Rudy
NativeAmazingTalker · Colombia
🗣️ Conversation | Beginners
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Spanish +3
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$5.28/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $3.30
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1,346 tutors · 11 platforms
Cheap French tutors under $12 an hour
The most affordable quarter of French tutors charge $12 per hour or less: 332 tutors across 11 platforms. For comparison, the overall median is $28. Trial lessons typically cost $2.20. Native speakers charge a median of $28 per hour, versus $28 for non-native tutors.
$7.81/h
Median / hour
$5.49–$10
Typical range
$2.20
Trial lesson
332
on 11 platforms
Compare French tutors
269 tutors match. Prices are per 60-minute lesson; you book directly on each platform.
Native
Sara
AmazingTalker · Algeria
🎓 Oral French | Beginners 👄
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Arabic +2
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
MightyDan
AmazingTalker · Côte d’Ivoire
🎓 French | Conversation 🗣
- Beginner (A1)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +2
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Celestin
AmazingTalker · Haiti
🗣 Conversational French ✈️
- Beginner (A1)
- 1 lessons
- Not listed
- English +4
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$2.64/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Jason
NativeAmazingTalker · Cameroon
🗣 Conversational French
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$6.60/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
John
NativeAmazingTalker · United Kingdom
🎓 Test Prep | Conversation 🗣
- Native
- 2 lessons
- Not listed
- English +4
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
$5.28/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
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Mustapha
AmazingTalker · United States
🎓 DELF | Adults & Kids 👶
- Not listed
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$7.92/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Alice
AmazingTalker · Lesotho
Conversation🤗 | Vocabulary
- Upper intermediate (B2)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Beginners
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Abdou
AmazingTalker · Morocco
🎓 Professor | Conversational A
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- Arabic +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Donna
NativeAmazingTalker · Philippines
🎓 TESOL | Oral French 🗣
- Native
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- English +4
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
AYUKANYOR
NativeAmazingTalker · Cameroon
🎓 French Tutor | Travel ✈️
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
English
AmazingTalker · Canada
English
- Advanced (C1)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +2
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$12/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $5.50
Jhonatan
AmazingTalker · Colombia
🎓 BA & MA in Foreign Languages
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- Spanish +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$5.28/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Hanna
NativeAmazingTalker · Switzerland
🎓 4 yrs Experience | Conversat
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- German +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$12/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $3.30
Fossong
NativeAmazingTalker · Cameroon
🗣 Conversational French | Begi
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +4
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Sandra
NativeAmazingTalker · France
🎓 DAEFLE Prep | Conversational
- Native
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- English +4
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$12/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $5.50
AZAFACK
NativeAmazingTalker · Cameroon
Conversation|Adults|Test preparation
- Native
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2–B1
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$6.60/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Aditya
AmazingTalker · India
🎓 DELF Examiner | Test Prep 🗣
- Advanced (C1)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- Hindi +2
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–B1
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Beginners
$6.60/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Katia
AmazingTalker · South Africa
🎓 TESOL | Travel French ✈️
- Advanced (C1)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$6.60/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Thierry
NativeAmazingTalker · Benin
🎓 Native French | Conversation
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- No other language listed
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2–B1
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Hanin
AmazingTalker · Lebanon
🌟 Arabic to all ages 👶
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- ayl +5
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Sonkoue
NativeAmazingTalker · Cameroon
🎓 TCF | Conversational French
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–C2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Patty
NativeAmazingTalker · American Samoa
🎓 TEFL | Conversation ✈️
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +4
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Pauline
AmazingTalker · Cameroon
Conversation, Exams
- Advanced (C1)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- English +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$5.28/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
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French tutors by platform
AmazingTalker is both the cheapest (median $11) and the biggest (407 tutors). Number of tutors, median hourly price and trial policy on each marketplace.
| Platform | Tutors | Median / h | Middle 50% | Avg. rating | Trial lesson | Lesson length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AmazingTalker | 407 | $11 | $3.96–$22 | 5.0★ | Discounted trial (25 min) | 25 / 50 min |
| Preply | 263 | $42 | $32–$54 | 5.0★ | Discounted trial (25 min) | 50 min |
| Tusclases / FindTutors | 222 | $21 | $12–$30 | 5.0★ | First class free with many tutors | 60 min |
| Tutor Hunt | 161 | $59 | $49–$73 | 4.9★ | No trial lessons | 60 min |
| Apprentus | 65 | $35 | $25–$49 | 4.9★ | No trial lessons | 60 min |
| italki | 49 | $15 | $10–$24 | 5.0★ | Discounted trial (30 min) | 30 / 45 / 60 / 90 min |
| LanguaTalk | 48 | $39 | $33–$50 | 5.0★ | Free or discounted trial (30 min) | 55 min |
| Verbling | 36 | $31 | $23–$39 | 5.0★ | Free or discounted trial (30 min) | 60 min |
| Classgap | 34 | $23 | $18–$26 | 5.0★ | Free trial (20 min) | 60 min |
| Cafetalk | 32 | $12 | $7.59–$18 | — | Discounted trial (25 min) | Set by each tutor |
| Wyzant | 29 | $62 | $50–$85 | 5.0★ | No trial; money-back guarantee on the first hour | 60 min |
How much French tutors charge
Hourly price spread for native and non-native tutors.
All tutors
$28Middle 50% between $12 and $46, 1325 tutors
Native speakers
$28Middle 50% between $12 and $42, 668 tutors
Non-native
$28Middle 50% between $13 and $49, 657 tutors
Prices by platform
Median hourly price and spread on each marketplace.
AmazingTalker
$11Middle 50% between $3.96 and $22, 407 tutors
Preply
$42Middle 50% between $32 and $54, 263 tutors
Tusclases / FindTutors
$21Middle 50% between $12 and $30, 222 tutors
Tutor Hunt
$59Middle 50% between $49 and $73, 161 tutors
Apprentus
$35Middle 50% between $25 and $49, 65 tutors
italki
$15Middle 50% between $10 and $24, 49 tutors
LanguaTalk
$39Middle 50% between $33 and $50, 27 tutors
Verbling
$31Middle 50% between $23 and $39, 36 tutors
Classgap
$23Middle 50% between $18 and $26, 34 tutors
Cafetalk
$12Middle 50% between $7.59 and $18, 32 tutors
Wyzant
$62Middle 50% between $50 and $85, 29 tutors
Where French tutors are from
- France416 / 1,346
- Cameroon105 / 1,346
- Algeria35 / 1,346
- Morocco31 / 1,346
Taiwan28 / 1,346
Belgium18 / 1,346- Switzerland17 / 1,346
- Canada17 / 1,346
French tutors: FAQ
The cheapest quarter of French tutors in our directory charge $12 per hour or less (332 tutors). Community tutors and non-native speakers are usually the most affordable, and many offer discounted trial lessons.
Across 1,325 French tutors with a listed price, the median is $28 for a 60-minute lesson. Most prices fall between $3.96 and $63 per hour.
Yes. The median trial lesson costs $2.20. Trials are offered on AmazingTalker, Preply, italki, LanguaTalk, and Verbling, usually for 25–30 minutes, and some tutors give them for free.
We read the public profile of every tutor listed on the marketplaces we cover and refresh it daily. Prices are converted to US dollars at European Central Bank rates and normalised to a 60-minute lesson. Platforms can't pay to rank higher.
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Updated October 19, 2026
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