What Superprof actually does
Superprof is a two-sided marketplace: tutors create a profile listing subjects, levels, rates and availability, and students search, filter and message the ones that fit. It covers an unusually wide range beyond school subjects — guitar lessons, chess, cooking, foreign languages, university-level coursework, professional certifications — because anyone can list themselves as a tutor after a light verification step. The company was founded in Paris in 2013 by Wilfried Granier, and has stayed largely self-financed by its founders rather than growth-equity funded, building its model around volume and openness rather than curation; that bootstrapped structure has been cited as one reason Superprof was named to the French Tech 120, a government-backed list recognizing the country's highest-growth technology scale-ups.
The core product
Browsing is entirely free: you can search by subject, postcode or "online," price range, and read reviews left by past students before ever paying anything. The paywall sits specifically at the point of contact — sending a message to request a lesson requires an active Student Pass. Once a tutor accepts, the pass fee is charged; from there, price per hour, lesson format (in person, video call) and scheduling are agreed directly between the two parties, with no commission taken by Superprof on the ongoing lesson fee itself. The catalogue's breadth is a big part of the pitch: the company reports listings across more than 2,000 subjects and 18 languages, spanning roughly 56 countries, which is a wider net than most single-country tutoring platforms attempt to cast.
What's new or notable
Superprof has continued expanding its catalogue of non-academic categories (professional skills, creative hobbies) alongside the core school-subject and language tutoring that made it well known in France, and has grown its presence across multiple European countries and beyond under localized domains. The company also reports having facilitated over 26 million cumulative lessons since launch and now employs roughly 262 people representing 56 nationalities, a scale it reached without the outside funding rounds that have driven consolidation among some competing platforms.
Who should use Superprof
Great fit if…
- You know exactly what you're looking for — a specific subject, level, language pairing or even instrument, in a specific city or online.
- You want to compare many independent tutors on price and reviews yourself rather than accept a single match from an agency.
- You need something outside standard school subjects — music, niche languages, professional skills, hobbies.
Skip it if…
- You want a vetted, managed relationship with a single point of contact handling scheduling, substitutions and paperwork — that's closer to what an agency like Acadomia or Les Sherpas offers.
- You're not willing to pay a recurring pass fee just to reach tutors, on top of the hourly rate you'll then negotiate.
Pricing in detail
Superprof itself does not publish a fixed price list on its own site for the Student Pass — the exact figure is shown at checkout and can vary by country. Independent French-language sources reviewing the platform in 2026 consistently report the Student Pass at 39€ per month for the French market, billed on a rolling 30-day cycle and only debited once a tutor accepts a contact request; there is no separate charge for browsing or for the lesson itself, which is priced and paid directly with the tutor.
| Plan | Price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Free browsing | €0 | Search tutors, view profiles, rates and reviews, no time limit |
| Student Pass | ~€39/month (France), rolling 30-day term, charged only when a tutor accepts contact | Unlimited messaging to any tutor on the platform for the pass duration |
| Lesson fees | Set independently by each tutor, paid directly to them | Negotiated hourly rate, format and schedule, no Superprof commission |
Where it falls short
- No official public price page — the Student Pass figure has to be confirmed at checkout or via third-party reviews rather than a transparent rate card on the main site.
- Quality control is decentralized — since anyone can register as a tutor, outcomes depend heavily on which tutor you pick and how carefully you vet them via reviews.
Privacy & data
Superprof is a French company operating under GDPR, handling contact details and payment information for the pass subscription; messaging between students and tutors happens inside the platform before contact details are typically exchanged directly.
How we checked this
Checked 2026-09-05 against Superprof's own help documentation on the Student Pass (superprof.com/help) plus independent French pricing write-ups, since Superprof does not display the pass price openly on its marketing pages.
What you get, what you give up
What you get
- Founder-owned and self-financed since launch, with no reported outside equity round steering the product toward an exit
- One of the largest independent tutor catalogues in Europe, spanning far beyond core school subjects into music, languages and hobbies
What you give up
- Lesson quality and reliability vary tutor-by-tutor since it's an open marketplace, not a vetted agency roster
- The Student Pass is a real recurring cost just to make contact, on top of whatever the tutor then charges per hour