Compare tutoring platforms
What each marketplace actually charges a tutor, taken from their own published material rather than from a review site. Every figure is quoted, linked and dated, and anything we could not confirm first-hand is left out rather than guessed at.
We run one of these platforms, so read accordingly - which is also why the sourcing is this pedantic.
TutorBoost vs Preply
The clearest difference is the first lesson. Preply charges 100% commission on every trial lesson with a new student, so the tutor teaches it and is paid nothing. TutorBoost charges 50% on a trial, so the tutor keeps 50% of it. On regular lessons Preply's commission depends on hours taught: it starts at 33%, drops to 28% after 20 hours, and reaches its lowest tier of 18% only after 400 hours. TutorBoost charges 10% on Pro from the first lesson, with no decay tied to hours taught - much cheaper than Preply's opening rate, and only marginally cheaper than the 18% a tutor reaches after 400 hours. Students on TutorBoost also pay a small per-booking fee at checkout, which does not come out of the tutor's share.
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TutorBoost vs Wyzant
Wyzant retains a flat 25% platform fee, so a tutor keeps 75% of their posted hourly rate, and the student pays a separate 9% service fee on top. TutorBoost charges a flat 10% on Pro, so a Pro tutor keeps 90%. Both are rates that do not decay with hours taught, which makes this a simpler comparison than most: on an ordinary lesson TutorBoost's rate is lower. Wyzant has one notable exception, though, and it is genuinely good - a tutor who brings their own new student to Wyzant receives 100% of their rate for that student, with no fee at all. TutorBoost has no equivalent, and a tutor who supplies most of their own students would earn more on Wyzant than here.
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TutorBoost vs italki
Neither is cheaper across the board, and anyone telling you otherwise has not read both fee tables. italki's commission depends on how many lessons a student buys at once: as published on 11 May 2026 it was 21% for a single lesson, falling to 15% for a 15 or 20-lesson package, and 0% on trial lessons. TutorBoost charges 10% on Pro on every regular lesson regardless of package size, and 50% on a trial. So TutorBoost is cheaper on single lessons, italki is cheaper on large packages, and italki is dramatically cheaper on trials because it charges nothing for them and we do not.
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