Indian Alternative of Khan Academy

BYJU'S is India's most well-known edtech, founded 2011 by Byju Raveendran in Bangalore. Offers animated video lessons, adaptive quizzes, and personalised learning for K-12 plus JEE, NEET, UPSC, CAT prep. Acquired WhiteHat Jr, Aakash, Great Learning, and Epic. Content mapped to CBSE, ICSE, state boards in English and Hindi. Note: company entered insolvency in 2024; main app was delisted from Google Play in May 2025. Best approached with caution.

Physics Wallah (PW) is India's most affordable edtech platform for JEE, NEET, UPSC, and school board exam prep. Founded by Alakh Pandey in 2020, it offers live classes, recorded lectures, Saarthi AI doubt-solving, and test series — most batches priced ₹2,000–5,000. Operates 303 hybrid Vidyapeeth centers across 152 cities with 4.5M+ paying subscribers. Best for budget-conscious competitive exam aspirants.

Testbook is an Indian government-exam prep app for SSC, Railways, Banking, Teaching, Defence, UPSC and 250+ state exams. Is it free or paid? Both — free mock tests, live tests and daily current affairs cost nothing, while Testbook Pass (Rs 399/year, listed against Rs 1,199) unlocks 1,50,000+ mock tests, 30,000+ previous year papers and 24x7 AI doubt support. 5 crore+ Play Store downloads. Controlled by Classplus since 2022.

Unacademy is an Indian online learning app for UPSC, JEE, NEET, SSC, banking and state PSC exam preparation, founded in Bengaluru in 2015. Watch free lectures on YouTube and in-app, or subscribe to Plus and Iconic tiers for structured courses, live classes with doubt-clearing, mock tests and personal mentoring from top educators. Also runs Airlearn, a language-learning app for Indian users.

Vedantu is a Bengaluru-based online tutoring platform offering LIVE interactive classes for K-12 (Class 1–12) and competitive exam prep (IIT-JEE, NEET). Founded in 2011 by Vamsi Krishna and team, it uses proprietary WAVE two-way whiteboard tech for real-time teacher-student interaction. Free content on YouTube plus paid group and 1-on-1 courses. A homegrown alternative to Physics Wallah, Unacademy, and BYJU'S.