According to government data, around 20 lakh students appeared for NEET-UG in 2026. NEET-UG is conducted by the NTA at 5,440 centres in 551 cities in India and 14 cities abroad. The average age of a student appearing for NEET-UG is between 17-19.
NEET-UG is a medical entrance examination for students who wish to pursue a course in the medical sciences such as MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other allied programmes.
According to recent data, around 11.21 lakh students qualified the NEET-UG examination.
NEET-UG examination comprises syllabus from three subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The duration of the exa3 hours and 20 minutes. It is an OMR-based offline examination.
Preparing for NEET can be a tiring and confusing process with so much study material and an extensive syllabus, but the right platform can give you guidance and help you achieve your target score.
A few of the platforms that offer services for NEET preparation are:
Physics Wallah
ALLEN
Aakash
Unacademy
NeetPrep
NTA’s National Test Abhyas
Vedantu
Physics Wallah is an online educational platform in India. It was founded by Alakh Pandey and Prateek Maheshwari in 2020 with a vision to democratize education in India.
Physics Wallah provides extensive resources for NEET preparation. It offers both live and recorded classes for its students. Their website has a comprehensive list of study resources that NEET aspirants find useful.
They provide Previous Year’s Question Papers, Daily Practice Papers, Mock Tests and chapter-wise tests.
Physics Wallah’s NEET preparation courses are for anyone, including students in classes 11 and 12, students in a drop year, and other NEET aspirants.
Their website mentions that their courses help strengthen concepts, maintain regular practice, and tracking progress.
A few of their popular courses are: Arjuna NEET, Lakshya NEET, Yakeen NEET, and Achiever NEET.
The price range for the mentioned courses starts at 5k and can go up to 12k.
The duration for most of the courses ranges from one year to two years, depending on the batch.
Allen is one of India's oldest education platforms. It was started in 1988 in Kota, Rajasthan. Dr. Govind Maheshwari is the director of Allen, and Dr. Brajesh Maheshwari is an educator as well as a co-founder of the platform.
Through its digital platform, it provides online NEET preparation for students and aspirants. Their website provides a collection of courses that can be taken by students in Class 11, 12th and specified courses for students who are preparing for NEET-UG after the completion of Class 12.
Allen’s NEET material includes live classes, recorded lectures, online tests, app-based learning, and more practice features.
The online NEET preparation platform also includes features like flashcards and an improvement book to track students’ progress.
Their online NEET preparation courses include 3 variants: Live online Courses, self-study courses, and Test Series.
The Live courses start from 52k for a duration of 1 year and can go up to 73k.
The self-study courses (pre-recorded classes) start from 12k for a duration of 1 year and can go up to 20k.
Their test series are priced at a nominal rate of 7k and can go up to 12k.
Aakash Institute was started in 1988 as an offline coaching institute with just 12 students in its first batch.
Dr. JC Chaudhary is the founder of Aakash, and under his guidance, Aakash grew into Aakash Institute, Aakash IIT-JEE & Aakash Foundations. All three divisions run under the aegis of Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL).
Aakash’s online NEET preparation courses include extensive online resources, including AIATS, mock tests, practice tests, final test series, and question banks.
Through their myAakash app, students can track their progress, attend online classes, and get their doubts solved through video solutions.
Aakash has varied courses for students in Class 10, 11, and 12th, NEET aspirants, as well as second-time repeaters.
They offer both subject-based courses and courses for complete NEET preparation.
Their courses start from a range of 10k and can go up to 20k. The duration usually ranges from somewhere between 7 months to 21 months.
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Unacademy started as an educational YouTube channel in 2010. It was established as an education technology platform in 2015.
Gaurav Munjal is the founder of Unacademy, and under his guidance, the platform gained a good audience base as well as the trust of many students and educators.
What makes the platform different from other online NEET preparation websites is that Unacademy offers a set of free lecture videos and tests for students and NEET aspirants.
So NEET-UG aspirants can simply go to their website and access the videos as well as mock tests free of cost.
Unacademy offers varied courses for NEET preparation, including specific subject courses and even courses on specific topics from the core subjects, i.e., Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
Their platform works on a subscription-based model where students can get access to various courses. The subscription starts from 1k per month and can go up to 4.5k per month.
Each package comes with its own additional access to videos and test series.
NEETprep was started in 2016 by 4 co-founders, Kapil Gupta, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Jay Prakash, and Anis Bari. NEETprep comes under the parent company GoodEd Technologies Private Limited.
NEETprep exclusively concentrates on offering medical exam training to NEET aspirants, unlike other online platforms that offer services for various competitive exams in the country.
Their online services currently offer programs for the NEET 2027 lineup. The course contains pre-recorded lecture videos as well as an extensive question bank in the archives.
The platform offers an extensive number of 800,000 MCQ-based questions, which are paired with video solutions and explanations. It also offers an exam simulator that generates questions similar to the actual NEET-UG exam.
The courses on the platform can be purchased online; the subscription lasts for a year and gives the student full access to all the test papers and question banks.
National Test Abhyas was launched by the Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, in 2020.
The app was launched by NTA so that candidates appearing for NEET or JEE can have access to high-quality mock tests.
The NTA issued an official statement that said that the application offers a complete set of NEET practice exams that are designed to simulate the real testing environment of the medical entrance exam.
The app gives an option to save the mock tests on the aspirant’s device and enables them to complete the tests without an internet connection. Once the mock test is submitted, the system gives an immediate evaluation report that offers an overall score and percentile rank.
Vedantu is an online tutoring platform that was founded in 2011 by Anand Prakash, Pulkit Jain, Saurabh Saxena, and VamsiKrishna Paruchurikumar.
Vedantu offers online NEET preparation for school students of Class 11 and 12th. They also offer courses for students who are taking a gap year before the NEET-UG exam and for other aspirants.
They have various study resources for NEET preparation, including live interactive classes, recorded lectures, study notes, practice questions, and doubt-solving support.
Vedantu currently offers one year prep courses and two year long preparation courses for NEET.
They also offer NEET crash courses that can help a NEET aspirant revise and learn the syllabus in a short duration of time.
What sets Vedantu apart from the rest of the online NEET Preparation platforms is its one-on-one coaching course. It is designed for students who need personal guidance. The mentor crafts a course customized to the student’s needs, strengths, and score target.
According to their website, their courses can range from 72k to 86k for a duration of one to two years.
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