vs Teachworks
If your week grows, Teachworks bills more for it. lessonu doesn’t.
USD per-student-lesson, hybrid base + per-event pricing. lessonu is flat-AUD per teacher with the classroom built in. The two products are aimed at the same buyer; the bill shape is the meaningful difference.
The numbers
Solo tutor, 18 students, four 1-hour sessions per student per month. 72 lessons / mo.
Teachworks
US$40.53 / mo
$16.49 base + 72 × $0.32 + ~$0.20 FX margin × 12 mo = ~A$760 / yr
lessonu
A$29 / mo
Flat. The 73rd lesson costs the same as the 1st. ~A$348 / yr.
↑ same school, same workload, two different bills.
How Teachworks prices
$16.49 USD / mo + $0.32 per student lesson. Three tiers (Solo / Standard / Plus). The base is small; the per-lesson fee is what compounds. USD only — your AUD card pays the FX every month. teachworks.com/pricing — verified May 2026.
What changes when you switch
Three things move.
Per-event pricing taxes growth
Teachworks bills $0.06–$0.32 per student-lesson on every plan. A solo tutor scaling from 12 to 22 students pays roughly twice as much in software the same year their workload grows. lessonu Solo is flat at A$29 / mo — the bill doesn't move when the calendar fills up.
AUD-native, GST handled at the schema level
Teachworks bills in USD. Your invoices to parents are in USD too unless you set up a custom locale; GST has to be added as a custom line. lessonu invoices are AUD by default, GST is a first-class column, and the BAS-ready totals are one query away.
Built-in classroom, not a Zoom add-on
Teachworks integrates with Zoom, Meet, and Lessonspace — all of which need their own subscription. lessonu runs the live classroom in-app: HD video, whiteboard, code editor, recording. One bill for the whole stack.
Honest section
Where Teachworks still wins.
A comparison that doesn’t admit anything is a sales sheet, not an analysis. Two places Teachworks is genuinely the better choice.
Teachworks is older and battle-tested
Ten-plus years of polish, an add-on marketplace with 60+ integrations, and the kind of small ergonomic bugs already smoothed out. lessonu launched in 2026; we'll catch up, but we haven't yet.
QuickBooks Online native sync
If your books already live in QuickBooks Online, Teachworks pushes invoices in directly. lessonu's Xero / MYOB integration is on the roadmap, not shipped. Today the bridge is a CSV export.
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