Workshopr is the closest product to Metodic we have compared so far. Both cover the whole arc of a workshop: the case for it, the agenda, the room, and what comes out afterwards. The difference is how the session gets made. In Workshopr you build the agenda by dragging exercises from a library, or let its AI generator draft one, and you export the run-of-show. Metodic starts from one description of the session and writes everything: the timed agenda, the worksheets, the slides, the facilitator guide, the workbook. Then it runs the wall of post-its live, on the participants' phones.
As described on workshopr.io
Workshopr column: what workshopr.io lists, read September 2026.
| Feature | Metodic | Workshopr |
|---|---|---|
| Agenda from a goal | One brief; timed agenda with method rationale | Drag-and-drop builder from the library; an AI Workshop Generator drafts one (Pro) |
| Method library | 700+ curated methods plus 331 workshop activities, all publicly documented | 380+ exercises, 57+ icebreakers, 90+ ready-made workshops |
| Learning frameworks behind the design | 168 (Kolb, Gagné, Bloom, Cathy Moore and more), selectable per session | Not listed; an energy arc shows where attention is likely to drop |
| Making the case for the workshop | Briefing, pre-read and invitation documents generated from the session | Pitch email, the objections you will get, and a go/no-go verdict (Pro) |
| Checking an agenda you already have | Agenda Check on metodic.io | Agenda Check (Pro) |
| Participant materials | Worksheets, handouts, workbook and method card decks, generated per activity | Not listed; exports are the agenda and run-of-show (PDF, Word, Markdown, .pptx) |
| Slides and facilitator guide | Generated per session, branded | .pptx run-of-show deck; SAY/DO scripts per exercise in the live console |
| Running the session | Live participant view, session control, timers | Live console with timers and scripts, reactions and polls from phones, intervention cards, a Chrome Sidekick |
| The room's wall of post-its | Metodic Live: photographed by the tables, typed onto the beamer in each table's colour, sorted and voted from phones during the session | Synthesize: photos of the wall processed after the session into themes, decisions and actions |
| The write-up afterwards | Live-room report: clusters with your labels, votes per cluster and per table, who said what, a draft summary | A one-pager: the goal, what happened, what came out, who owns what next |
| Miro export | Full session as a board | Not listed |
| Works inside Claude / ChatGPT | Yes, via the Metodic MCP server | Not listed |
| Custom branding on materials | Logo, colours and fonts (Pro and up) | Not listed |
| Languages | Interface in EN, NL, DE, ES, FR, PT and JA; sessions in the language of your brief | Not listed |
| Free option | Free forever, building included: 15 credits at signup, 5 every month | Free forever for the library and learning; building and running is Pro. Pro is free during the beta, through September 2026 |
| Paid plan | From €10/month | $19/month, or $16/month on a yearly plan |
| Around since | September 2024, nearly 1,000 sessions delivered | May 2025; Workshopr 2.0 is in beta |
How the session gets made. In Workshopr you assemble the agenda: drag exercises from its library into a running order, or let its AI generator draft one, then export the run-of-show. Metodic writes the session from one description: the timed agenda, and then the worksheets, slides, facilitator guide and workbook that go with it, branded. Workshopr's exports are the agenda; Metodic's are the whole kit.
Yes, and its site describes that part well: a live console with timers and scripts, reactions and polls from participants' phones, and Synthesize, which turns photos of the wall into themes, decisions and a one-pager after the session. Metodic covers the same arc differently. Metodic Live puts the wall on the beamer while the session is running, so the room sorts and votes its own notes, and the report you leave with is built from what the participants did rather than reconstructed afterwards.
Metodic's library has 700+ curated methods plus 331 workshop activities, each with steps, timing, materials and facilitator tips, all publicly documented at metodic.io/facilitation-methods. Workshopr's site lists 380+ exercises, 57+ icebreakers and 90+ ready-made workshops.
Both have a free-forever plan, but they cover different things. Metodic's free plan includes building sessions: 15 credits at signup and 5 more every month, enough for roughly one fully equipped session a month. Workshopr's free plan covers its library, academy, tips and toolkits; building and running a workshop is Pro at $19 a month, which its site says is free during the beta, through September 2026.
Yes. Metodic runs as an MCP server, so you can design a session, refine it and generate the materials from inside Claude or ChatGPT, then open it in Metodic to run it. We found no equivalent listed for Workshopr.
The Workshopr details come from workshopr.io as read in September 2026, during its 2.0 beta. If something has changed or we got a detail wrong, write to us and we will correct it.