Metodic vs Workshopr

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.

Metodic: the session is written, not assembled

  • Timed agenda plus worksheets, slides with speaker notes, facilitator guide, workbook and card decks, all branded, from one description
  • 700+ curated methods and 331 activities, shaped by 168 learning frameworks (Kolb, Gagné, Bloom and more)
  • Run it live: participant view, session control, timers. Metodic Live puts the room's real wall of post-its on the beamer, sorted and voted from phones
  • Miro export of the whole session; works inside Claude and ChatGPT through the Metodic MCP server
  • Free forever with building included: 15 credits at signup, 5 every month. Paid plans from €10/month. Around since September 2024, nearly 1,000 sessions delivered

Workshopr: one workshop, five phases, one app

As described on workshopr.io

  • Strategize, Plan, Facilitate, Synthesize: the pitch email and go/no-go, the agenda, the live room, the write-up
  • Library of 380+ exercises, 57+ icebreakers and 90+ ready-made workshops; drag-and-drop builder with timing and an energy arc
  • Live console with timers and SAY/DO scripts, reactions and polls from participants' phones, 37 intervention cards
  • Synthesize: photos of the wall, notes and polls turned into themes, decisions, actions and a one-pager
  • Worksheets, workbook, card decks, learning frameworks, Miro export, AI-assistant integration: not listed
  • Free plan covers the library and learning; building and running a workshop is Pro at $19/month (free during the beta, through September 2026)

Feature by feature

Workshopr column: what workshopr.io lists, read September 2026.

FeatureMetodicWorkshopr
Agenda from a goalOne brief; timed agenda with method rationaleDrag-and-drop builder from the library; an AI Workshop Generator drafts one (Pro)
Method library700+ curated methods plus 331 workshop activities, all publicly documented380+ exercises, 57+ icebreakers, 90+ ready-made workshops
Learning frameworks behind the design168 (Kolb, Gagné, Bloom, Cathy Moore and more), selectable per sessionNot listed; an energy arc shows where attention is likely to drop
Making the case for the workshopBriefing, pre-read and invitation documents generated from the sessionPitch email, the objections you will get, and a go/no-go verdict (Pro)
Checking an agenda you already haveAgenda Check on metodic.ioAgenda Check (Pro)
Participant materialsWorksheets, handouts, workbook and method card decks, generated per activityNot listed; exports are the agenda and run-of-show (PDF, Word, Markdown, .pptx)
Slides and facilitator guideGenerated per session, branded.pptx run-of-show deck; SAY/DO scripts per exercise in the live console
Running the sessionLive participant view, session control, timersLive console with timers and scripts, reactions and polls from phones, intervention cards, a Chrome Sidekick
The room's wall of post-itsMetodic Live: photographed by the tables, typed onto the beamer in each table's colour, sorted and voted from phones during the sessionSynthesize: photos of the wall processed after the session into themes, decisions and actions
The write-up afterwardsLive-room report: clusters with your labels, votes per cluster and per table, who said what, a draft summaryA one-pager: the goal, what happened, what came out, who owns what next
Miro exportFull session as a boardNot listed
Works inside Claude / ChatGPTYes, via the Metodic MCP serverNot listed
Custom branding on materialsLogo, colours and fonts (Pro and up)Not listed
LanguagesInterface in EN, NL, DE, ES, FR, PT and JA; sessions in the language of your briefNot listed
Free optionFree forever, building included: 15 credits at signup, 5 every monthFree forever for the library and learning; building and running is Pro. Pro is free during the beta, through September 2026
Paid planFrom €10/month$19/month, or $16/month on a yearly plan
Around sinceSeptember 2024, nearly 1,000 sessions deliveredMay 2025; Workshopr 2.0 is in beta

Frequently asked questions

What is the main difference between Metodic and Workshopr?

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.

Doesn't Workshopr also run the room and write things up?

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.

Which one has more methods?

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.

Is there a free version?

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.

Can I use Metodic without leaving Claude or ChatGPT?

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.

How current is this comparison?

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.

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