Outschool alternatives for teachers: the 30% fee, PayPal in dollars, and who can teach
This page is written by a platform that would like you to teach on it, so read it with that in mind. Every Outschool figure below comes from Outschool’s own help centre, in two articles updated on 6 November 2026.
The short version: Outschool keeps 30% of what parents pay for your classes, teaches only children and teenagers, pays by PayPal in US dollars, and accepts teachers from eight countries.
What comes off your class price
Outschool’s Teacher Earnings and Payments Policy defines its Teacher Fee as 30% of the parent’s payment of the class price; you receive 70%, multiplied by the number of learners enrolled in the section.
Parents also pay a separate Marketplace Fee, which the policy says covers payment processing, marketing and running the platform, and which is not part of your payment. Its Prospective Educator FAQ says there is no other cost to teach.
Who can teach, and whom
The FAQ says teaching is open to full-time residents of the 50 US states, Mexico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Classes are for learners aged 1 to 18. Outschool does not support classes for adults, though parents of young children may sit in. A language teacher whose students are adults, or who lives outside those eight countries, cannot use it.
How and when you are paid
PayPal only, in US dollars, wherever you live; if your bank converts the dollars, it may charge for that. Classes paid upfront are paid out 7 to 8 days after the class starts; weekly enrollments are paid on Sundays, 7 to 13 days after the week’s meetings.
Four things to compare
1. Whom you teach. Outschool is children and teenagers only.
2. Whether you can join from where you live. Eight countries on Outschool; check every platform’s list.
3. How you are paid. One payment method and one currency, or a choice.
4. Whether the platform has students. Ask any platform, including us, what it can honestly say about students in your language.
The full table for Preply, Wyzant and KoloLingo is on the fee comparison. On other platforms too? See Preply alternatives, italki alternatives, Cambly alternatives, Superprof alternatives, AmazingTalker alternatives, Wyzant alternatives and Verbling alternatives.
What KoloLingo offers, and what we are worse at
One-to-one lessons with adults are the core of what we do, and teachers can join from outside those eight countries. Our rate is 15% commission after payment processing fees, and 5% after those fees on students you bring yourself, fixed at booking; your tier never changes it. You set lesson lengths from 15 to 240 minutes and packages of 2 to 50 lessons, and 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, Outschool’s group classes have no equivalent in this comparison, and our payouts are done by hand while the platform is new, one request at a time.
Questions teachers ask
- How much does Outschool take from teachers?
- Outschool's Teacher Earnings and Payments Policy (updated 6 November 2026, read 11 November 2026) defines its Teacher Fee as 30% of the parent's payment of the class price; the teacher receives 70%. Parents also pay a separate Marketplace Fee, which is not part of the teacher's payment.
- Who can teach on Outschool?
- Its Prospective Educator FAQ says teaching is open to full-time residents of the 50 US states, Mexico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain and the United Kingdom, for learners aged 1 to 18. Outschool does not support classes for adults.
- How does Outschool pay teachers?
- By PayPal, in US dollars, wherever the teacher lives. Upfront enrollments are paid 7 to 8 days after the class start date; weekly enrollments on Sundays, 7 to 13 days after the week's meetings. A bank may charge for converting the dollars.
- What does KoloLingo charge?
- 15% commission after payment processing fees, and 5% after those fees on students you bring yourself, fixed at booking. We have just launched, so we cannot promise you students yet.
Every Outschool figure on this page was read on Outschool’s own pages on 11 November 2026. Found something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it where you can see the correction.