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Kaplan USMLE

by Kaplan Inc.

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USMLE prep from Kaplan: Qbank, on-demand and live online courses, with an AI Tutor trained on Kaplan content.

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At a glance

Pricing
From $199. A reseller page lists 1 month $199, 3 months $249, 6 months $299, 12 months $399. 7-day free trial.
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20/100Niche fit
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  • Regulatory & Compliance
    0/6.2

    No FDA clearance listed

  • Clinical Integration
    0/2.6

    No EHR integrations listed

  • Evidence Strength
    0/8.8

    No peer-reviewed coverage

  • Vendor & Market
    8.4/19.8

    Mid-tier funding and adoption

  • Sentiment & Transparency
    3.3/20

    Pricing on request, no public amounts

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Regulatory & Compliance

  • FDA clearance0/1

    No FDA clearance listed

  • HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA0/5

    No public HIPAA/SOC2/BAA attestation

Clinical Integration

  • EHR integrations (count)0/1

    No EHR integrations listed

  • Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena)0/1

    None of the top-3 EHRs covered

  • Bidirectional write-back0/0

    No bidirectional write-back documented

Evidence Strength

  • Peer-reviewed papers0/7

    No peer-reviewed coverage

  • RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review0/2

    No RCT, meta-analysis, or systematic review

Vendor & Market

  • Funding & adoption signal8/12

    Mid-tier funding and adoption

  • Years in market0/8

    Founded year not recorded

Sentiment & Transparency

  • Clinician sentiment (Reddit)0/14

    No clinician sentiment data available

  • Pricing transparency3/7

    Pricing on request, no public amounts

Scored October 15, 2026 · Public scoring method v1.1.0

Bottom line

USMLE prep from Kaplan: Qbank, on-demand and live online courses, with an AI Tutor trained on Kaplan content.

From $199. A reseller page lists 1 month $199, 3 months $249, 6 months $299, 12 months $399. 7-day free trial.

Editorial review  ·  By MedAI Verdict

Bottom line

Kaplan sells USMLE Step 1 preparation in three forms: a question bank, a self-paced FlexTrack course, and a six-week Live Online course. The Qbank and the course include an AI Tutor that Kaplan describes as "trained exclusively by Kaplan." It fits a student who wants a structured schedule and an instructor to answer to, at prices from $199 to $3,200. Comparison blogs rank its question bank behind UWorld and AMBOSS, which counts against it for the student who wants only a bank.

What is Kaplan USMLE and who sells it?

Kaplan, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC), headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Stanley Kaplan began tutoring in 1938, and Graham, then the Washington Post Company, acquired the business in 1984 according to PitchBook.

What do you get?

The Step 1 Qbank has more than 3,200 exam-like questions with explanations, progress reports, two full-length practice tests and a mobile app. Explanations link out to Pathoma and SketchyMedical content, and the lecture notes link to more than 2,600 questions.

FlexTrack, also sold as On Demand, adds nearly 1,200 videos, more than 1,600 module questions, nine discipline exams, two full-length exams and an adaptive study calendar, plus a Qbank of more than 3,000 questions. Live Online is six weeks of live teaching with three one-on-one advising sessions.

The AI Tutor sits inside the Qbank and the course, and Kaplan describes it as "trained exclusively by Kaplan."

How much does Kaplan USMLE cost?

Kaplan's Step 1 pages in October 2026 list the Step 1 Qbank "from $199." A reseller page breaks that down as $199 for one month, $249 for three, $299 for six and $399 for twelve. FlexTrack starts at $1,299 and showed $1,040 with a 20 percent promo applied. Live Online costs $3,200, down from $3,999.

A seven-day Qbank trial is free, and FlexTrack carries a 30-day trial. Live Online promises a refund if the student does not pass first time, and footnoted conditions apply.

How does the Qbank rank against UWorld and AMBOSS?

2026 comparison blogs, including QuantaPrep, dedicatedprep.com and nextstepsusmle.com and several of them run by competitors, rank Kaplan behind UWorld and AMBOSS on question quality.

Who is it for?

A student who studies better with a calendar, deadlines and a person to ask will use the Live Online course. Someone who wants a self-paced video course with a study calendar can take FlexTrack. A student on a short timeline who needs only practice questions can buy one month of the Qbank for $199.

At $1,299, FlexTrack is hard to justify for a student who needs only questions.

The verdict

Kaplan makes sense as a course with an instructor attached, and the $3,200 Live Online tier is where it differs from the question-bank rivals. As a bank alone, the comparison blogs put it second to UWorld and AMBOSS.

Editorial review last generated October 15, 2026. Synthesized from clinician sentiment, peer-reviewed coverage, and our editorial silo picks. Refined by hand where vendor facts change.

Pricing

What it costs

All tiers are custom-quoted. The vendor does not publish per-provider list pricing.

TierMonthlyAnnualNotes
Step 1 Qbank——From $199. A reseller page lists 1 month $199, 3 months $249, 6 months $299, 12 months $399. 7-day free trial.
FlexTrack / On Demand course——From $1,299. Shown as $1,040 with a 20% promo code in October 2026.
Live Online course——$3,200, down from $3,999. Six weeks of live instruction and three 1-on-1 advising sessions. The money-back pass guarantee has footnoted terms that were not read.

Source: vendor pricing page. Last checked October 15, 2026.

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