Best online private tutoring sites: a transparent comparison of the models

This comparison does not try to produce an artificial ranking from 1 to 5. A family that simply wants to find a tutor quickly among many profiles does not have the same priorities as a parent who wants to delegate the selection, or a student who wants to find their documents, their work and their sessions in a single environment.

I have also separated three types of information: facts published by the platforms, such as their prices or terms; calculations based on those facts; and assessments of the model, which depend on the family’s needs. This distinction is essential when comparing offers whose prices do not cover exactly the same service.

Quick comparison of the main online private tutoring sites

Service	Main model	Published online pricing	Commitment / access	Follow-up and tools	Particularly suited if…
Superprof	Matchmaking marketplace	Rate set by the tutor; €22/h on average for online Maths at the time we checked	Pass Élève (student pass): €39/month, cancellable; 10% service fee if paid through the platform, unless an exception in the terms of use applies	Mainly depends on the tutor chosen	You want a very wide choice and to do the selecting yourself.
Les Sherpas	Supported marketplace + follow-up plans	On average €18 to €25/h at collège, €22 to €35/h at lycée; rates depend on the tutor and plan	Regular follow-up from 4 h/month, commitments of 3 to 12 months; published annual membership fee	Online classroom, resources, session summary and teaching team	You want to choose a tutor while benefiting from a follow-up framework.
Acadomia	Structured tutoring organisation	Online private tutoring from €39.80/h	Personalised quote; a monthly fee may be added depending on the plan	Educational adviser, parent/student area and practice platform	You prefer to delegate selection and follow-up largely to an organisation.
GoStudent	Integrated online tutoring platform	€20.99 to €33.90 per 50-minute session depending on the subscription	Price linked to the frequency and length of the subscription; contract period to check before signing	GoClass, whiteboard, documents, recording and session summaries	You are looking for a fully online environment with a regular volume of sessions.
NOEO	Integrated platform with selection and follow-up	Final price calculated from the pay chosen by each tutor, with a 15% NOEO fee included in the final price (10% if the match is brought by the family or the tutor)	No subscription or sign-up fee; no commitment; only sessions are paid for	NOEO Live, Student space, Parent space, replays, work to prepare and session report	You favour a short selection and continuity before, during and after online sessions.

The prices above are not directly comparable to the euro. At Superprof or Les Sherpas, the tutor plays a major role in the rate. At Acadomia, the price depends in particular on the level and the option chosen. At GoStudent, sessions last 50 minutes and the price falls with certain larger plans. At NOEO, the session price is not standardised: the tutor sets their pay and the family sees the final price before confirming.

1. Our method: compare models before comparing brands

For this selection, I use six main criteria: how the tutor is chosen, how profiles are checked, the full cost, the commitment, the session tools and the follow-up after the session. This is deliberately different from a ranking based only on price or the number of tutors.

This choice is also consistent with the research on tutoring. The Education Endowment Foundation’s summary on one-to-one tuition stresses in particular the importance of identifying needs properly, linking tutoring to classroom learning, ensuring high-quality interactions and providing useful feedback. A platform can make these conditions easier, but its logo or technology does not guarantee them.

We therefore adopted a simple rule: a feature only counts if you can explain what it concretely improves.

• A large catalogue improves choice, but also increases the sorting work.
• An educational adviser can reduce that work, but sometimes limits the freedom to select directly.
• A subscription can fund a genuine follow-up environment or simply give access to contacts: the two must be told apart.
• A virtual classroom is useful if the student can write, share and work; much less so if it amounts to a webcam.
• A replay or summary is only worthwhile if it genuinely helps the student pick up the work after the session.

Our detailed grid of 12 criteria for comparing a private tutoring platform goes further on these points. Here, the aim is different: applying these criteria to the main models currently available in France.

2. Superprof: the marketplace for maximum choice

Superprof is the clearest example of the marketplace model in this comparison. Tutors publish their listings and set their rates, and students browse the profiles before getting in touch.

The Superprof terms and conditions state that the Pass Élève currently costs €39 a month. It allows you to contact several tutors and renews automatically, while it can be cancelled from the account. If a session is paid through Superprof, a 10% service fee is stated; it does not apply in the same way when a tutor has the Premium offer.

The main advantage is obvious: choice. For a common subject such as Maths, the platform shows a very large number of profiles with freely set rates. The page dedicated to online Maths tutoring showed an average rate of €22 an hour at the time we checked.

This figure must be interpreted correctly: €22 is an average displayed for this subject on Superprof, not the total cost of using the platform, and even less an official average for the French market.

Example Superprof budget

Let us take a purely hypothetical teaching scenario: four one-hour Maths sessions in a month with a tutor charging exactly the displayed average of €22.

• 4 sessions × €22 = €88 for the sessions;
• Pass Élève = €39;
• total before any payment fees = €127.

If all four sessions were paid through a mechanism to which the 10% service fee applies, the calculation would become €88 × 1.10 + €39, i.e. €135.80.

Superprof is therefore particularly consistent for a family that wants to explore many profiles, compare prices and stay in control of its choice. It is less suited to a parent who wants to delegate the diagnosis, selection and educational organisation largely to the platform.

3. Les Sherpas: a hybrid model between marketplace and support

Les Sherpas sits in an intermediate position. The family can search for a tutor themselves by academic background, subject, price or experience, but the teaching team can also suggest a profile.

The platform currently publishes average ranges of €18 to €25 an hour at collège and €22 to €35 at lycée. Tutors set their rates, while the final cost also depends on the plan chosen.

For regular follow-up, the Les Sherpas plans page states:

• at least 4 hours of tutoring a month;
• a commitment of 3 to 12 months;
• sliding-scale rates depending on the follow-up conditions;
• a membership fee.

Their help centre currently states an annual membership fee of €60 for online tutoring. There is therefore a fixed cost to add to the price of the sessions when comparing the total budget.

Example Les Sherpas budget

For a collège (lower secondary school) student taking four hours a month, the published range of €18 to €25/h gives:

• sessions: 4 × €18 to €25 = €72 to €100 a month;
• membership fee of €60 a year = €5 a month if simply spread over twelve months;
• monthly equivalent: about €77 to €105, excluding any other fees and without taking the contractual commitment into account.

This calculation is an annualisation, not necessarily how the fee is charged: the €60 is billed annually.

Another difference: Les Sherpas provides more structure for follow-up. The current documentation mentions an educational adviser, an online classroom with a whiteboard and screen sharing, as well as session recording and summary features. Tutors must also submit several supporting documents to obtain the certification displayed by the platform.

One point is nevertheless worth checking when signing up: some official pages currently available are not perfectly in sync on the cost of the first match. A help-centre page updated on 2 August 2026 states, for example, a matching fee of €19.90 in certain situations, whereas other pages still mention a free trial session. A quote or written confirmation is therefore the way to know precisely which conditions apply to your registration.

4. Acadomia: delegating more of the selection to an organisation

Acadomia is less like a marketplace. The process usually starts with a conversation with an educational adviser, who analyses the need and then organises the solution and the match.

The organisation describes a recruitment process involving a review of the application, a knowledge test and an interview. This approach can reassure a family that does not want to browse dozens of profiles itself.

For remote private tutoring, the current Acadomia online tutoring page shows a rate from €39.80 an hour. This is a starting price: the level and the option chosen can change the final quote.

Acadomia bills the sessions actually delivered and states that a monthly fee may be added depending on the service. This fee notably funds support from the adviser, the parent/student area, follow-up and practice resources. The exact amount must be checked on the quote for the online plan chosen.

Example Acadomia online budget

With four hours of private tutoring in a month at the starting rate currently published:

4 × €39.80 = at least €159.20 a month for the sessions.

Any fee applicable to the contract must then be added. The figure of €159.20 is therefore not the guaranteed invoice total, but the cost of four hours at the displayed entry rate.

In return for this more structured pricing, the family delegates more: diagnosis of the need, search for the tutor, administrative and educational follow-up. Students from CP (the first year of primary school) to Terminale (the final year of lycée) can also access, depending on their plan, a practice platform with lessons, videos and exercises.

Acadomia is therefore better suited to the parent who prefers to buy a service organised around the tutor rather than manage the relationship with an independent tutor directly.

5. GoStudent: a subscription built entirely around online tutoring

GoStudent is the most clearly “all-online” platform among the major players compared here. The GoClass environment brings together a virtual room, a whiteboard, document sharing, notes and summaries after the session.

The GoStudent pricing page currently published states sessions of 50 minutes and prices between €20.99 and €33.90 per session depending on the plan. The examples highlighted on that page are based on twelve-month subscriptions:

• 12 sessions a month: from €20.99 per session;
• 4 sessions a month: up to €33.90 per session.

This is a point where the figures call for some caution. A GoStudent session lasts 50 minutes, whereas several other rates are given per hour.

Converting the GoStudent rate into a comparable hourly cost

A 50-minute session at €33.90 corresponds, by simple proportion, to:

€33.90 × 60 / 50 = €40.68 for an equivalent 60 minutes.

At €20.99 per session:

€20.99 × 60 / 50 = €25.19 for an equivalent 60 minutes.

This conversion is not a rate charged by GoStudent. It simply makes it possible to compare identical durations.

In the scenario of four sessions a month presented by the platform:

4 × €33.90 = €135.60 a month for 200 minutes of tutoring, i.e. 3 h 20 of sessions.

The lower price of €20.99 assumes, in the published example, a much higher volume: twelve sessions a month amount to €251.88 a month and 600 minutes of tutoring, i.e. 10 hours.

The model therefore rewards volume and commitment. Before comparing the price per session alone, look at the total cost of the package and the number of sessions the student will actually use.

The GoStudent terms and conditions provide for a contract term and renewal according to the conditions of the plan. The FAQ specifies that a request not to renew must be made no later than seven days before the due date after the chosen minimum period. The details of this period should therefore be read in the offer before signing.

6. NOEO: a short selection and follow-up between sessions

NOEO adopts yet another model. The platform does not try to offer the largest possible catalogue: the tutors shown are reviewed and linked to specific subjects and year groups. The family can browse this selection or ask for guidance.

Sessions are currently offered online only. The tutor sets their pay, and a NOEO commission of 15% is included in the final price (10% if the match is brought by the family or the tutor, with a €2 minimum), which remains visible before confirmation.

Nothing is added to this price. NOEO is free for families: no subscription, no sign-up fee. You only pay for the sessions. Access to the follow-up environment is included, with no commitment.

As the session price is not standardised, it would be misleading to give an “average NOEO price” without sufficient data. On the other hand, the budget can be calculated very simply from the final price actually displayed.

Example NOEO calculation

If a family chooses a tutor whose displayed final price is €30 for a one-hour session and books four sessions in the month:

• 4 × €30 = €120 for the sessions;
• no access fee to add;
• total for the month = €120.

At a final price of €40 per session, the same calculation gives €160. These two examples are not standard NOEO rates: they simply show how to calculate the budget once a specific final price has been chosen.

The product difference lies mainly after the match. The Student space and NOEO follow-up bring together the schedule, documents, work to prepare and replays, as well as the session report. The live session takes place in NOEO Live, which currently relies on the external tool Pencil Spaces.

NOEO is therefore more consistent for a family that places a high value on continuity between sessions. Its mirror-image limitation is simple: a short selection mechanically offers less raw choice than a massive marketplace, and the follow-up environment will not have the same value for someone who simply wants a single one-off session.

7. Which site is really the cheapest?

There is no serious answer without a precise scenario. “Which platform takes the lowest fees?” and “where will I pay the least?” are two different questions.

Let us take four published or calculable examples for a pace of about four online sessions a month:

Service	Assumption used	Indicative calculation	Limit of the calculation
Superprof	4 h of Maths at €22/h, displayed average + Pass Élève	€127 before any payment fees	The tutor sets their price freely; €22 is only a Maths average.
Les Sherpas	4 h at collège at €18-25/h + annualised membership	About €77 to €105 monthly equivalent	Commitment, any other fees and the annual billing of the membership to be considered.
Acadomia	4 h at the online starting rate of €39.80/h	From €159.20	A fee may be added; the quote varies with the need.
GoStudent	4 sessions of 50 min in the 12-month subscription example	€135.60	Only 3 h 20 of tutoring; commitment and plan to be taken into account.
NOEO	4 sessions at a hypothetical final price of €30, no access fee	€120	€30 is an example, not an average rate or one imposed on tutors.

The table shows why a “cheapest podium” would be fragile. Durations are not always identical, levels differ, some prices are averages, others minimums, and others again depend on the tutor. Commitment can also change the cost completely if the student stops earlier than planned.

Our guide on the price of private tutoring in 2026 goes into these gaps and the methods for calculating the real budget in more detail.

If your first hesitation is about how remote tutoring itself works, our guide to choosing online private tutoring looks in depth at the quality criteria of a digital session.

8. Which model to choose for your needs?

Your priority	Model to look at first	Why
The widest choice	Superprof	Very large catalogue and rates set directly by tutors.
Choosing a tutor while being supported	Les Sherpas	Profile search + teaching team + structured plans.
Delegating most of the selection	Acadomia	An organisation that diagnoses the need and arranges the match.
Taking many sessions in a 100% digital environment	GoStudent	Subscription, GoClass and sliding-scale pricing on some plans.
Favouring a short selection and follow-up between every session	NOEO	Approved tutors, session report and a shared student-parent-tutor environment.

This table indicates a fit between model and need, not a quality ranking. Within each service, the experience still depends a great deal on the tutor. A platform can reduce certain risks and simplify certain steps; it cannot automatically turn every match into good support.

Before committing for several months, always check the tutor themselves. Our guide to the criteria for choosing a private tutor complements this comparison by focusing on the person who will actually teach your child.

If the NOEO approach matches your priorities — online sessions, selection by subject and year group and structured follow-up between sessions — you can browse the tutors selected by NOEO. If, on the contrary, you prefer a massive catalogue, a long-term commitment with sliding-scale prices or an organisation with physical branches, other models in this comparison will be a better fit.