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Independent review · 324 tutors tracked
Cafetalk review: prices and top tutors
Cafetalk is a marketplace where each tutor sets their own price. For English, its biggest language, the median tutor charges $13 per hour and half of them charge between $8.46 and $16. Cafetalk: Discounted trial (25 min). In one line: A Japan-based marketplace in 34 languages, with many short lesson formats and 25-minute trials.
Cafetalk prices by language
What Cafetalk tutors charge per hour, next to the median across all platforms we track for the same language.
| Language | Tutors | Median / h | Middle 50% | All platforms | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 127 | $13 | $8.46–$16 | $25 | 50% cheaper |
| Japanese | 73 | $10 | $6.32–$15 | $26 | 62% cheaper |
| Chinese | 36 | $13 | $6.19–$15 | $24 | 47% cheaper |
| French | 32 | $12 | $7.59–$18 | $28 | 57% cheaper |
| Korean | 32 | $11 | $7.29–$15 | $24 | 53% cheaper |
| Spanish | 27 | $13 | $7.60–$17 | $23 | 44% cheaper |
| German | 21 | $13 | $10–$15 | $34 | 63% cheaper |
| Italian | 19 | $13 | $6.02–$15 | $28 | 54% cheaper |
| Russian | 15 | $16 | $12–$19 | $23 | 33% cheaper |
| Cantonese | 12 | $14 | $12–$18 | $20 | 32% cheaper |
| Portuguese | 11 | $17 | $13–$19 | $24 | 30% cheaper |
| Arabic | 10 | $10 | $8.37–$11 | $14 | 24% cheaper |
| Vietnamese | 10 | $9.89 | $7.31–$15 | $12 | 17% cheaper |
| Thai | 10 | $10 | $8.72–$11 | $17 | 40% cheaper |
| Filipino | 10 | $9.86 | $6.16 –$15 | $9.73 | About the same |
| Hindi | 9 | $11 | $4.21–$13 | $17 | 32% cheaper |
| Indonesian | 9 | $8.85 | $7.58–$13 | $17 | 47% cheaper |
| Turkish | 6 | $12 | $5.14–$15 | $17 | 28% cheaper |
| Polish | 6 | $18 | $9.94–$19 | $22 | 22% cheaper |
| Ukrainian | 4 | $12 | $9.87–$14 | $23 | 47% cheaper |
| Greek | 3 | $11 | $8.53–$19 | $26 | 57% cheaper |
| Hungarian | 3 | $6.34 | $6.33–$7.72 | $22 | 71% cheaper |
| Swedish | 3 | $19 | $16–$19 | $22 | 15% cheaper |
| Norwegian | 3 | $7.58 | $6.96–$11 | $20 | 63% cheaper |
| Finnish | 3 | $25 | $20–$26 | $24 | 6% more |
| Persian | 2 | $11 | $9.49–$13 | $19 | 39% cheaper |
| Urdu | 2 | $11 | $7.42–$14 | $7.26 | 45% more |
| Dutch | 1 | $14 | $14–$14 | $23 | 39% cheaper |
| Serbian | 1 | $38 | $38–$38 | $22 | 69% more |
Cafetalk at a glance
- Pricing
- Pay per lesson
- Trial lesson
- Discounted trial (25 min)
- Lesson length
- Set by each tutor
- Languages
- Many languages
- Professional and community tutors
- One tutor type
- Best for
- A Japan-based marketplace in 34 languages, with many short lesson formats and 25-minute trials.
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We collect public profile facts (name, photo, languages, price, rating) from tutoring marketplaces and refresh them daily. Prices are normalised to a 60-minute lesson in US dollars. Ratings and reviews belong to each marketplace. Subscription platforms have no per-tutor price.
Updated October 19, 2026
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