Nearpod vs Sutori

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.

Sutori is a web-based timeline tool for K–12 history and social studies classrooms. Teachers and learners can build presentations from templates or a blank story, adding text, media, quizzes, and polls. Stories support real-time collaboration, with the creator able to invite unlimited collaborators, and can be converted into PowerPoint presentations. Sutori integrates with Google Classroom and Microsoft 365 and supports LTI-based learning systems including Blackboard, Canvas, D2L, PowerSchool, Moodle, and Schoology. Students entering through an integrated LMS receive accounts automatically. The free Sutori Essential plan costs nothing and permits unlimited presentations, but creation is limited to text and image items. New users get a 30-day Sutori Unlimited trial before moving to the free plan; educators can add 30 days by inviting three fellow educators. Unlimited and Pro subscriptions renew every 365 days. Sutori identifies the service as COPPA- and GDPR-compliant.