with PDF export for results. The Free plan costs nothing, billed annually at $0/year, with 450 AI credits at signup as a one-time allocation. Professional costs $39 a month, billed annually at $468/year; Business costs $65 a month, billed annually at $780/year. Enterprise pricing is custom.