vs TutorBird
TutorBird charges per seat. A 10-teacher school is paying for nine extras.
TutorBird is well-loved in music-tutor circles — 4.8-star reviews, a hosted website builder, USD-priced. Where it stings: every extra teacher is another $4.95 USD a month, and the live classroom is a Zoom or FaceTime hand-off, not built in.
The numbers
Suburban music school, 6 teachers, mixed online and in-studio.
TutorBird
A$49.70 / mo
A$19.95 first tutor + 5 × A$5.95 = A$49.70, billed in AUD. Every additional tutor adds A$5.95 — at twelve tutors it is A$85.40.
lessonu
A$29 / mo
Studio plan, flat, up to 6 teachers — live classroom, GST invoicing and reporting in the box. This comparison used to run the other way: until August 2026 our six-teacher price was A$99 and this page said outright that TutorBird won it. The plans changed; the page changed with them.
↑ same school, same workload, two different bills.
How TutorBird prices
A$19.95 / mo + A$5.95 per additional tutor. A single plan with every feature included — unlimited students, billed in AUD, 30-day trial, 90-day money-back guarantee. The only thing that moves the bill is tutor count. tutorbird.com/aus — verified June 2026.
What changes when you switch
Three things move.
The classroom is in the subscription
TutorBird stores your Zoom / Meet / FaceTime link and sends students to it — the lesson happens in someone else's product, and every online tutor needs their own video subscription on top of the seat fee. lessonu's classroom is in-app: HD video, whiteboard, code editor (great for STEM), recording on School+. One disclosure: lessonu meters classroom video — Solo includes 20 classroom-hours a month, Studio 40, School 80.
GST invoicing is built in, not left to you
TutorBird's Australian pricing page localises the currency, but GST on your own invoices is left to you at invoice time. lessonu issues GST-itemised AUD tax invoices out of the box — the GST line, the TAX INVOICE heading and your ABN where the ATO expects them — and NZ tutors get NZD with 15% GST the same way.
One flat bill for the whole stack
TutorBird's landed cost is the seat fees plus a video tool per online tutor — cheap, but assembled from parts. lessonu Studio is A$29 flat for up to 6 teachers with video, whiteboard, invoicing and reporting inside; School is A$49 to twelve. One predictable line on the statement, nothing to reconcile per tutor.
Honest section
Where TutorBird still wins.
A comparison that doesn’t admit anything is a sales sheet, not an analysis. Two places TutorBird is genuinely the better choice.
TutorBird is still cheaper for a two-person studio — and more generous to try
Per-tutor pricing beats banded pricing at the bottom of each band: two tutors on TutorBird is A$25.90 against our A$29, and a solo tutor is A$19.95 against our A$19 — near enough level. Their 30-day trial and 90-day money-back guarantee are both more generous than our 14 days, the single all-features plan is genuinely simpler than a four-rung ladder, and the music-studio extras (website builder, practice log) have no equivalent here. If you teach in person and don't need a built-in classroom or GST-itemised invoicing, TutorBird is still a fair choice.
4.8 / 5 across 265 Capterra reviews
TutorBird has the strongest social proof of any rival — a decade of public reviews and a 4.8-star average across 265 Capterra reviews. lessonu has zero reviews because we just launched. That's the honest gap, and it won't close overnight.
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