Verbios vs Preply

Stop paying massive commissions for a basic video call.

Preply takes up to 33% of your hard-earned money just to give you a video link and a simple whiteboard. Verbios lets you keep 100% of your earnings while giving you a next-level interactive classroom. Watch your students' cursors move, sync answers in real time, and run quizzes right inside your lessons. Build your own courses, automate homework, and keep your own profits for a flat $17.50 a month. Teach with tools that actually work for you instead of against your wallet.

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

Preply's published commission runs from 18% to 33%, highest on a new student's very first lessons. At a typical 20% rate, a week of 14 lessons at $30 loses $84 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 Preply: 14 lessons at $30
$336 -$84 commission

At a typical 20% published rate. Up to 100% on a new student's first lessons, since trial lessons don't pay teachers at all.

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

Preply
Verbios
Commission per lesson
18% to 33% (published rate, highest on a student's first lessons)
check_circle 0% on students you bring yourself
Who owns the student relationship
Preply, through its marketplace
check_circle You. Students stay yours, on or off the platform
Live classroom tooling
Video call with an interactive whiteboard
check_circle Real-time synced answers, live cursors, shared whiteboard, in-lesson quiz
Homework & practice automation
Basic vocab drilling; anything more is 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. Preply doesn't have a course builder to import from, so you'd start fresh there too.

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.

What if I want to use both? expand_more

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