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Explain Everything vs WBO: catalog facts
Explain Everything	WBO
Freemium Free to start, with paid options and demos for schools and institutions.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Android, iOS, Web	Web, Self-hosted
Records whiteboard video tutorials Imports existing presentations	Real-time drawing for many simultaneous users Board state is persisted automatically
Focused on education rather than general diagramming Ownership change to Promethean may affect plans	Freehand whiteboard rather than a structured diagram editor Self-hosting needs a server with Docker or Node.js
Downloadable app, Web application	Web application, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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