Teamlilit vs Class Manager: which fits a tutoring business

The difference is where the money goes. Class Manager charges no monthly subscription and instead takes a service charge on payments processed through it. Teamlilit charges a flat monthly fee, starting at €29, and takes nothing from what your families pay you.

Everything else follows from that, plus one more split: Class Manager is administration software for class-based businesses of many kinds, while Teamlilit is built only for tutoring and runs the lesson itself.

Competitor details on this page were read from Class Manager's own site on 31 July 2026. Pricing changes, so check their pricing page before deciding.

How much does Class Manager cost compared to Teamlilit?

Class Manager has no subscription fee; Teamlilit has no transaction fee. Those are the two halves of the same decision.

Class Manager's page adds "processing high volumes? Contact us for tailored pricing", which tells you the charge matters enough at scale to be negotiated.

The practical reading: below some monthly payment volume, free software with a percentage is cheaper. Above it, a flat fee is. Work out what a service charge would cost on a typical month of your invoicing and compare it to €29. That single sum answers the pricing question better than any feature list.

Does Class Manager include a built-in video classroom?

Class Manager does not advertise one. Its homepage, pricing page and tutoring page make no mention of video, a virtual classroom or online lessons, which is consistent with software built for businesses whose classes happen in a physical room.

Teamlilit runs the lesson inside the product: video, a shared whiteboard, screen share and breakout study rooms, with session recording on the Pro and Academy plans. That matters for one specific reason beyond convenience. Because the lesson happens in Teamlilit, attendance is recorded from who actually joined and how long they stayed, rather than being a box someone ticks afterwards.

If you teach in person, this section is irrelevant to you and you should weigh the pricing instead. If you teach online, it is the whole comparison.

Does Class Manager track attendance and build invoices from it?

Yes to attendance. Class Manager names "digital attendance tracking, no paper registers" and a self-service parent and student portal, and describes automated billing with recurring payments.

Teamlilit connects the two steps: the sessions you actually taught become the invoice lines, priced by each student's stored rate. Sibling and family discounts apply from the student record, several children in one family can be billed on one consolidated invoice, and a late-fee rule can add a charge after your chosen grace period. Our invoicing features cover that flow in full.

One honest limit on our side: Teamlilit has no parent payment portal and issues no payment links. Families pay you the way they already do, and you record it. Class Manager, which is in the payment flow by design, does more here.

Is Class Manager built for tutoring?

Tutoring is one of many activities it serves. Class Manager describes its customers as "dance studios, gymnastics club, recreational center, or anything in between", and lists acro dance, cheerleading, martial arts, music, swim, soccer, tennis and trampoline alongside tutoring.

That breadth is genuinely useful if you run a centre with mixed activities. It is a trade-off for a tutor, because the model underneath is a scheduled class with a roster, and one-to-one teaching, per-student rates, lesson notes and exam-driven progress sit slightly outside it.

Teamlilit only does tutoring, which is why the student record is built around a person rather than a class list.

Which one should you choose?

Choose on your teaching mode and your payment volume, in that order.

• You teach online. Teamlilit, because the classroom and the attendance record are the same thing. Class Manager does not advertise a classroom.
• You teach in person and run mixed activities. Class Manager, comfortably. Its model fits a timetable of classes across disciplines.
• You have low monthly payment volume. Class Manager likely costs you less, because a percentage of a small number is a small number.
• Your revenue is growing. Teamlilit's cost stops moving. A percentage does not.
• You want families to pay through the software. Class Manager. Teamlilit deliberately stays out of the money flow.

Where Class Manager is the better choice

It is the better fit for in-person, multi-activity businesses that want no fixed cost. Three cases specifically:

1. A studio or club with several class types. Dance, gymnastics and martial arts alongside academic classes is exactly the shape it is designed for.
2. Seasonal or low-volume operations. No subscription means quiet months cost nothing, which a flat fee cannot match.
3. You want payments handled end to end. Class Manager processes payments and offers a parent portal. Teamlilit does neither, on purpose.

If two or three of those describe you, the rest of this page does not change the answer.

Frequently asked questions

Is Class Manager really free?

There is no monthly subscription. Class Manager's pricing page describes the cost as a flat service charge for any payments processed online, so the software is free and the payment flow is what is charged. The rate is not published, and high-volume businesses are directed to contact them for tailored pricing. Free software with a cut of payments is cheaper than a subscription at low volume and more expensive as volume grows, so the comparison depends entirely on how much money runs through it.

Does Class Manager have a built-in video classroom?

Class Manager does not advertise one. Across its homepage, its pricing page and its tutoring page, there is no mention of built-in video, a virtual classroom or online lessons, so it reads as administration software for businesses whose classes happen in a room. Teamlilit runs the lesson itself, with video, a whiteboard, screen share and breakout study rooms, and takes attendance from who actually joined.

Is Class Manager built for tutoring?

Tutoring is one of many activities it serves. Class Manager describes its customers as dance studios, gymnastics clubs and recreation centres, and lists acro dance, cheerleading, martial arts, music, swim, soccer, tennis and trampoline alongside tutoring. That breadth is a strength for a multi-activity centre and a trade-off for a tutor, because the vocabulary and the workflow are built around scheduled classes rather than one-to-one teaching.

Which is cheaper for a private tutor?

It depends on payment volume, and neither answer is universal. Class Manager has no fixed cost, so a tutor invoicing a few hundred a month may pay very little. Teamlilit is €29 a month on Solo with an unlimited student pool and takes nothing from what you are paid, so its cost stops moving while your revenue grows. The crossover is wherever the service charge on your monthly payments passes your plan fee.

Does Teamlilit process my payments?

No, and that is a deliberate difference. Families pay you directly by whatever method you already use, and you record the payment against the invoice so the status moves to paid, part-paid or overdue. Teamlilit never sits between you and your money, which is why your plan price does not change when you have a busy month.

Can I move from Class Manager to Teamlilit without redoing everything?

Yes, and the usual route is one family at a time rather than a single migration. Add the students you invoice most often, set their rates, let the timetable record their lessons, and generate the first invoices from those records. Nothing requires the whole roster to move at once.

Next step

See whether the flat-fee side fits your month. Start a 14-day free trial of Teamlilit, no card required, and run one week of real lessons through it. See pricing for what each plan includes, or read the wider tutoring management software overview.