Verbios vs italki

Upgrade your classroom and keep every cent you earn.

italki is great for finding students, but they charge a 15% commission for an experience that is little more than a standard video call. With Verbios, you run a professional and fully interactive classroom. You also keep 100% of the revenue from the students you bring. From live cursors and shared whiteboards to built-in homework and spaced-repetition practice, Verbios handles the heavy lifting. Build your teaching business on your own terms without giving up a cut of every single lesson.

Start for free
0%
commission on students you bring yourself
$17.50/mo
flat on Starter, however many lessons you teach
The math

italki's published commission has recently run around 15%. On a week of 14 lessons at $30, that's roughly $63 gone before you've taught a minute. On Verbios, you pay a flat $17.50/mo on the Starter plan no matter how many lessons you teach, and keep 100% of what your own students pay you directly.

A week on italki: 14 lessons at $30
$357 -$63 commission

At italki's published rate of around 15%. It can vary.

The same week on Verbios
$420 yours, every time

Flat $17.50/mo on Starter, about $4 a week, however many lessons you teach.

How they compare

italki
Verbios
Commission per lesson
Around 15% (published rate, can vary)
check_circle 0% on students you bring yourself
Who owns the student relationship
italki, through its marketplace
check_circle You. Students stay yours, on or off the platform
Live classroom tooling
Video call only
check_circle Real-time synced answers, live cursors, shared whiteboard, in-lesson quiz
Homework & practice automation
Manual, outside the platform
check_circle Built-in homework pages, spaced-repetition word practice, teacher-approved AI essay feedback
Course authoring
Lesson materials only, no course builder
check_circle Full course builder with dozens of block types
Finding new students
Yes, its core strength
schedule Not yet. Marketplace is coming soon

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Questions teachers ask

Does Verbios find me students? expand_more

Not yet. Verbios is built for teachers who already have their own students, or who are building that side themselves. A marketplace for finding new students is coming soon, but it isn't live today.

Can I bring my existing materials over? expand_more

If your course content lives in Edvibe, ReadyTo, Miro, or another platform, our import tools move it into Verbios, embedded content included. italki doesn't have a course builder to import from, so you'd start fresh there too, and Verbios's block editor is built for exactly that.

What does Verbios cost? expand_more

The full course editor is free. Starter is $17.50/mo with a 7-day trial (75 self-paced students, 15 live students you bring yourself). Pro is $59/mo for larger rosters. No commission on either paid tier for students you bring yourself.

What if I want to use both? expand_more

Many teachers do. Keep your italki profile for discovery, and run the students you teach independently on Verbios for the live classroom, homework, and course tools. Just mind italki's own rules about students you meet there.