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Lumio vs Nearpod

Give your students the best experience

Find out how Lumio compares to Nearpod.

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  • Individual teacher
  • School or district

Individual teacher

See how Lumio’s Standard paid plan compares to Nearpod’s Platinum paid plan.

Feature Nearpod Platinum Lumio Standard
Price per year $397 USD $59 USD
Lesson and Library Storage 5GB Unlimited
How many students can you host? Up to 90 Unlimited
Tools and activities Quizzes
Wide range of game-based activities
PhET
Collaborative whiteboarding
Polls
Open-ended questions
Import multi-media content
Quizzes
Wide range of game-based activities
PhET
Desmos Graphing Calculator
Equation editor (teachers and students)
Collaborative whiteboarding
Polls
Open-ended questions
Import multi-media content
Accessibility Immersive Reader
Record instructional audio
Immersive Reader
Record instructional audio
Attach audio to objects (teachers and students)
Dyslexic friendly fonts
Lesson planning & delivery Microsoft Sway
Google Slides (upload only)
Teacher and student-paced delivery
Individual handouts
PDF, PowerPoint & Google Slides (Upload, combine, and edit)
SMART Notebook
Teacher and student-paced delivery
Join shared libraries
Individual handouts
Sign-in options Google
Microsoft
Clever
Classlink
Google
Microsoft
Support & training On-demand training Phone and email support
Onboarding
Live and on-demand webinars
On-demand training
FREE self-paced coursework & certifications

School or district 

See how Lumio’s Spark paid plan compares to Nearpod’s Schools & Districts paid plan.

Both plans include all features mentioned in the Individual tab.
Feature Nearpod
School & Districts
Lumio Spark
Price per year Custom Custom
Lesson Storage Unlimited Unlimited
How many students can you host? 250 Unlimited
AI features
AI assist with quiz-based activities
AI assist with quiz-based activities
Lesson planning & delivery Create and manage shared libraries
Create and manage district library
Co-editing
Student lesson creation
Create and manage shared libraries
Create and manage organization library
Co-editing
Additional integrations Google Slides (edit directly)
Canvas
Schoology
Blackboard
Canvas
Schoology
D2L Brightspace
Additional support Customized professional development
Phone and email support
Dedicated Customer success manager
Customized professional development
Curriculum integration workshop
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Lumio is absolutely my favorite tool for getting students excited about and engaged in their learning!

Dana Gropper
Technology Integration Specialist
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When it comes to customization Lumio has everything you need to teach in the way you know best – and at a fraction of the cost.