Introwise vs Preply
Preply helps students find you. Introwise is for the ones who already have.
Preply is a marketplace: it puts you in front of learners, keeps the whole trial lesson, and then takes 18 to 33% of each lesson. Introwise is a booking page of your own: it brings you no students, takes 0 to 2.5%, and the prices and the packages are yours.
Preply facts checked on 12 November 2026.
On Preply
- Preply finds the studentIts search, its ranking
- Preply takes its share18 to 33% of each lesson after the trial
- The first lessonAll of the trial goes to Preply
- Preply sets the rulesCancellations and payouts
A marketplace, with its classroom and billing
With Introwise
- You bring the studentReferrals, your site, your profiles
- You keep the lesson priceLess 0 to 2.5%, and card processing
- Paid into your own accountStripe or PayPal
- Your termsYour price, your packages, your students
Your own page, from $0 a month
The short answer
Choose your own page if
- Students already find you through referrals, your website or social media
- You want to keep your lesson price instead of giving up 18 to 33% of it
- You want to sell your own packages and, on Pro, set your own cancellation notice
- You want a client list of your own, on your own page
Choose Preply if
- You are starting out and have no students and no audience yet
- You would rather teach than run a small business
- You teach learners in many countries and want payments handled for you
- You want access to people who are searching for a tutor, and a classroom built for lessons
Your own page and Preply, line by line
From the tutor's side. Preply facts come from its own help centre.
We checked the facts about Preply on 12 November 2026.If a line here is out of date or unfair, tell us and we will correct it.
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This page is not about the students Preply sent you
Preply's terms do not allow a tutor to take the lessons or the payments of its students off the platform, and we won't suggest that you do. If Preply found you a student, that student stays on Preply. This comparison is about everyone else: students who reach you through a friend, your website or your social profiles, without Preply in between. A marketplace commission pays for being found, and also for a classroom, billing and support. For a student who found you on their own, you can weigh those services against 18 to 33% of each lesson after the trial. A page of your own doesn't find students for you. A commenter on r/OnlineESLTeaching who teaches independently wrote, "I built most of my student base from word of mouth". A commenter on r/tutor warned that "you'll have to do a lot more of your own marketing, which can be a struggle if you're not used to it". A page of your own only means you keep more of the lessons you find yourself.
Sources: a comment on r/OnlineESLTeaching, January 2026, a comment on r/tutor, June 2025, Preply's terms of service. How we read forums
What each takes from your lessons
Preply takes a share of every lesson, which falls as you teach more hours on it. Introwise takes 0 to 2.5%.
We show Introwise on whichever plan works out cheapest for these numbers, billed monthly, assuming every session is a 1:1 call on its built-in video. Extra call minutes are $5 per 1,000. See Introwise pricing
At $1,500 a month in client payments: Introwise costs $231 less a month than Preply at 18%.
The tutor commission on Preply, and the plan cost on Introwise. Card processing is extra with Introwise.
- Preply at 18%$270 a month18% of your payments ($270). After more than 400 hours taught on Preply Source
- Preply at 25%$375 a month25% of your payments ($375). From 51 to 200 hours taught Source
- Preply at 33%$495 a month33% of your payments ($495). Your first 20 hours Source
- Introwise Pro$39 a month$39 subscription. Video calls are built in.
This is not like for like. Preply's commission also pays for finding the student, a classroom and billing. With Introwise, Stripe or PayPal charge their own processing fee on top, and you find the student. Trial lessons, which go to Preply in full, and withdrawal fees are not counted.
What tutors say about Preply
Recent Trustpilot reviews by people who say they teach on Preply, read on 12 November 2026, and one post on Reddit.
What they like
- The support team is responsive and patient.
Reviews on Trustpilot - A beginner tutor reports finding students through Preply.
Reviews on Trustpilot - The classroom tools are useful in lessons.
Reviews on Trustpilot
What they complain about
- Trial bookings can dry up even for tutors with thousands of lessons.
Reviews on Trustpilot - Support falls short when a tutor needs real help.
Reviews on Trustpilot - Commission fees and unpaid trial lessons, given as reasons for thinking about leaving.
A post on r/Preply - Friction when setting up a profile.
Reviews on Trustpilot
The overall rating combines students and tutors; it is not a tutor-only score.
Read the reviews yourselfDon't take our word for it.
Introwise
Introwise has far fewer public reviews than the tools we compare ourselves with, and most are a few years old.
Starting a page of your own
You don't have to leave a marketplace to have a page of your own, as long as you keep to its terms about the students it sent you. Set up Introwise for the students who come to you directly, and see how it goes. If you are unsure how to start, write to us.
Questions about Introwise and Preply
How much does Preply take from a tutor?
All of each trial lesson with a new student, then a share of each lesson after it: 33% for your first 20 hours, falling in steps to 18% once you have taught more than 400 hours on Preply. Preply publishes this in its help centre.
How much does Introwise take?
2.5% on the Free plan, 1.5% on Growth at $15 a month, and nothing on Pro at $39 a month. Stripe or PayPal charge their own card processing fee on top.
Can I move my Preply students to Introwise?
No. Preply's terms do not allow a tutor to take the lessons or the payments of its students off the platform, and we don't suggest breaking them. Introwise is for students who find you in other ways.
Does Introwise bring me students?
No. Introwise is a booking page, not a marketplace. A marketplace puts you in front of people who are searching for a tutor; with a page of your own, you have to find them yourself.
A page of your own, for your own students
Introwise is free to start, with no card and no time limit.