TutorCruncher alternative: keep your full lesson fee
B2B management SaaS built for agencies: a base monthly fee plus a 3.5-3.85% card-processing fee (0.5-1% on offline payments), scaling with revenue. It manages payments and scheduling; it does not bring you students. TutorLab takes 0% commission on your own students, ever. You keep your client and your rate.
What every UK tutoring platform actually costs
Verified from public pricing pages and tutor-reported figures (Glassdoor, PMT Education, Capterra), July 2026. Marketplace commissions vary by source and tutor tenure, so ranges are given rather than false precision.
| Platform | Model | What it costs | Owns the client? |
|---|---|---|---|
| MyTutor | Marketplace commission | ~40% commission (+VAT) | |
| Tutorful | Marketplace markup | ~35% markup to parent | |
| Tutor Hunt | Marketplace commission | ~25-32% ongoing | |
| First Tutors | Intro-fee marketplace | One-time £4.99-£24.99 | no |
| Superprof | Lead-gen, parent pays to contact | 10% on-platform + £39/mo parent pass | no |
| TutorCruncher | B2B management SaaS | Base £/mo + 3.5-3.85% card fee | no |
| TutorLab | Directory + business OS + no-custody rail | 0% commission on your own students. £9-39/mo flat sub. Card fee 3.4%-4.9% by tier. Intro fee from 15% only on parents TutorLab brings you, falling to your card rate within 12 months | No, you keep the client |
Sources: PMT Education fees guide; Tutorful and MyTutor pricing/support pages; Superprof business-model pages; Glassdoor tutor reviews (Tutor Hunt); TutorCruncher pricing (teachngo/Capterra). Not TutorLab-measured data.
The money: one worked example
A tutor charging £40/hour, one student, one lesson a week, 40 term-time weeks a year = £1,600/year from that single student, before any platform takes its share. Multiply by your actual student count for your own number.
On TutorCruncher
TutorCruncher's own published pricing pages (teachngo/Capterra listings). The percentage is a card-processing fee on top of the base plan, not a marketplace commission, and scales with the agency's processed revenue.
On TutorLab
That is £62 more per year from a single student, before subscription cost. If you take card payments through TutorLab's own-student rail, a flat 3.4%-4.9% card fee applies by tier, which is a processing fee, not a lesson commission.
Where TutorCruncher is genuinely strong
TutorCruncher is genuinely strong for its actual market: multi-tutor agencies that need split payouts, tutor payroll, a sales CRM pipeline and deep reporting across a whole team. For that use case it's a more complete back office than TutorLab currently offers.
The structural difference
TutorCruncher brings zero students of its own, it's pure back-office software, so agencies still need to spend on separate lead generation. TutorLab pairs the back office with a 56,000+ page programmatic directory that brings parents in, so the acquisition and the admin live in one place with no separate marketing spend required.
Teaching on TutorCruncher? Bring your students to TutorLab and keep every penny of your rate.
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Never a percentage of your lesson fee on the students you bring, on any tier, forever.
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Questions about switching from TutorCruncher
Does TutorCruncher take my clients?
No platform can take clients you already have offline, but on TutorCruncher the platform sits in the booking relationship. On TutorLab you are the merchant of record: money settles directly to your own Stripe-connected bank account, you keep the client relationship, and you can export your student list at any time.
What does TutorLab cost compared to TutorCruncher?
TutorLab charges 0% commission on your own students, ever. The optional subscription is a flat £9-£39 a month for the business tools (AI lesson notes, parent reports, invoicing, HMRC tax summary). If you take card payments through TutorLab's own-student rail, a flat card fee of 3.4-4.9% applies depending on your tier, never a percentage of your subscription and never a marketplace commission. For a parent who finds you through TutorLab, an introduction fee starts at 15% and falls to your card rate within 12 months, then they count as your own students. TutorCruncher's model is: Base £/mo + 3.5-3.85% card fee.
What happens to my existing students if I switch?
Your existing students stay yours. If you take their card payments through TutorLab, the own-student card fee is a flat 3.4-4.9% depending on your plan (lower on higher tiers), never a commission on the lesson itself. You can also keep collecting by bank transfer or invoice with no fee at all.
Can I leave TutorLab if it's not for me?
Yes. Cancel any time from your billing settings, no lock-in contract. You can export your student list and session history whenever you want, on TutorLab or off it.
Is TutorCruncher bad for tutors?
TutorCruncher is genuinely strong for its actual market: multi-tutor agencies that need split payouts, tutor payroll, a sales CRM pipeline and deep reporting across a whole team. For that use case it's a more complete back office than TutorLab currently offers.
Ready to keep 100% of your lesson fee?
14-day free trial, no card to start. Reply to any TutorLab email, or write to harry@trytutorlab.uk and we will move your student list for you.