Superprof vs. TutorLyft

Yes. Superprof's Student Pass costs $49 a month. Browsing profiles is free. The pass starts when you click "Discuss" to contact a tutor, and the first payment goes through once a tutor accepts your request. It renews automatically each month until you cancel it before the renewal date. Lesson fees are paid to the tutor separately.

Tutors set their own rates on both. Superprof adds a $49 Student Pass for each month it's active. TutorLyft has no subscription.

For four one-hour lessons a month with a $55 tutor, you'd pay $220 on TutorLyft and $269 on Superprof while the pass is active. Suspend the pass once you've found a tutor, and later months on Superprof drop to $220.

Superprof tutors often charge less. Superprof says math lessons in Canada average $33 an hour, so four lessons plus the pass come to $181. TutorLyft tutors typically charge CA$40 to CA$75 an hour, with 5% off when you book 10 or more lessons with the same tutor.

In your Superprof account, click "Suspend" under the Student Pass. You keep the pass until the end of the month you've paid for, and you can keep working with tutors you already contacted. Superprof's terms say the pass isn't refunded once a tutor accepts your request, unless no lessons happened because of the tutor. Read more in our Superprof reviews guide.

Superprof doesn't require a minimum qualification, so self-taught tutors can join. It says it reviews profiles before they go live, and tutors who send in ID and diplomas get a "Tutor profile verified" badge once Superprof approves them. Its terms say it tries to check what tutors post but can't guarantee it. TutorLyft approves about 5% of applicants after phone and video interviews, records an intro video with every tutor, and has a police check for every tutor who teaches in person.

On Superprof, yes with most tutors. Its terms say every new tutor must offer a free first lesson of at least 30 minutes, an hour by default, though experienced Super Tutors can opt out. You need an active Student Pass to arrange it. TutorLyft doesn't offer free lessons. Instead, almost every tutor offers a free consultation. If your first lesson isn't the right fit, we refund it and give you your next hour free with a new tutor.

No. Superprof is a French company, Superprof SAS, founded in Paris in 2013, and superprof.ca is its Canadian site. Many tutors on it are in Canada, and tutors from other countries can also list, mostly for online lessons. On Trustpilot, superprof.ca has a 3.8 out of 5 score from about 1,600 reviews. Most complaints are about unexpected Student Pass charges. Every TutorLyft tutor is based in Canada and passes phone and video interviews before they're listed. For more reviews, read Is Superprof legit?