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DetailSmartschool logo Smartschoolsmao logo smao
What it doesAI math tutor for K–12 schools and districts using guided questioning to help students solve problems AI phone assistant that answers calls, clarifies inquiries, and hands over to your team
StageNot given Startup
FoundedNot given 2025
Based inUS DE
Pricing modelNot given Freemium
PricingNot given Pay as you Go: 0.35 € per minute without base fee; Advanced: 249 € per month (annual contract) or 299 € monthly, 1,250 minutes included; Scale: 449 € per month (annual contract) or 499 € monthly, 3,000 minutes included; Enterprise: from 0.15 € per minute; additional chat messages at 0.006 € each, SM
Key features
  • Guided questioning feedback that builds thinking instead of revealing answers
  • Handwritten work recognition and assessment
  • Support for geometry drawings, tables and graphs
  • Real-time data on student progress and learning gaps
  • Content aligned with state standards and curriculum
  • Three difficulty levels for differentiated learning
  • Support for 200+ languages
  • Adaptive practice personalized to student skill level
  • Multiple assignment types including entry, exit and formative assessments
  • Spiral review of previously learned topics
  • Call analysis: automatically evaluates conversations and transfers inquiries, contact details and urgency to CRM, ticketing or workflows
  • Internal dashboard chat for simulating calls and testing knowledge database
  • Outbound calling: scheduled or event-based calls with clean tracking
  • Personal call transfer to the right contact person
  • Call transcripts: all conversations documented, traceable and exportable
  • Widgets for simple interfaces leading callers to the AI assistant
  • Knowledge database: answers from your own know-how, versioned and controllable
  • Support for 10+ languages including German and Swiss German
  • On-Premises deployment option on customer's Linux and Docker infrastructure
What makes it different
  • AI tutoring that uses hints to build thinking rather than revealing answers
  • Assesses step-by-step work including handwritten submissions, not just final answers
  • Trusted by 3000+ schools and districts
  • Real-time actionable data for teachers to differentiate and target support
  • No OpenAI or US AI subprocessors in conversation processing
  • Cloud hosting in Germany with GDPR and EU AI Act compliance
  • No AI training with customer data
  • Setup in minutes without technical knowledge required
  • 50 free minutes for testing without credit card
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)30 −1 (down) since last check35 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)912
Citation Flow (Majestic)2826
Referring domains (Majestic)7344

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