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MindSmith
✓ verifiedFreemium
Generative-AI eLearning authoring tool for micro-courses.
60K visits/mo86K saves
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Heuristica
✓ verifiedFreemium
An AI-powered learning platform that turns sources into concept maps, flashcards, quizzes and summaries with multi-model chat.
89K visits/mo12K saves
Pricing
No public pricing
Basic: Free (up to 3 saved concept maps)
Professional: $7.99/mo (unlimited maps, multi-model AI, all features)
Pay-as-you-go: 42.8% platform fee for corporate, 33.3% for academic/non-profit (no monthly fee)
Participant payment: minimum $8.00/hr, recommended $12.00/hr
Core features
- ✦Generative AI-assisted eLearning creation
- ✦Document conversion to eLearning
- ✦AI-assisted authoring tool
- ✦Real-time collaboration
- ✦Customizable branding
- ✦SCORM and xAPI sharing
- ✦Analytics for learning outcomes
- ✦Concept map builder
- ✦Flashcards with spaced repetition
- ✦AI quiz and summary generation
- ✦Import from PDFs, YouTube, websites, PubMed and arXiv
- ✦Multi-model AI chat (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Qwen)
- ✦Cross-format conversion and sharing
- ✦Access to a verified and engaged participant pool
- ✦Self-serve platform for easy task setup and launch
- ✦Tools for AI training and evaluation
- ✦Fair compensation for participants
- ✦Audience checker
Use cases
- →Employee onboarding training
- →Safety and compliance training
- →Higher education interactive asynchronous eLearning
- →Visualizing and studying complex topics
- →Turning research sources into study materials
- →Literature review and dissertation prep
- →Academic research
- →AI training and evaluation
- →Market research
- →User research & testing
- →Data annotation
- →Training & alignment
- →Evaluation & safety
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