Which Platforms Should You Choose to Offer Private Math Tutoring?

Les Sherpas is the reference platform for private math tutoring in France. With over 4,000 tutors and 40,000 families served, it has built an ecosystem that combines genuine pedagogical rigour with commercial flexibility. The platform’s core asset is the Sherpas Method®: a structured approach built around a precise student diagnostic and ongoing human follow-up, making every session more effective than a generic lesson.

Best for: students from grandes écoles, certified teachers, and experienced tutors who want a structured but autonomous environment with strong administrative support.

Tutor tip: offer a free first session, it is Les Sherpas’ top trust signal and converts well into long-term students.

Cours Griffon sits at the intersection of distance school and tutoring platform. It caters specifically to students who are home-educated, living abroad, or whose learning profiles fall outside the standard classroom model, including students with dys profiles, ADHD, or giftedness.

Best for: qualified teachers looking for a structured remote role with a stable, non-standard student base and a mission-driven pedagogical environment.

Les Bons Profs has spent over a decade building one of France’s largest self-study platforms, with over 4,000 video lessons validated by certified teachers. Its pedagogy is explicitly grounded in neuroscience research, focusing on spaced repetition, retrieval practice, and short-form formats that maximize retention for exam-period learners.

Tutor tip: short, dynamic formats (5–8 min max) dramatically outperform longer lectures in view rates and student satisfaction on this platform.

Soutien Scolaire d’Excellence is the only non-profit in this ranking, and that shapes everything about it. Founded on the belief that academic excellence should not be a privilege of wealth, the association recruits CAPES- and agrégation-certified teachers to tutor students at rates calibrated to family income.

Best for: certified teachers (CAPES, agrégation) who want to contribute to educational equity alongside or instead of standard tutoring work.

Ikando is a European tutoring agency operating in France and several neighboring markets. With 5,900 registered tutors and over 120,000 students accompanied, it has built its reputation around one promise: measurable grade improvement, or your money back. That guarantee shapes the entire platform’s culture.

Best for: tutors who prefer in-person teaching, value consistent student flow without self-marketing, and are comfortable in a structured agency environment.

Acadomia is the largest private tutoring organization in France, and one of the oldest. Founded in 1999, it now serves over 100,000 students annually through a network of 110 physical centers and 20,000 vetted teachers. For tutors, joining Acadomia means trading some rate flexibility for institutional reputation, administrative security, and consistent demand.

Best for: tutors seeking stability, institutional credibility, and a structured career environment with consistent student flow and administrative support.

Inimath is the only platform in this ranking built exclusively around mathematics. That specialization shapes every aspect of the product: the interface, the session tools, the student onboarding, and the tutor community are all designed specifically for math teaching, not adapted from a general-purpose platform.

Best for: math specialists, engineering school students, math graduates, or certified teachers, who want a purpose-built environment that reflects the specific demands of teaching mathematics.

StarOfService is a multi-service marketplace that includes tutoring among dozens of professional categories. As a tutor, you post a profile, set your rate, and receive quote requests from students in your geographic area or online. There is no pedagogical framework, no platform-side admin, and no commission on sessions.

Best for: self-employed tutors or micro-entrepreneurs who prioritize rate autonomy and local visibility, and are comfortable managing their own client relationships.

Schoodo was built during the COVID-19 pandemic to solve a specific problem: the 48-hour wait time between a family’s request and a first tutoring session. Its answer was instant matching via algorithm, a student submits a request, and the platform surfaces available tutors in real time. Average time to first session: under five minutes.

Best for: university students or recent graduates who want to start tutoring without bureaucratic overhead, with flexible scheduling and instant student access.

MyPrivateTutor is the most internationally oriented platform in this ranking, with a presence in over 30 cities and a student base spanning multiple countries. For a math tutor targeting non-French-speaking students, expat families, or international school students, it fills a gap that domestic platforms do not.

Best for: independent tutors targeting international or multilingual students, or those wanting a global marketplace with integrated tools for client management.