Current fee terms
| Platform | Current source term | Status of the pay figure |
|---|---|---|
| Preply | Regular commission starts at 33% and falls to 18% as completed hours accumulate. Preply keeps 100% of every new-student trial. | The USD 15 to 25 figure is an average asking price, not take-home. |
| italki | Trial 0%, single lesson 21%, 5-lesson package 19%, 10-lesson package 17%, 15- and 20-lesson packages 15%, group class 30%. | Tutors set prices. No universal fee or typical hourly band. |
| Outschool | Official Teacher Fee is 30% of the class-price payment. The teacher keeps 70%. | Teachers set class prices. There is no typical wage, and no filled class is promised. |
| Wyzant | Documented platform fee is 25% of the tutor's posted rate. | Tutors set prices. This directory has no published Wyzant wage. |
| Superprof | Fee is 10% for Superprof online payments without a Premium subscription and 0% for off-platform payment, according to the source record. | The fee is route-dependent, not a universal take-home rule. |
| AmazingTalker | Teachers set prices within teacher-level limits. Service fees vary by teacher level. | No numeric fee or hourly wage is published. |
| Verbling | Tutors set rates. The current official page for prospective tutors does not publish a commission percentage. | No wage or fee is published. |
| Cambly | No commission charged to tutors is listed in the pay record. Adults are paid USD 0.17 per active chat minute and Cambly Kids USD 0.20 per minute. | This is a per-minute product, not an hourly wage. |
Worked examples with hypothetical prices
These examples use hypothetical payments in the units stated below. They do not predict bookings, filled classes or monthly earnings.
- Preply: one paid hour at a hypothetical USD 25 hourly price leaves USD 16.75 after 33% commission or USD 20.50 after 18%. The tutor receives USD 0 for a new-student trial because that trial carries 100% commission.
- italki: a hypothetical USD 25 lesson price after a single-lesson fee is USD 19.75, after a 5-pack fee is USD 20.25, after a 10-pack fee is USD 20.75, after a 15 or 20-pack fee is USD 21.25, after a trial fee is USD 25, and after a group-class fee is USD 17.50.
- Outschool: a hypothetical USD 30 class price would leave USD 21 after the 30% Teacher Fee.
- Wyzant: one paid hour at a hypothetical USD 25 hourly price would leave USD 18.75 after the documented 25% platform fee.
- Superprof: a USD 25 online payment would leave USD 22.50 after a 10% fee, while the source describes 0% for off-platform payment. You must know which payment route applies before using the example.
Fees are only one part of the decision
Compare the fee with where students come from, lesson length, application requirements and payout terms. A lower fee does not create demand, and a listed rate says nothing about your schedule.
- Open the current platform policy and save its source date.
- Check whether the fee applies to trials, packages, classes, or a payment route.
- Keep a listed asking price separate from pay the platform sets.
- Use the live jobs board for current vacancies and the detailed pay records for source links.