ATI alternatives: the free path, and when to pay anyway
The assessment platform most US nursing programmes run on. You usually meet ATI because your school assigns it, not because you chose it.
We publish 283 free practice questions across 2 exams ATI also sells prep for. Below: what ATI costs today, what it genuinely does better than us, who should still buy it, and where the free route is enough.
Pricing on this page was read from ATI’s own site on . Prices change — check before you buy.
What ATI costs
| Product | Price | What the price buys |
|---|---|---|
| ATI TEAS SmartPrep 2.0 Tutorial + 90-Day App | $129.00 | — |
What ATI does better
- Predictor assessments benchmarked against national cohorts — a probability-of-passing estimate no free resource can produce.
- Integration with the nursing curriculum, so remediation is tied to the modules your programme already teaches.
- Institutional adoption means faculty can see and act on your results, which is support we cannot offer.
Buy ATI if
- Your programme requires it. That decision is not yours to make.
- You want the TEAS entrance exam, which we do not cover at all.
- You want a predictor score before booking your NCLEX date.
Use the free route if
- You have finished your programme and want extra NCLEX reps rather than another assessment.
- You want the NCLEX's cost, eligibility and format facts in one place.
- You want a printable lab-values and pharmacology summary for the final week.
Exams we both cover — free here
283 questions across 2 examsEvery link below is a live free practice test with written explanations, no signup and no card. Question counts are read from the database at build time, so they are what the page actually renders.
| Exam | Free questions | Free practice test |
|---|---|---|
| NCLEX-PN | 159 | Free NCLEX-PN practice test |
| NCLEX-RN | 124 | Free NCLEX-RN practice test |
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Frequently asked questions
Do you cover the ATI TEAS?
No. The TEAS is a nursing school entrance exam and our healthcare catalogue starts at licensure — NCLEX-RN, NCLEX-PN, CNA, CMA, CCMA, phlebotomy, EKG, billing and coding, pharmacy technician and EMT. If you need TEAS prep, ATI is the publisher of the test.
Is ATI the same thing as an NCLEX review course?
Not quite. ATI is primarily an assessment and remediation platform sold to nursing programmes; its predictors estimate your readiness. A review course teaches content and a question bank drills application. Most candidates end up using more than one.
Where these figures come from
Every price on this page was read from a page ATI publishes itself, on the date shown. We do not estimate competitor pricing.
ATI is a trademark of its owner. This is an independent 2026 comparison published by Every Exam Prep under our editorial policy; we are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a reseller of ATI.