Diffit Review: Features, Pricing & Alternatives

What is Diffit?

Diffit is an AI tool that helps teachers adapt content for students at different levels. You give it a topic, a text, a web page, a PDF or a video, and it produces a reading passage at a chosen grade level along with a summary, key vocabulary and multiple-choice, short-answer and open-ended questions. Output can be translated into many languages and edited before use.

Diffit was founded by Vlad Gutkovich (CEO) and Adam Black (chief product officer), who previously worked at edtech companies including Seesaw, Flocabulary, Schoolzilla and Summit Public Schools. It launched in 2023 and quickly spread among teachers as a free leveled-reading tool. CB Insights lists Hyde Park Venture Partners and Workshop Venture Partners as seed investors.

Since then Diffit has grown from leveled readers into broader differentiated resources: station rotations, sub plans, intervention materials, slides and graphic organizers, with alignment to standards, MTSS tiers and depth-of-knowledge levels. A Chrome extension lets teachers start from any web page. Its narrow focus on differentiation is what sets it apart from all-in-one teacher platforms.

Key features of Diffit

• Leveled readingsRewrites any topic or text at a chosen grade level so every student can access the same content.
• Questions and vocabularyGenerates summaries, vocabulary lists and multiple-choice, short-answer and open-ended questions.
• Many input typesStart from a topic, pasted text, URL, PDF or video, or from a web page with the Chrome extension.
• Multilingual outputProduces resources in many languages for multilingual learners and families.
• Standards and MTSS alignmentPaid plans align resources to standards, skills, MTSS tiers and DOK levels.
• ExportsPaid plans export to Google Docs, Slides, Forms and Classroom and to Microsoft formats; free users can print or download PDF.

Who is Diffit best for?

• Teachers of mixed-ability classes who need the same content at several reading levels.
• ELL and multilingual teachers who want translated and simplified texts.
• Special education and intervention staff building scaffolded materials quickly.
• Schools that want a shared library of differentiated resources and admin oversight.

Popular ways to use Diffit

• Leveled articles: Turn a news story into three versions for different reading levels.
• Unit vocabulary: Pull key terms and definitions from a textbook chapter.
• Sub plans: Generate a ready-to-print activity for a substitute teacher.
• Translations: Give a newcomer student a passage in their home language alongside English.
• Station rotations: Build tiered activities for small-group instruction.

Diffit pricing (October 2026)

Prices are from Diffit’s pricing and individual subscription pages in October 2026. Schools cannot buy individual subscriptions for teachers, and Diffit offers schools a free trial of premium features.

Diffit pros and cons

How to get started with Diffit

1. Go to web.diffit.me and sign up with a school account.
2. Enter a topic, paste text or add a link, PDF or video.
3. Choose grade level and language.
4. Review the passage, vocabulary and questions, and edit them.
5. Print, download or share the resource with students.

Tips to get better results from Diffit

• Check the reading level with a readability tool; one 2023 review found outputs ran one to two grades high.
• Generate two or three levels from one source for tiered groups.
• Use the Chrome extension on articles you already plan to teach.
• Ask your school about a schools trial before paying yourself.

Diffit vs alternatives

MagicSchool and Brisk Teaching both include text-leveling tools inside larger toolkits, while Diffit specialises in full differentiated resource packs. Curipod is better for live interactive lessons.

Khanmigo offers teacher tools linked to Khan Academy content, and general chatbots like ChatGPT can simplify text but need careful prompting and formatting. See all best AI education tools.

Our verdict: is Diffit worth it?

Diffit FAQs

Pricing and features change often. Details on this page were last reviewed in October 2026. Always confirm current plans on the official Diffit website.