Name: Cognity
Brand: Cognity
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Question 1

Is Cognity free for teachers?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Free plan is free forever: 100 sparks a month, no credit card. That is enough to run a task with a class and read the process records afterwards — a real lesson with a full class will use most of it.

Question 2

How many sparks does one lesson use?

Accepted Answer

More than teachers expect, because students spend them too. A spark is consumed by the teacher's AI generation and by every exchange a student has with Jello — so a single class of 25 working through one assignment can use most of a free month's allowance. Plan the free tier for trying Cognity out, not for running a term on it.

Question 3

What is a spark?

Accepted Answer

A spark is Cognity's unit of AI usage. Sparks are spent whenever Jello — the AI in Cognity — is involved in a student or teacher action, so a more AI-active class uses more sparks.

Question 4

What happens when I run out of sparks?

Accepted Answer

The class keeps working — new AI actions pause until the next monthly reset, or you can top up instantly. Work students already submitted stays accessible on Pro and above.

Question 5

Do unused sparks carry over?

Accepted Answer

Monthly plan sparks reset each month. Top-up sparks purchased separately never expire and roll over month to month.

Question 6

Can I switch plans anytime?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Upgrades take effect instantly and downgrades at the end of the current billing cycle. Assignments and student data stay intact either way.

Question 7

Why do Vibe-coding assignments use more sparks?

Accepted Answer

Vibe-coding involves more back-and-forth with Jello during the Build stage — generating, debugging and iterating on code — so each session uses more AI calls than an Essay or Image task.

Question 8

Is there a free trial for Pro?

Accepted Answer

Yes — every teacher gets a 14-day free trial of Pro, no credit card required. You can also stay on the Free plan indefinitely with 100 sparks per month.

Question 9

What is the difference between Pro and Max?

Accepted Answer

Volume, not features. Max is $60 a month billed monthly and gives 4,000 sparks — ten times Pro's allowance — with up to 100 students per assignment instead of 30, plus priority AI response at peak times, higher output limits and early access to new features. A teacher with one or two classes wants Pro; Max is for large cohorts.

Question 10

How is the School plan billed?

Accepted Answer

Annually, at $10 per teacher per month with a 10-teacher minimum. Sparks pool across the school so heavy-use teachers are not capped individually, and School adds SSO, an admin dashboard, bulk roster import and LMS integration.

Question 11

Can Free plan users buy top-up sparks?

Accepted Answer

Top-ups are available on Pro and above. Free is designed as a forever tier — if you need more, the Pro trial is the easiest next step.

Question 12

Does Cognity detect AI writing?

Accepted Answer

No. Cognity does not score text with a detector and does not guess whether writing is AI-generated. Cognity records the process instead: every prompt a student sent, every AI response, every revision and every decision, in order. Teachers read what actually happened rather than a probability score.

Question 13

Is student data private?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Student data is never used to train AI models. Cognity is PIPA, PDPO and PDPA-aligned, with row-level access controls and configurable data retention.

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