Nexus vs MagicSchool

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The short version

MagicSchool is teacher tools first, with student tools inside the Rooms teachers create. Nexus is one approved place for students' everyday AI help, with each class's rules built in. Many schools could run both: MagicSchool for teacher planning, Nexus for student help.

What each product is

MagicSchool. A teacher AI platform with more than 80 tools and the Raina assistant, plus MagicStudent: more than 50 student tools inside Rooms that teachers create. MagicSchool raised a $45M Series B in February 2025.

Nexus. The AI your school can approve. Students pick a class and ask for help on any assignment. The class's learning mode (Hints, Guided, or Full answer with critique) applies, and students cannot change it. Teachers can review class chats; students are told when they can.

Student help: tools in Rooms, or open help with a locked mode

In MagicSchool, a student uses the tools a teacher puts in a Room. That keeps AI use inside a teacher's plan. It also means a student who is stuck at home on a different assignment needs a Room that covers it.

In Nexus, a student opens a chat in any class they belong to. The class learning mode decides how much help they get: hints, step-by-step guidance, or a full answer with critique. The student cannot turn the mode off, and they are told when their teacher can review the chat.

Visibility

MagicSchool lets teachers and district admins view all student interactions in real time, and tells students so. Nexus shows teachers class chats only, keeps personal chats out of teacher view, and records who opened each class conversation. Choose the model that matches your school's privacy expectations for students.

Safety

MagicSchool sends alerts in-app and by email, and in June 2026 added severity levels and escalation to school teams. Nexus is a study assistant, not a counselor. Before any student uses Nexus at your school, we set up a safety route with you.

When MagicSchool may be the better fit

• Your main goal is to save teachers time on planning, materials and feedback.
• You want students to use specific AI tools only inside lessons their teachers set up.
• You want a free plan teachers can start with today.

When Nexus may be the better fit

• You want one approved AI students use for schoolwork in every class, instead of a consumer chatbot on their phones.
• You want the school to choose which models each class can use.
• You want personal chats not shown to teachers and a log of every staff read.

Using both

Teacher AI and student AI solve different problems. A school can keep MagicSchool for teacher tools and give students Nexus for help on their own assignments. Read teacher AI vs student AI for how schools split the two.