Free Quiz Maker for Teachers

Why the free tier is real, not a trial

The free tier covers the workflow most teachers actually need: one quiz per week, generated from a textbook chapter or lecture notes, shared with the class via link. 5 generations per month × ~9 months of school = 45 quizzes per academic year, with no per-student cap and full sharing.

That's enough that many teachers never need to pay. We'd rather have honest free users who tell their colleagues than dishonest free trials that convert to disappointment. The paid plans cover the use cases where the free tier genuinely runs out — file uploads, longer quizzes, per-student analytics, multi-class management.

What you trade off on free

We're transparent about this because confusion costs everyone time:

• 10 questions max per quiz on free. Most weekly classroom quizzes are 10–15 questions. Free covers the “most” case; the Student plan covers up to 30.
• No file upload on free. You can paste text or use the topic field. Uploads (PDF, DOCX, images, YouTube) require Student or Teacher.
• No analytics dashboard on free. You see total scores in the dashboard but not per-question difficulty or per-student tracking. Teacher plan unlocks these.
• Ads on free quiz-result pages. Tasteful, consent-aware AdSense ads — they only load after the user opts in via cookie banner. Paid plans are ad-free.
• No CSV export on free. For exam-week gradebook integration, the Teacher plan is recommended.

When to upgrade — and when not to

Stay on Free if:

• · You teach one subject and quiz weekly.
• · You hand-type your quiz source rather than uploading PDFs.
• · You don't need per-student analytics.
• · You're testing whether the AI generation quality fits your subject before committing.

Upgrade to Student ($4.99/mo) if:

• · You generate more than 5 quizzes per month.
• · You want to upload textbook PDFs or chapter scans instead of typing.
• · You need longer quizzes (15–30 questions) for unit tests.

Upgrade to Teacher ($19.99/mo) if:

• · You teach multiple sections or multiple subjects.
• · You need per-student tracking to identify students who need support.
• · You use Google Classroom and want grade sync.
• · You need CSV export for your gradebook.
• · The school's PD or technology budget can reimburse it.

Consider Business if:

• · You're a curriculum coordinator buying for a department or district.
• · You need white-labelling, SSO, or volume pricing.
• · See SimpleQuizMaker for business.

What teachers actually do on free

From the most common patterns we see:

• · Friday quiz: paste Monday-through-Thursday lecture notes, generate a 10-question quiz, share the link Friday morning.
• · Unit pre-assessment: paste the upcoming chapter's headings, generate a diagnostic quiz to see what students already know.
• · Exit ticket: 5 quick questions on today's lesson, results review at the end of class.
• · Sub plans: when out unexpectedly, paste the planned reading; substitute teacher administers the auto-generated quiz.
• · Test review: cumulative quiz on prior units before the unit test — a structured way to recover prior content.

Free tier is a no-strings-attached test drive

You can spend an entire school year on free without paying anything. We'd rather you do that and recommend us to a colleague than feel pressured into a subscription that doesn't fit your workflow yet. When you do upgrade, it should be because a real ceiling got in your way, not because of a trial countdown.

Compare to other “free” tools

For an honest comparison vs Kahoot, Quizizz, Quizlet, Google Forms, and others — including what their free tiers actually include — see our alternatives pages. Several of them call themselves “free” while gating the analytics or per-student tracking that make a free plan actually useful in the classroom.