Explain Everything vs Padlet (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Padlet grades higher than Explain Everything: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Padlet grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Explain Everything
Teaching whiteboard with slides, video recording and collaboration
Padlet
Boards and sandboxes for sharing ideas in classrooms and teams
Which one is for you
Pick Explain Everything if
- Fits if you record whiteboard lessons from an iPad or a browser
- Works for a school that hands out assignments through Canvas, Moodle or Blackboard
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: one slide per project and 3-minute videos run out fast
- Skip it if you want a Mac or Windows app, as none is named
- Watch out: free collaboration is one person for 15 minutes at a time
- Watch out: the $69 educator plan covers one educator account, and schools get custom quotes
- Watch out: deployment through MDM and group settings need the Team plan
Pick Padlet if
- Fits if you run a classroom board where students post without much setup
- Works for a school that wants LMS links and single sign-on
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, since 3 padlets and 1 user is the limit
- Watch out: SSO, LMS integrations and invoice billing are on School and District only
- Watch out: individual, team and classroom prices are not recorded and differ by region
- Watch out: the pages read name no integrations by product
- Skip it if you need long recordings free, as the free plan caps video at 2 minutes and audio at 5
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAExplain EverythingFair | 2.4GPAPadletFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $7.49 a month billed yearly, between the category's cheaper quarter at $5 and the dearer quarter at $9.99. Education Advanced is $69 a year. | CThe listing records only School and District, from $300 a year for 10 teachers, and the pricing page in this region shows ringgit, so one person's price is not on record. |
| Free plan and trial | CThe free plan has 3 projects, 1 slide each, 3-minute videos, 500 MB and 15-minute sessions with one collaborator. No card is needed. | CThe free plan is 3 padlets, 1 user, 20 MB uploads and short recordings, with no card needed. A trial of Team and Classroom is listed, length unstated. |
| Features | CInfinite canvas, video recording and classroom tools. Gaps the listing shows: the free tier's size limits, and larger collaboration needs Team or a school plan. | CBoards, sandboxes, uploads and classroom safety tools. Gaps the listing shows: the free tier's 3-board cap, with LMS links, SSO and analytics on paid plans. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You build lessons slide by slide. | CNo store rating on record. You set up each board and its permissions yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iOS and Android, with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Canvas, Schoology, Moodle and Blackboard listed. No Mac or Windows download is named. | AWeb, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android, an API from Platinum up, and LMS integrations on the school plan. |
| Best for | teachers recording lessons on a whiteboard | classroom boards where everyone posts |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Explain Everything and Padlet. How we grade
Price against what you get
Explain Everything starts at $7.49 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Padlet starts at $25 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.
Padlet scores higher, and starts $17.51 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other whiteboard and mind map tools on the chart, 13 score higher than Explain Everything for less, and 12 score higher than Padlet for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Explain Everything also covers screen recording and presentations.
- Padlet also covers templates.
At a glance
| Explain Everything | Padlet | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $7.49 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly) | $300 per year for 10 teachers (School & District plan) |
| Free plan | Up to 3 projects with 1 slide each, 3-minute videos, 500 MB storage and 15-minute sessions for 1 collaborator. | 3 padlets, 1 user, 20 MB uploads, 2-minute video and 5-minute audio recordings. |
| Free trial | None listed | Free trial offered on the Team and Classroom plans (length not stated) |
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| Made by | Promethean | Wallwisher, Inc. |
| Price read from | explaineverything.com | padlet.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Explain Everything
- The Free plan allows 3 projects with a single slide each, 3-minute videos and 15-minute collaboration sessions.
- Group-wide settings, license deployment through MDM and larger collaboration need the Team plan or a custom school plan.
- The pricing page lists iPads, iPhones, Chromebooks, Android devices and a browser app, with no separate Mac or Windows download named.
- Schools buy custom plans with volume pricing; the $69 Advanced plan covers one educator account.
Padlet
- The Free plan allows only 3 padlets and one user account.
- Read from India, the pricing page showed Philippine pesos, so the individual, team and classroom prices are not recorded; check the page for your region.
- SSO, LMS integrations and invoice billing are limited to the School & District plan.
- The pages read name no integrations by product, so none are listed.
Key features
Explain Everything
- Infinite-canvas whiteboard
- All plans include the whiteboarding tools and an infinite canvas that takes PDFs, documents, images, presentations, audio and video.
- Video recording
- A project can be recorded as a video tutorial. Length is capped at 3 minutes on the free plan and unlimited on paid plans.
- Collaboration
- People can work in one project at the same time or at different times. Session length and group size depend on the plan.
- Classroom tools
- Education plans add polling, a timer and a spinner, and school plans can hand out assignments through Canvas, Schoology, Moodle and Blackboard.
- Projection and broadcast
- The whiteboard can be shown on a second display or shared into a video meeting app.
Padlet
- Boards
- Boards collect posts of text, files, video and audio, and can be shared with a group.
- Sandboxes
- Digital canvases for whiteboards, lessons and activities, offered alongside boards.
- Paid-tier limits lifted
- Paid plans remove the 3-padlet cap and raise upload size to 500 MB on Platinum and 1 GB on Team, with longer video and audio recordings.
- Team controls
- The Team plan adds role-based permissions, user management and an analytics dashboard, with API access from Platinum up.
- Classroom and school tiers
- Classroom includes 100 free student accounts and content safety features. School & District adds unlimited students, LMS integrations and SSO.
- Apps
- The App Store listing covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, and the vendor's homepage cites a Google Play rating.
Plans
Explain Everything
Free$0
Up to 3 projects, 1 slide per project, 3-minute videos, 500 MB cloud storage, 1-on-1 collaboration for up to 15 minutes.
Pro$7.49
per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly)
Unlimited projects and slides, unlimited video length, 20 GB storage, up to 8 people collaborating with no time limit, email support.
Team$7.49
per user / month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly)
Pro limits for a company, plus team settings, shared folders, 20 GB pooled storage per person and a choice of data region.
Education Advanced$69
per year
For educators: unlimited projects, slides and video length, Promethean polling, timer and spinner, 7.5 GB storage, 30-minute collaboration.
Padlet
Free$0
3 padlets, 20 MB file uploads, 2-minute video and 5-minute audio recordings, no credit card needed.
School & District$300
per year, starting at, for 10 teachers
Unlimited padlets and students, 1 GB uploads, role-based permissions, analytics, content safety features, LMS integrations, SSO and invoice billing. Sold through a quote.
Ways to pay less
Explain Everything
- Education
Education plans for teachers and schools
The pricing page has a separate Plans for Education view with an Advanced plan at $69 per year and custom pricing for schools and districts.
Padlet
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Explain Everything or Padlet?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Explain Everything is cheaper to start with: $7.49 a month, against $25 a month when paid by the year for Padlet. Explain Everything starts at $7.49 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly), and Padlet starts at $300 per year for 10 teachers (School & District plan).
Which has a free plan, Explain Everything or Padlet?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Explain Everything and Padlet have a free plan.
Which platforms do Explain Everything and Padlet run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Padlet lists a macOS app. Both list a web app and iOS and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.