italki is a marketplace for language learning. Teachers, as professional teachers or community tutors, set their own prices and open times, and students book one-to-one lessons and pay as they go. Teachers can also switch on instant trial lessons for students who want to start right away. It is focused entirely on languages.
Winnerhello.fanLive paid calls by the minute — video, voice and chat — plus bookings and gifts.
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italkiA marketplace for booked one-to-one language lessons.
Disclosure: PaidChatPlatform is published by the team behind hello.fan. italki is described from its public website (italki.com) as of October 2026; check their current terms.
The short answer
Choose hello.fan if you want to be paid for live conversations — instant calls when you're online, per-minute pricing, booked sessions and video, voice or chat. italki is the better fit for one thing: language teachers who want students to find them in a big lesson marketplace.
Where each one wins
Why hello.fan wins
Not only languages: one page for lessons, conversation practice, fan calls and anything else you're known for.
Students can ring you whenever you're online and pay by the minute, so a ten-minute speaking session is easy to say yes to.
Weekly sessions book and pay themselves, and live translated subtitles in 30 languages help beginners follow you.
Your own link, hello.fan/yourname, for your social profiles, so your followers come straight to you.
What italki does well
Students come to italki looking for a language teacher, so the marketplace brings the demand.
A familiar lesson structure: trial lessons, set lesson lengths and a classroom built for language learning.
Yes Partly / with limits Not offeredBased on public information, October 2026.
How you earn on hello.fan
You set a per-minute rate for each call type (50–5,000 credits a minute; 100 credits = $1). Fans pay from a prepaid balance, billed in 15-second steps that start only once you're both connected. You keep 60% — so a 15-minute video call at 300 credits a minute earns you $27. Payouts go to your bank through Stripe from $100. Try your numbers in the earnings calculator.
Our verdictitalki is a strong marketplace if you only teach languages and want students to find you there. If you also want calls from your own followers — by the minute, booked or weekly — hello.fan does all of it on one page.
Questions
Is hello.fan better than italki?
For live, paid conversations, yes. italki is built for a marketplace for booked one-to-one language lessons; hello.fan is built for fans paying by the minute to talk to you live by video, voice or chat, with bookings, gifts and live translated subtitles as well. italki remains a good choice for language teachers who want students to find them in a big lesson marketplace.
Can I use hello.fan and italki together?
Yes. Many creators keep their existing tools and add their hello.fan link (hello.fan/yourname) wherever their audience already is, so fans can call them live.
How much does hello.fan cost creators?
Nothing up front: creating a page is free and there is no monthly fee. hello.fan keeps 40% of what fans pay; creators keep 60% (70% with an active store.fan shop).