Lesson Maker Pro vs Brisk Teaching

We planned the same lesson in both

One topic, one grade, on October 7, 2026. Every image is a real screenshot, cropped but not retouched; click one to see it full size.

1. 01The plan

   

   A 50-minute lesson with a timed sequence, built around an excerpt of the Declaration of Independence. The excerpt handout, an organizer, an exit slip, slides, and a teacher guide were generated with it.

   

   The Lesson Plan tool with the topic and grade (we skipped its three optional questions): a well-paced 50-minute plan with concrete events and dates, a timeline-sequencing activity, and an exit ticket, written to a Google Doc. It lists printed timeline cards, a colonial tax receipt, and a map for the teacher to prepare.

   Both are plans you could teach from. The difference is what comes with them.

2. 02The slides

   

   12 slides generated with the lesson, with primary-source images, quick checks, and speaker notes, downloadable as PowerPoint or PDF. Slide 7.

   

   Brisk’s Presentation tool, run on its plan from inside the Doc: an 11-slide Google Slides deck in a themed template, with real images on six slides, credited in the notes. Slide 4.

   Close. Both decks follow their plans and use real historical images. Brisk’s took a second step from the plan; ours came with the lesson.

3. 03The materials

   

   Generated with the plan, no extra prompt: a cause-and-grievance organizer that sends students back to the lesson’s Declaration excerpt, with the Stamp Act row filled in as a model.

   

   The Printables tool’s Worksheet, run on the plan: a clean set of open-response questions with writing lines. The timeline cards and tax receipt the plan calls for are not part of it; each would be another request.

   Brisk will make each piece you ask for, one at a time. Here, the pieces the plan names arrive with it.

Feature by feature

Shaded cell: the stronger offering, in our judgment. Unshaded rows are a wash or a different kind of thing.

		Brisk
Lesson plan	A timed, ready-to-teach plan aligned to your standard	The Lesson Plan tool writes a well-paced, timed plan to a Google Doc; the timeline cards and tax receipt it lists are yours to make †
Slide decks	Generated with every lesson, with images and speaker notes; PowerPoint, PDF, or Google Slides	Google Slides decks with images and a choice of styles, built from a doc you have open †
Printable materials	Generated with every lesson: the worksheets, handouts, and assessments it calls for, plus a teacher guide	Worksheets, quizzes, and other printables, each its own request †
Materials match the lesson	Same scenario, vocabulary, and numbers across the plan, slides, and printables, because they come from one request	Each item can start from the page you have open, so you can build them from your plan one tool at a time
AI assistant	One assistant that keeps your lesson in context, remembers past work, learns how you teach, and edits the lesson and its materials	Chat (beta) for coaching and ideas in a conversation
Weekly planner	A planning board on your bell schedule; push lessons forward when a day is lost
Standards	420,000+ browsable, 6,600+ plain-language guides; official text in context when the lesson is written	Standards can be chosen in each tool's settings
Student-facing activities	Gamified lesson worlds and escape rooms; join code, no accounts, no student data stored	Boost: AI tutor, character chat, debate, and writing-coach activities, with transcripts the teacher can read
Exports	PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Google Slides, Classroom, Forms	Writes straight to Google Docs, Slides, and Forms; works with Classroom, Canvas, and Schoology
Works inside Google and Microsoft apps	Its own workspace; exports to Google Docs, Slides, Forms, and Classroom	A browser extension that works inside Google Docs, Slides, Classroom, Word, PDFs, and web pages
District rostering and admin dashboard		On school and district plans, with data privacy agreements

Pricing

Free: 5 lesson plans, 1 unit plan, 10 materials, and 25 assistant messages every month. Your first lesson needs no account and no credit card.

Pro, $9.99/month: everything included, no locked tools. School and district plans available.

Brisk

Free: 20+ tools, with unlimited usage per Brisk's plans page.

Educator Pro: $14.99/month, or $149.99/year, for individual teachers (from Brisk's checkout; not listed on its plans page).

Schools and districts: Premium and Intelligence plans, priced by quote, add more tools, an admin dashboard, and rostering.

Common questions

Is Lesson Maker Pro a good Brisk alternative?

For planning lessons, yes. One request in Lesson Maker Pro returns the whole lesson, with its slides, worksheets, assessment, and teacher guide built from it, and it goes onto a weekly planner. Brisk does something different well: it brings AI into the documents you already have open, and its feedback on student writing and Inspect Writing have no equivalent here. Many teachers could use both.

Can I use them together?

Yes. Lesson Maker Pro exports lessons and printables to Google Docs and decks to Google Slides, where Brisk's extension works on them like any other document.

Do students need accounts?

Not in Lesson Maker Pro: students join lesson activities and escape rooms with a code, and no student personal information is collected. Brisk's Boost activities are AI chats for students (a tutor, a character, a debate partner), and teachers can read the transcripts.