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Preply vs TakeLessons
Preply and TakeLessons are both tutoring platforms. TakeLessons is closed — Owned by Microsoft, which retired the marketplace in November 2024. Preply is the active option.
Updated · from each platform’s published fees and payout terms · how we verify
Key differences
- TakeLessons is closed — Owned by Microsoft, which retired the marketplace in November 2024. Preply is the active option.
- Both pay out via PayPal. Only Preply offers Payoneer, Skrill and Wise.
- TakeLessons is the older platform — founded in 2006, 6 years before Preply (2012).
- Preply is based in Spain, TakeLessons in United States.
Which should you choose?
Choose Preply if…
- You want to withdraw via Payoneer and Skrill.
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An online tutoring marketplace where tutors teach languages and school subjects over video. Anyone can apply t…
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TakeLessons
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A US marketplace for music, language, and skills lessons, online or in person, where independent teachers set…
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| Type | Tutoring platforms like Preply | Tutoring platforms like Preply |
| Category | Tutoring & Teaching | Tutoring & Teaching |
| Vetted | No | No |
| Work from home | Yes | Yes |
| Fees | Commission from 33% down to 18% | — |
| Payout speed | On demand once balance clears | — |
| Withdraw via | PayPal, Payoneer, Skrill, Wise (bank transfer) | PayPal |
| Availability | Worldwide | — |
| Founded | 2012 | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Barcelona, Spain | San Diego, United States |
| Popularity | 97 views · 0 likes | 40 views · 0 likes |