Comparison
TutorPax vs Superprof
Superprof is a directory. You publish a profile, students browse by subject and location, and the platform charges the student for the connection rather than taking a cut of your rate.
TutorPax is not a marketplace and never sends you students. It rents you the website — your own domain, your own pages, your own course sales — for a flat €19 a month, and takes nothing from what you charge.
Where Superprof is the better choice
- You keep 100% of your lesson fee — the student pays the platform, not you.
- Very wide subject coverage, and strong in Europe where it started.
- A profile takes minutes and costs you nothing to publish.
Why tutors look for something else
- The profile is a template. Every tutor looks identical and you compete on price and star rating alone.
- A paywall sits between you and the student, so a portion of interested people simply never reach you.
- You cannot sell recorded courses or take payment through it — it ends at the introduction.
- The page ranks for the platform, not for you. Your name builds their search authority.
How they charge
Superprof does not take a percentage of your lesson fee. It charges the student a subscription to contact tutors, and your visibility in the directory depends on the plan you are on.
Published figures as of 2026-09-19. Platforms change their terms — check your own account for the rate that applies to you today.
Side by side
Superprof compared with TutorPax
| Superprof | TutorPax | |
|---|---|---|
| Cut of your lesson fee | None — the student pays the platform | None — you charge students directly |
| What the student sees | A profile in a directory | Your own site, your own brand |
| Paywall between you and leads | Yes | No |
| Your own domain | No | Yes, your own domain |
| Sell recorded courses | No | Yes, with video hosting included |
| Who the SEO belongs to | The directory | You |
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Straight answer
When you should stay with Superprof
You have no students yet
A marketplace solves the hardest problem in tutoring: the first student. If you are starting from nobody, the commission is buying you something real. Build your own site alongside it, not instead of it.
You teach occasionally
A flat monthly fee only beats a percentage once you are teaching regularly. A few hours a month and the maths goes the other way — check it before you move.
Most tutors run both for a while. The marketplace keeps producing students while your own site builds up search traffic and referrals, and the balance shifts on its own.
Questions tutors ask
If Superprof takes no commission, why pay for a site at all?
Because the directory listing is not yours. It ranks under their domain, it looks like every other listing, and the introduction is paywalled. A site you own compounds: the reviews, the pages, and the search rankings stay with you if you ever stop paying anyone.
Can I link my Superprof profile to my own site?
Check their current terms before you do — directories usually restrict outbound contact routes. The safer route is to make your own site the destination for everything you control: referrals, social bios, email signature, local listings.
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