Who competes with Clever?

Clever competes in the Education category against Ello, Foreword, Bloomy, Lingt, Nimble and other Y Combinator-backed companies.

Clever alternatives: 12 options compared

Q: What are the best alternatives to Clever?

The closest alternatives to Clever are Ello, Foreword, Bloomy. This page compares 12 alternatives on what each one does, funding stage, team size and operating status.

Q: Which Clever alternative should I choose?

Ello is the closest match to what Clever does. Larger teams in the comparison table generally offer more support and a longer track record, while earlier-stage companies tend to compete on price.

Q: Is Clever still active?

Clever is currently listed as Acquired in the Y Combinator directory.

TL;DR: If you are replacing Clever, the closest options are Ello, Foreword, Bloomy. The table below compares 12 alternatives on what they do, stage, size and status.

Every alternative below is compared on what it actually does, not just its category — so you can see which one genuinely replaces Clever (YC Summer 2012).

Last verified: 2026-04-21

What are the best alternatives to Clever?

The three closest alternatives to Clever are:

Ello — Building the world's first 1:1 AI teacher. (YC Winter 2020).
Foreword — A marketplace for live, online workshops for professionals (YC Summer 2020).
Bloomy — AI-driven 1-to-1 learning for every student (YC Summer 2026).

Clever alternatives compared

Alternative	What it does	Stage	Team	Status
Ello	Building the world's first 1:1 AI teacher.	YC Winter 2020	45	Active
Foreword	A marketplace for live, online workshops for professionals	YC Summer 2020	2	Inactive
Bloomy	AI-driven 1-to-1 learning for every student	YC Summer 2026	1	Active
Lingt	Lingt provided a web-based platform for learning languages leveraging…	YC Summer 2009	2	Active
Nimble	Data-driven teacher hiring	YC Summer 2017	25	Active
Juno College of Technology	Juno is the university of the future.	YC Summer 2019	30	Active
RocketLit	RocketLit is an adaptive learning and assessment platform.	YC Summer 2016	11	Active
Avion School	We teach Filipinos to become remote software engineers globally.	YC Winter 2021	4	Inactive
AskMyClass, now Soundkins	Audio learning assistant for teachers and students.	YC Summer 2018	2	Active
Avocademy	We teach UX/UI design and then help people get great jobs.	YC Winter 2022	6	Active
Cambly	On-demand access to English tutors over video chat.	YC Winter 2014	200	Active
Panorama Education	Improving education for every student.	YC Summer 2013	350	Active

Which Clever alternative should I choose?

It depends on your size. Ello is the closest match on what Clever actually does. If you need something more established, sort the table by team size — larger teams generally mean more support and a longer track record. If budget is the constraint, the earlier-batch companies are usually the ones still competing on price.

Is Clever still active?

Clever has been acquired, which often means pricing, roadmap or support changes. That is the usual reason people start looking at this list.

How was this list put together?

Every company here is Y Combinator-backed and was matched to Clever on what it actually does — its own description of its product — rather than on a broad category label. Batch, team size and operating status come from the YC directory and are shown as-is. We do not rank by payment.

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