PressPrimer Quiz vs Quiz Maker by AYS

PressPrimer Quiz and Quiz Maker by AYS are both well-known WordPress quiz plugins, but they’re aimed at very different markets and problems. Quiz Maker has a long history of offering flexible, market-friendly quizzes with strong lead generation, design controls, and ecommerce support. PressPrimer Quiz, on the other hand, is a recently-launched assessment plugin that’s exclusively focused on improving online learning and performance assessment.

This post compares both quiz plugin suites so you can see what’s the same and what’s different about them. We’ll cover the free plugins (both offer a freemium model) and their premium add-ons.

At a glance

Quiz Maker by AYS is a flexible general-purpose quiz builder for WordPress. With over 20,000 active installations and a 4.9-star rating on WordPress.org, it’s well known as a reliable workhorse for marketing, content, and ecommerce-linked quizzes. It offers a large variety of question types, styles, integrations (both marketing and ecommerce are well covered), and more. It’s a great choice for sites looking to grow an email list, sell paid quizzes, and run personality quizzes.

PressPrimer Quiz is built specifically for education. The free plugin is centered around measuring and retaining knowledge, with native integrations for the major WordPress LMS plugins. Beyond a comprehensive suite of features for learning assessment, the premium add-ons introduce features that simply aren’t found elsewhere in WordPress: spaced repetition, proctoring, question analysis, xAPI support, curve grading, branching logic, pre/post analysis, and more.

Free plugin comparison

Both plugins use a freemium model, which means they offer free versions with limited features on WordPress.org. What each one includes in the free tier aligns with who they’re built for. When it comes to fundamental features, here’s what each of the free versions includes:

Feature	PressPrimer Quiz	Quiz Maker by AYS
Unlimited quizzes and questions	Yes	Yes
Question types	3 (assessment-focused)	10
AI question generation	Yes	No
Native LMS integrations	Yes	No
Themes and styling	6 (3 themes + condensed mode)	6 themes + extensive style controls
Lead capture form	Email only	Yes (name, email, phone)
WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility	Yes	No
Translation support	Yes	Yes

Both plugins also support standard features like question and answer randomization, question banks, login requirements, and attempt limits.

Premium plugin features

Both quiz platforms offer premium add-ons, but the scope of what they add is incredibly different. Quiz Maker add-ons expand its marketing feature set, ecommerce integrations, and design support. PressPrimer Quiz add-ons go deeper on learning science, instructor workflows, reporting, and more.

Marketing and ecommerce

If you want to turn your quizzes into marketing and profit powerhouses, Quiz Maker has the advantage across the board. PressPrimer Quiz isn’t trying to compete in this space.

Feature	PressPrimer Quiz	Quiz Maker by AYS
Personality / outcome quizzes	No	Yes
Email marketing integrations (9+ services)	No	Yes
PayPal and Stripe payments	No	Yes
WooCommerce product recommender	No	Yes
Popup quizzes	No	Yes
PDF certificates	No	Yes
Leaderboards	No	Yes
Quiz ratings and reviews	No	Yes
Frontend user dashboard	For assigned quizzes only	Yes
Flashcards	No	Yes

Quiz Maker has an impressive range here, including direct integrations with your favorite CRM platforms, WooCommerce features, and payment gateway support.

Education and assessment

This is where PressPrimer Quiz takes a clear lead relative to all WordPress quiz plugins.

Feature	PressPrimer Quiz	Quiz Maker by AYS
Groups, assignments, due dates, reminders	Yes	No
Pre/post test analysis with learning gain	Yes	No
AI distractor generation	Yes	No
Question import	Yes	Yes
Question analysis with psychometrics	Yes	No
xAPI / LRS integration	Yes	No
LearnDash quiz import	Yes	No
Group performance reports	Yes	No
Curve grading	Yes	No
Spaced repetition	Yes	No
Proctoring	Yes	No

Spaced repetition is worth pausing on. It schedules each quiz question for review at the moment a student is most likely to forget it, dramatically improving long-term retention. That and many of the other features above are otherwise only available on SaaS platforms with costs in the thousands of dollars per year.

Pricing

Like the plugins themselves, PressPrimer Quiz and Quiz Maker offer very different pricing models.

At the time of writing, PressPrimer Quiz starts at $69 per year and Enterprise plans renew at $249. It has a subscription model, and the annual renewal price stays the same for as long as you keep the subscription active.

Quiz Maker by AYS offers a Business plan that starts at $49 for a year of support and updates, and Developer and Agency plans that start at $195 and include lifetime updates and support.

If you can only pick one

Choose Quiz Maker by AYS if you mainly want to use quizzes for marketing, lead generation, and sales. If you need direct integrations with a specific email marketing tool or more question types, Quiz Maker is the right choice.

Pick PressPrimer Quiz if your primary use case is online learning and assessment. Its feature set is unparalleled for educators in the WordPress space.

There’s also nothing stopping you from using both on the same WordPress site. The plugins don’t conflict, and Quiz Maker can handle the marketing quizzes while PressPrimer Quiz handles course assessment and reporting.

Consider giving both free plugins a try. The free PressPrimer Quiz plugin and Quiz Maker plugin are both available on WordPress.org. You can also test PressPrimer Quiz’s premium add-ons on your personal demo site or try a demo of Quiz Maker’s quiz types.

Let us know in the comments how you’re using both plugins!