Comparison

Mathway vs Chegg vs FastSolve: Honest 2026 Comparison

Three different tools, three different jobs. Here's what each is actually good at — and where each falls over.

March 30, 2026 · Updated April 26, 2026 · FastSolve Team

Mathway, Chegg, and FastSolve get lumped together but solve genuinely different problems. Picking the right one depends on what you're actually doing.

Mathway: math problems, retyped

Mathway is a calculator. You retype the problem into Mathway's editor and it solves it. Great for one-off math problems on paper, slow if you have an LMS quiz.

Chegg: textbook solutions and Q&A

Chegg is a database — textbook solutions and previously-answered questions. Useful when you want a worked example, less useful for unique LMS quiz questions.

FastSolve: solves the LMS in place

FastSolve runs as a Chrome extension and solves questions inside Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, ALEKS, Knewton, Learnosity etc. directly. No retyping, no tab switching.

Picking

  • You're working through math on paper → Mathway
  • You want a worked textbook example → Chegg
  • You're doing an actual LMS quiz → FastSolve

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