Keep 100% of what you earn. Kairoo runs your schedule, bookings, payments and reminders — and takes no commission on your lessons.
If you already have your own students, the best alternative is a tool that runs your practice without taking a cut — not another marketplace. Kairoo gives you a bookable page, automatic timezone-aware scheduling, reminders that cut no-shows, per-client pricing and payment tracking, with no commission on lessons and no lock-in: your students are yours to keep. Marketplaces like Preply and italki are good for discovering first students, but they charge 18–33% ongoing (and Preply takes 100% of the first lesson) and restrict moving students off-platform.
| Marketplace (Preply/italki) | Kairoo | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission on your lessons | ~18–33% ongoing | 0% |
| First/trial lesson | Preply keeps 100% | You keep it |
| Who owns the student | Platform (moving off = against ToS) | You |
| Scheduling, reminders, payments | Basic, platform-bound | Full, yours |
| New-student discovery | Yes (the marketplace) | Via Kairoo's match quiz (growing) |
If you have zero students and need discovery today, a marketplace can seed your first few — that's a fair trade for their fee. The moment you have a handful of regulars, every commission dollar is pure loss. Many tutors run both: find on a marketplace, then move the relationship (where allowed) to a no-commission tool like Kairoo.
No. You pay a flat subscription ($19/mo, or $159/yr — founding $119/yr for the first 50 until Jul 31). Lesson payments go straight to you.
Yes — add them and share your booking link. Kairoo is your tool, not a marketplace you rent access to.
We're building a match quiz that connects learners to tutors by real availability; it's growing. But Kairoo's core promise is running the students you already have, commission-free.