Koncepts vs ManageBac, for IB teachers.
ManageBac is the school's system of record: it manages curriculum and records results. Koncepts is an AI toolkit that generates the teaching itself. A teacher can use Koncepts for free today; ManageBac is bought school-wide.
Free for individual IB teachers. No waitlist, no school procurement.
The record, and the teaching itself.
Both serve IB educators, but they were built for different jobs.
Koncepts
AI-native IB teaching toolkit + student learning app- Built for
- The IB, only the IB (PYP, MYP, DP)
- Primary buyer
- Individual teachers (free) and schools
- Core job
- Generate IB-native plans, lessons, assessments, and feedback with AI
- Founded
- Recent, by PrepAiro, Inc
ManageBac
IB school management and learning platform (system of record)- Built for
- IB World Schools (PYP, MYP, DP, CP)
- Primary buyer
- Schools (whole-school licensing)
- Core job
- Manage curriculum, gradebooks, assessment records, and reporting
- Founded
- 2006, Faria Education Group
Which one fits you?
A fast branch before the detail below.
- You want AI to generate your planning, assessment, and feedback
- You are an individual teacher who cannot wait for school procurement
- You need lesson plans written per criterion and achievement-level band
- You want real MYP eAssessment past papers and exam-style generation
- You want a whole-class quiz that needs zero student devices
- Your school needs an IB system of record
- You need gradebooks, report cards, and parent portals
- You need pre-built MYP subjects with automatic IB curriculum updates
- You want the most established vendor with the longest IB track record
- You need TurnItIn and Google Docs integrations built in
Feature by feature, side by side.
Planning, teaching, assessment, and the school and family layer.
| How Koncepts comparesFeature by feature | KonceptsIB-native | ManageBacSystem of record |
|---|---|---|
| Planning | ||
| MYP unit planner | Collaborative document with key and related concepts, global context, Statement of Inquiry, factual/conceptual/debatable inquiry questions, and IB’s own reflection prompts | Unit planners with pre-built MYP subjects |
| IB completeness check on unit plans | Flags every field IB expects that is not yet filled | No |
| Automatic IB curriculum updates | Pre-built subjects update with IB changes | Yes |
| AI lesson planner | Full lessons with objectives per criterion and achievement-level band, phased timings, misconceptions to watch, and cold-call questions | No |
| PYP planning | Anchored to the school’s own Programme of Inquiry; upload the POI once and every teacher’s units autofill | POI management |
| Teaching | ||
| AI slide decks | Split-screen slides with linked quiz questions | No |
| Video lessons with embedded questions | Questions at timestamps, from any video or AI-found | No |
| Printable classroom handouts | Tarsia jigsaws, See/Think/Wonder, Which One Doesn’t Belong, standard handouts with answer keys | No |
| Voice-led AI class tutor with live whiteboard | Grounded in IB syllabi and command terms | No |
| Ready-made IB content library | MYP Maths and Sciences across MYP 1 to 5; 11 DP subjects on the current syllabus | Curriculum frameworks, not teaching content |
| Assessment | ||
| AI assessment generator (criteria A to D, eAssessment-style) | Yes | AssessPrep with AI features |
| Online IB-style exams | Past papers turned into timed, proctored exams with audit trail | AssessPrep, the established MYP eAssessment platform |
| Real MYP eAssessment past papers, with markschemes | Question by question, with markschemes | No |
| Rubric generator (criteria A to D, levels 1 to 8, from an uploaded task) | Yes | Rubrics attached to tasks manually |
| Whole-class quiz with zero student devices | Paper Mode Quiz: printed QR cards, one phone sweep captures every answer | No |
| DP part tests with HL/SL and official AO splits | Generated to real paper blueprints | No |
| AI feedback and report writer | Four modes including bulk Report Season, grounded in the student’s actual work | Report comments written manually in gradebook |
| School and family layer | ||
| Gradebook of record with MYP criterion rubrics | No | Yes |
| Official report card generation | No | MYP-tailored, PDF, parent-visible |
| Parent and student portals | No | Yes |
| TurnItIn and Google Docs integrations | No | Yes |
| Class analytics by criterion | Manage Class: completion, class average, band distribution by criterion | Yes |
Koncepts is not teacher-only.
Koncepts ships a free student app for MYP and DP, plus a dedicated PYP app. Students join their class with a code and assigned quizzes, notes, and exams appear with due dates. MYP students get quizzes levelled by criteria A to D (levels 1 to 8), notes and cheatsheets per subtopic, a voice-led AI Class Tutor, homework help with escalating hints, and real eAssessment past papers. DP students get real past papers with markschemes, timed exams, an HL/SL-aware tutor, and an EE/TOK draft evaluator.
When a student gets something wrong, Koncepts pinpoints the exact sub-skill missed against the markscheme and sends a targeted follow-up assignment built for exactly that gap, with results flowing back to the teacher’s class view. ManageBac records results; it does not generate follow-up work from them. Its student and parent portals are built for administration: viewing deadlines and grades, submitting coursework, and receiving report cards.
An honest read of both.
No tool wins everything. Here is where each one is strong, and where it isn't.
Koncepts
- AI-native across every toolPlanning, assessment, and feedback are generated, not just recorded.
- IB-exclusive designCriteria A to D, command terms, Statements of Inquiry, and achievement levels are native from the first click.
- Free individual accessA teacher can start today without school procurement.
- Real MYP eAssessment papersGenuinely hard to obtain elsewhere, browsable with markschemes.
- Feedback Writer with Report SeasonBulk end-of-term reports grounded in each student's actual work.
- Not a school system of recordNo official gradebook, report cards, or parent portals.
- Content library depthDeepest in Maths and Sciences today; other subject groups still expanding.
- Newer companyShorter track record than a vendor operating since 2006.
ManageBac
- Longest IB track recordTrusted system of record for thousands of IB World Schools since 2006.
- Automatic curriculum updatesPre-built MYP subjects stay current with IB changes.
- AssessPrepThe established platform for MYP eAssessment-style online exams.
- Reporting pipelineCriterion gradebook through to parent-visible report cards.
- Flexible commercial termsAI bundled free; public default is an annual agreement.
- Administration-first designRecords teaching rather than generating it.
- No AI lesson or handout generationTeachers still create materials elsewhere.
- No individual teacher planAdoption requires a whole-school decision.
Yes, and it's the most common setup.
ManageBac stays the school’s system of record: units documented, grades recorded, reports published. Teachers use Koncepts to generate the unit plans, lessons, assessments, rubrics, and feedback that then live in ManageBac. Because Koncepts is free for individual teachers, this requires no procurement decision. A school evaluating a full switch is really asking a different question: whether its next investment should be a better system of record or an AI layer that produces the teaching artifacts the system records.
The details, before you ask.
Is Koncepts an alternative to ManageBac?
Is Koncepts really free for teachers?
Does ManageBac have AI?
Does Koncepts cover all three IB programmes?
Does Koncepts have a student side?
Does Koncepts have real IB past papers?
Which to pick, by scenario.
Other Koncepts comparisons.
Generate the teaching, free.
Unit plans, lessons, assessments, and feedback, AI-native and IB-specific. Free for individual teachers, no procurement.
This comparison is based on publicly available information as of August 23, 2026, including ManageBac’s public product pages and Faria’s published terms. Features and terms may change. No ManageBac pricing is public and none is quoted here. Koncepts is a product of PrepAiro, Inc and is not affiliated with ManageBac or Faria Education Group. Verify current offerings at managebac.com and koncepts.school.
IB, PYP, MYP, DP and eAssessment are terms of the International Baccalaureate Organization. Koncepts is not affiliated with or endorsed by the IB.