TAO vs Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
TAO
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| Figure | TAO | Wayground (formerly Quizizz) |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $149/mo | $18/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 6 |
| Spec score · Automated Grading Software | 8.7 (#3) | 8.7 (#4) |
| Spec score · Assessment Software | 8.8 (#7) | 8.6 (#9) |
| Company legal name | Crunchbase identifies the maker as Open Assessment Technologies S.A., a private for-profit company founded by Marc Oswald and Patrick Plichart. | The rebrand notice says Quizizz Inc. remains the legal entity and parent company while the product name changed to Wayground. |
| Founded | 2013 | 2015 |
| Free-plan limit | TAO Starter is intended for solo authors, small-scale classroom assessment, or piloting and is not designed for team-based programs at scale. | The Starter plan stores up to 20 resources, and its features may differ by region. |
| Integrations | Listed integrations include Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, GeoGebra, Proctorio, MathType, Wiris and Texthelp. | Listed LMS integrations include Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Microsoft Teams, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, and Toddle. |
| Licence | TAO Community Edition core components are released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPLv3). | Wayground is presented as a commercial hosted service rather than an open-source project, and no Wayground source-code licence is published. |
| Rating on Capterra | 0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviews | 4.8 out of 5 from 545 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviews | 4.8 out of 5 from 545 reviews |
| Security | TAO says cloud and on-premise customer content is encrypted, access is restricted, backups are maintained and external penetration tests are periodically conducted. | Wayground says it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification and describes access control, encryption, incident management, audits, and employee training. |
| Support | Community Edition support is through the TAO Community Forum and User Guide; paid plans offer additional support options. | The help center covers accounts, resource creation, sessions, reports, integrations, subscriptions, technical support and trust topics; it reports a median ticket response under six hours. |
| What it does | TAO is an open-source digital assessment platform for creating, delivering, scoring, grading and reporting tests. | Wayground is an AI-supported supplemental learning platform for creating, assigning and analyzing gamified instruction, practice and assessments. |
Plans
TAO
- TAO Community EditionFree
- TAO StarterFree
- TAO StarterFree
- TAO Author$149 a month
- TAO Ignite$990 a month
- TAO ElevatePriced on request
- TAO EnterprisePriced on request
Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
- Starter (Basic)Free
- Starter (Basic)Free
- Individual$18 a month
- Individual (Super)$18 a month
- School & DistrictPriced on request
- School & District PlanPriced on request
In their own words
TAO
TAO is an online platform for creating, delivering and managing digital assessments. Authors can build tests manually, convert existing exam files, use AI-assisted drafting or import QTI packages. Question formats include Choice, Extended Text, File Upload, Hotspot and Text Entry. Scoring supports automatic and manual methods, partial credit, weighted responses and cut scores, with branching logic also available. Results can be reviewed through session and test-taker reports, custom reports, CSV results, Data Explorer and TAO Insights. TAO supports QTI 2.2 and QTI 3.0, and promotes interoperability through QTI and LTI. Delivery options include online, LMS via LTI, test centers, local proctoring, and cloud-hosted or self-hosted configurations. TAO Cloud offers shared or private hosting using providers including AWS, Google Cloud and Linode. Starter is free for one author and 50 learner attempts monthly; Community Edition is a free, self-hosted open-source option. Paid plans include TAO Author at $149 a month and TAO Ignite at $990 a month; custom plans are also listed.
Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
Wayground, formerly Quizizz, is an AI-supported platform for teaching, practice, and assessment. Teachers can create assessments and quizzes, lessons, passages, flashcards, and interactive videos with 18+ question types. Wayground AI can generate assessments from prompts, documents, webpage links, curricula, YouTube videos, and uploaded images. Teachers can host live sessions or assign work for students to complete asynchronously, with modes such as Paper Mode, Mastery Peak, and Test mode. Differentiation options include extra time, Read Aloud, reduced answer choices, and alternate assessment versions. Listed learning-management integrations include Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Microsoft Teams, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, and Toddle. Clever and ClassLink are listed for school and district rostering. Wayground supports browser access on Android, iOS/Mac, Windows, and Linux, with Student and Teacher apps on iOS and Android. The free Starter plan stores up to 20 resources and allows up to 100 participants per session; features may vary by region. Individual (Super) costs $18 a month billed annually, includes a 7-day trial, and allows up to 1,000 participants per session.