Which pays more, Preply or Cambly?

It depends on your rate. Cambly pays a fixed $10.20 an hour ($0.17 a minute). On Preply you set your own rate, but Preply keeps each trial lesson with a new student and 18% to 33% of later lessons; a new tutor keeps $6.70 of a $10 lesson. A tutor charging well above $15 an hour on Preply can earn more per hour than on Cambly, after commission.

Is Cambly or Preply better for beginners?

Cambly needs no teaching certificate, degree or experience and pays from the first minute, but it says it is temporarily limiting new tutors. Preply lets you start at a low rate and raise it, but you are not paid for trial lessons and new tutors pay the highest commission (33%).

Can I teach on Preply and Cambly at the same time?

Many tutors use more than one platform. Check each platform's terms of use, especially on moving students you met there to another platform.

Is there an option with no commission?

Yes. On WantATutor the profile is free and there is no commission: you set your rate, students contact you and pay you directly. The trade-off is that WantATutor does not process payments and is new (opened in November 2026), so student traffic is still small.

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Preply vs Cambly for tutors

Updated November 12, 2026 · WantATutor

Short answer

Cambly pays every tutor the same fixed $10.20 an hour ($0.17 a minute), with no certificate needed, but it is currently limiting new tutors. Preply lets you set your own rate, but keeps 100% of each trial lesson with a new student and 18% to 33% of later lessons, starting at 33% for new tutors. Cambly suits tutors who want simple, fixed pay; Preply suits tutors who can charge more than about $15 an hour.

The figures on this page come only from each platform's own pages, read on November 12, 2026: Preply's commission article and Cambly's tutor page. Both can change, so check them before you decide.

Preply vs Cambly at a glance

Preply and Cambly compared for tutors
	Preply	Cambly
Who sets the rate	You do	Cambly (same rate for every tutor)
Pay per hour	Your rate minus commission	$10.20 ($0.17 a minute); $12 on Cambly Kids
Trial lesson	Preply keeps 100% of each trial with a new student	Not applicable: paid per minute
Commission after the trial	18% to 33%; new tutors start at 33%, 28% after 20 hours	None stated; the rate is fixed
Example: a $10 lesson	New tutor keeps $6.70; 400+ hours keeps $8.20	Not applicable: fixed pay
Requirements	Not covered here	No certificate, degree or experience needed
New tutors	Not covered here	Temporarily limiting new tutors

Where the break-even sits

A new Preply tutor keeps 67% of each lesson after the trial (33% commission). To match Cambly's $10.20 an hour, that tutor needs a rate of about $15.20 an hour; after 20 hours, at 28% commission, about $14.20. Unpaid trial lessons push the real break-even a little higher, because every new student starts with one.

Fixed pay or your own rate

Cambly is simple: log in, talk, get paid weekly for the minutes. Your experience or specialism does not change the rate.
Preply rewards a specialism (exam preparation, business English, a school subject) that lets you charge more, but you pay for the platform's student traffic through the trial lesson and the commission.

A third option: no commission

On WantATutor you set your own rate, students contact you and pay you directly, and there is no commission or subscription. Honest trade-offs: WantATutor does not process payments, and it opened in November 2026, so student traffic is still small. Many tutors keep a profile here alongside other platforms.

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Preply vs Cambly for tutors

Preply vs Cambly at a glance

Where the break-even sits

Fixed pay or your own rate

A third option: no commission

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