Classgap alternatives for teachers: the 32%-to-16% commission, monthly payouts, and your own students
This page is written by a platform that would like you to teach on it, so read it with that in mind. Every Classgap figure below comes from Classgap’s own Terms and Conditions.
The short version: Classgap’s commission starts at 32% and falls to 16% as your hours on Classgap add up. Students who book through your own link cost 10%. Both figures include payment costs. You are paid once a month, over €50.
What comes off your price
Section 11 of the Terms sets five teacher levels by the hours you have taught on Classgap, each with its commission on the lesson price:
| Level | Hours on Classgap | Commission |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | under 40 | 32% |
| Intermediate | 40 to 74 | 27% |
| Advanced | 75 to 299 | 23% |
| Expert | 300 to 499 | 18% |
| Legend | over 500 in the last two years | 16% |
You never drop back to a lower level, except Legend, which counts only the last two years. Section 12 adds a minimum commission of €1.25 per hour, and says the percentages include payment costs on both sides (card or PayPal for the student, bank transfer or PayPal for you).
On bookings that come through your own channels, via the link Classgap gives you, the commission is 10%. The first class with each new student depends on the visibility level you choose for your profile. Classgap’s page for new tutors says: with no visibility, your usual commission; with basic visibility, 50% of that first class; with higher visibility, 100%. Students also pay a non-refundable €0.70 platform charge on each individual class.
Classgap’s own pages do not all agree. The page for new tutors gives the same five percentages with different hour bands (under 25, 25 to 59, 60 to 299), and its FAQ still shows an older table (30% for a first class falling to 10%). We quote the Terms for the bands, as the document you agree to.
How and when you are paid
Section 13: at the end of each month Classgap adds up what you earned from classes given more than 24 hours earlier. Over €50, it sends a free transfer to your bank account if it is in the EEA, otherwise to PayPal. Under €50, it holds the balance until a month in which you pass it. (The page for new tutors gives a €25 minimum instead.) A balance under €25 (SEPA) or €50 (PayPal) expires if your account is inactive for more than 12 months.
Classes take place in Classgap’s virtual classroom, and taking a student found on Classgap off the platform to avoid the commission is against its Terms.
Packages and trial lessons
You can offer packages of 5, 10 or 20 hours at a reduced price, used as one-hour classes, with fixed validity periods. You can also offer a free 20-minute trial; each student can have one with you.
Four things to compare
1. The rate on students you bring. On Classgap it is 10%, payment costs included.
2. Whether your rate depends on your hours. On Classgap a new teacher pays 32%, needs 300 hours to get under 20%, and can give up half or all of each first class for visibility.
3. When money reaches you. A monthly payout over €50 is one model; payouts on request to your own Stripe account or in stablecoins are another, with their own fees.
4. Whether the platform has students. Ask any platform, including us, what it can honestly say about students in your language.
The full table is on the fee comparison. On other platforms too? See italki alternatives, Preply alternatives, Superprof alternatives, Verbling alternatives, Wyzant alternatives and LanguaTalk alternatives.
What KoloLingo offers, and what we are worse at
Our commission is 15% from your first lesson, calculated after payment processing fees, so it is not directly comparable to Classgap’s all-in figures: a Legend teacher at 16% all-in may keep about as much as with us. On students you bring yourself it is 5% after those fees, fixed at booking, and your tier never changes either rate. You set lesson lengths from 15 to 240 minutes and packages of 2 to 50 lessons with the validity you choose. You are paid to your own Stripe account or in USDT or USDC on Polygon.
We have just launched. We cannot promise you students yet, and Classgap has been running for years.
Questions teachers ask
- How much commission does Classgap take from teachers?
- Classgap's Terms and Conditions (read 12 November 2026) set five levels by hours taught on Classgap: 32% under 40 hours, 27% from 40 to 74, 23% from 75 to 299, 18% from 300 to 499 and 16% over 500 hours in the last two years. The percentages include payment costs, with a minimum of €1.25 per hour. With basic or higher profile visibility, Classgap takes 50% or 100% of the first class with each new student.
- What does Classgap charge on students I bring myself?
- 10% of your price, when the booking comes through the link Classgap gives you for your own channels.
- How and when are Classgap teachers paid?
- At the end of each month, for lessons given more than 24 hours earlier, once the balance is over €50: free bank transfer to an account in the EEA, otherwise PayPal. A balance under €25 (SEPA) or €50 (PayPal) expires after 12 months of inactivity.
- What does KoloLingo charge?
- 15% commission after payment processing fees, and 5% after those fees on students you bring yourself, fixed at booking. Your tier never changes either rate. We have just launched, so we cannot promise you students yet.
Every Classgap figure on this page was read in Classgap’s own Terms and Conditions, its page for new tutors and its FAQ on 12 November 2026. Found something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it where you can see the correction.