Nine platforms, real numbers
How Guruvice
actually compares.
We looked up what iTalki, Preply, Outschool, Wyzant, Cambly, Superprof, Teachable, Thinkific and Kajabi really charge — straight from their own pricing pages, Sept 2026. Here's the honest side-by-side.
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What gurus keep — marketplaces
Platforms' commission,
side by side.
Same benchmark for every platform below: the cut taken out of the session price — what a guru would otherwise keep in full, before card fees.
Superprof⚠ $49/mo required
0%
0% tutor commission — but built on charging learners ≈$49/month just to unlock a tutor's contact info, before any lesson happens.
GuruviceFirst 20: free
5%
Wyzant
25%
Outschool
30%
iTalki
up to 30%
Preply
up to 33%
Guruvice: 5% on 1:1, instant & package sessions, 9% on webinars & batches. Cambly isn't commission-based (flat $0.17–0.20/min on a per-minute rate, not a cut of a set price), so it isn't charted on this benchmark.
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No monthly tax
Course tools charge
whether you earn
or not.
GuruviceEver
$0/mo
Teachable
from $39/mo
+7.5% transaction fee on the Starter plan
Thinkific
from $54/mo
Kajabi
from $179/mo
Lowest published tier, billed annually where discounted. All three also add card-processing fees (≈2.7–3.9%) on top of the subscription. Guruvice has no plan to upgrade — nothing due until you actually earn.
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A real option, with real gaps
What about
just using Zoom?
Fair if you already have students and don't need discovery. Here's the real cost of matching what Guruvice does out of the box.
Zoom Pro — video calls, 30-hr meetings
$14.16/mo
+ Zoom Scheduler — booking page
$4.99/mo
+ Zoom Webinars — group sessions, can't charge attendees
$83.33/mo
→ swap in Webinars Plus to actually charge attendees
$290.83/mo
Realistic total, before any card fees
$103–$308/mo
✕Zoom Scheduler's payment collection only works in the US and UK — not global.
✕No packages or session-credit tracking — every payment is a one-off.
✕No worth-based pricing engine, no multi-currency payouts.
✕No verification and no discovery — fine if you already have students, but nothing to help you find more.
Zoom Workplace, Scheduler, and Webinars pricing from zoom.com, Sept 2026, annual billing. Paid attendee registration requires the Webinars Plus tier, not the base Webinars add-on. Guruvice: $0/month, ever — you only pay 5% on 1:1/instant/package sessions or 9% on webinars & batches, on what you actually earn.
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What learners pay
Charges on learners
to book.
Guruvice
1.6% + card fee when you & your guru are in the same country · 2.5% + card fee across borders — charged only on an actual booking.
Smart payment selector: pay with GPay, Apple Pay, UPI, PayNow and similar local methods, and the card-side cost drops to as low as 1.3% — automatically, no setup needed.
Superprof
≈$49/month just to unlock a tutor's contact details — before a single lesson.
Wyzant
A 9% service fee added on top of the tutor's rate, on every booking.
iTalki · Preply · Outschool · Cambly · Teachable · Thinkific · Kajabi
No separate learner-side fee published — but a card payment always carries a processing cost somewhere (commonly ≈2.5–3.5% industry-wide). Whether it's absorbed from the tutor's payout or built into the price, it isn't disclosed to the learner at checkout.
Every guru is a learner too — the same account can book any other guru to learn something new, at the same transparent pricing above.
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The short version
Five reasons gurus
(and learners) choose
Guruvice.
The lowest real cost, both sides
5% on 1:1, instant & package sessions (9% on webinars & batches), first 20 gurus free forever. Learners pay a small per-booking fee — not 18–33% commission or a $49/month pass just to say hello.
Every format, one app
Sessions, instant calls, packages, and live webinars & batches all live together — most competitors only do 1:1, or charge extra elsewhere for the rest.
Verified gurus, not just a selfie
Identity, teaching experience, and a background check — most marketplaces stop at an ID scan.
No walls on who can teach or learn
Not locked to the US (like Wyzant) or a handful of eligible countries (like Outschool) — built for gurus and learners anywhere.
Nothing due if nothing's earned
Zero monthly subscription for gurus, no membership just to browse for learners — you only pay when a session actually happens.
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Checked everyone.
Still the best deal.
First 20 gurus: 0% commission, forever. After that: 5% on 1:1, instant & package sessions, 9% on webinars & batches — still well under the 18–33% commission or $39–499/month most alternatives charge. No subscription, ever.
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