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Alternatives to Brilliant
3 software tools sit alongside Brilliant in this directory. Below is what separates each from Brilliant on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 3
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Brilliant starts at
- Free, then $13.49/month
Why people look past Brilliant
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Brilliant has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Free world-class education for anyone, anywhere
- 1 tier to Brilliant's 2.
Learn to code interactively for free
- 3 tiers to Brilliant's 2.
Interactive computing across all programming languages
Priced and rated the same as Brilliant on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Brilliant alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brilliant (this page) | Free, then $13.49/month | - | 2 | |
| Khan AcademyFree STEM learning platform with video lessons and practice problems, though less interactive than Brilliant | Free | Free | 1 | vs Brilliant |
| CodecademyInteractive coding and computer science education platform with hands-on lessons | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Brilliant |
| JupyterOpen-source data science and math computation platform used for interactive learning and experimentation | Free | - | - | vs Brilliant |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Brilliant badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (3)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Khan Academy , Free
- Codecademy , Free
- Jupyter , Free
What you would be giving up
Brilliant is most often brought in for math learning, science education, programming basics, problem-solving skills. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Brilliant is broadly right and the question is cost, the Brilliant pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the full directory lists everything.
Brilliant runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Brilliant alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Brilliant?
- 3 other software tools are listed in this directory, led by Khan Academy, Codecademy, Jupyter. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Brilliant?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Khan Academy, Codecademy, Jupyter.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Brilliant?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Brilliant has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Brilliant?
- Brilliant is most often brought in for math learning, science education, programming basics, problem-solving skills. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Brilliant?
- None of the software tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Brilliant alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Software, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Brilliant against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Brilliant covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every software tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Software category, 3 tools beside Brilliant. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.