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Cheap Korean tutors under $12 an hour

The most affordable quarter of Korean tutors charge $12 per hour or less: 1,037 tutors across 12 platforms. For comparison, the overall median is $19. Trial lessons typically cost $5.00. Native speakers charge a median of $18 per hour, versus $20 for non-native tutors.

$10/h
Median / hour
$7.07โ€“$11
Typical range
$5.00
Trial lesson
1,037
on 12 platforms

Compare Korean tutors

447 tutors match. Prices are per 60-minute lesson; you book directly on each platform.

SoYoung

SoYoung

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Korean Teacher | Conversatio

Native
New tutor
Other certificate
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Yeji

Yeji

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Korean Teacher | Conversatio

Native
New tutor
Teaching degree
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Daon

Daon

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

โœจ Beyond Textbook Korean

Native
New tutor
None listed
Japanese +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
  • Beginners
Chan

Chan

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Adjunct Prof | Conversationa

Native
3 years teaching
None listed
English +4
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Business
  • Kids
Anna

Anna

United StatesNative

AmazingTalker ยท United States

๐ŸŽ“ Conversational Korean ๐Ÿ—ฃ

Native
New tutor
None listed
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Kim

Kim

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐Ÿ’ฌ Conversational Korean Beginn

Native
New tutor
None listed
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration

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Jonghan

Jonghan

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Korean Teacher | Conversatio

Native
New tutor
Teaching degree
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“B1

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
  • Beginners
์ •๋‹คํฌ

์ •๋‹คํฌ

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ 6๋…„ ๊ฒฝ๋ ฅ | ํšŒํ™”ยท๋น„์ฆˆ๋‹ˆ์Šค ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด ๐Ÿ’ผ

Native
6 yrs ยท 1 lessons
None listed
Chinese
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
AnChaeEun

AnChaeEun

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐Ÿ—ฃ Conversational Korean โœˆ๏ธ

Native
New tutor
TEFL/TESOL certificate
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
  • Beginners
Kim

Kim

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ TESOL | ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ดํšŒํ™” ๐Ÿ’ผ

Native
1 lessons
TEFL/TESOL certificate
Japanese
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Hanna

Hanna

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐Ÿ—ฃ Conversational Korean ๐Ÿ‘„

Native
New tutor
None listed
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
์ด์˜

์ด์˜

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

โ€˜์•„๋Š” ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ดโ€™์—์„œ โ€˜๋งํ•˜๋Š” ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ดโ€™๋กœ!

Native
7 years teaching
None listed
Japanese
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Exam prep
  • Business
  • Kids
Lia

Lia

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

SpeakยทPronounce|1:1|Beginners

Native
New tutor
None listed
English +5
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
  • Beginners
Christine

Christine

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ 1 yr Experience | Conversati

Native
1 years teaching
None listed
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
  • Beginners
๋ฃจ๋ฆฌ

๋ฃจ๋ฆฌ

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

์™•์ดˆ๋ณด๋„ ๊ฑฑ์ • ์—†์ด! ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด๋ฅผ ์‰ฝ๊ณ  ์žฌ๋ฏธ์žˆ๊ฒŒ!

Native
22 years teaching
Other certificate
No other language listed
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
KS

KS

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐Ÿ—ฃ Conversational Korean | Begi

Native
New tutor
TEFL/TESOL certificate
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
J.S

J.S

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

8-Day Hangul๐ŸŒฑ|Learn & Speak๐Ÿ—ฃ

Native
16 years teaching
Professional teacher
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“B1

  • Speaks your language
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Hanbyul

Hanbyul

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Korean Teacher | Conversatio

Native
14 years teaching
Teaching degree
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Business
  • Kids
Min

Min

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

beginner Korean

Native
2 years teaching
None listed
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
ํ—ˆ

ํ—ˆ

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Korean Teacher | Conversatio

Native
New tutor
TEFL/TESOL certificate
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Jungsun

Jungsun

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ 16 yrs Experience | Conversa

Native
16 years teaching
None listed
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Jungmi

Jungmi

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Child English Reading | Conv

Native
15 years teaching
Other certificate
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1

  • Speaks your language
  • Kids
Minhee

Minhee

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŒฑ Personalized 1:1 lessons

Native
4 years teaching
Teaching degree
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Jo

Jo

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐Ÿ—ฃ Samsung, Refined Korean ๐Ÿ’ฌ

Native
11 lessons
None listed
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
  • Beginners

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Korean tutors by platform

Cafetalk has the lowest median price ($12), while AmazingTalker offers the most choice (1,090 tutors). Number of tutors, median hourly price and trial policy on each marketplace.

Tutors, prices and trial lessons by platform
PlatformTutorsMedian / hMiddle 50%Avg. ratingTrial lessonLesson length
AmazingTalker1,090$16$11โ€“$225.0โ˜…Discounted trial (25 min)25 / 50 min
Preply889$23$16โ€“$345.0โ˜…Discounted trial (25 min)50 min
italki865$20$15โ€“$265.0โ˜…Discounted trial (30 min)30 / 45 / 60 / 90 min
Tusclases / FindTutors753$22$17โ€“$285.0โ˜…First class free with many tutors60 min
Cafetalk373$12$9.47โ€“$14โ€”Discounted trial (25 min)Set by each tutor
Classgap58$21$18โ€“$254.9โ˜…Free trial (20 min)60 min
Engoo39from $67/monthโ€”5.0โ˜…Free trial (25 min)25 min
Verbling36$32$27โ€“$355.0โ˜…Free or discounted trial (30 min)60 min
Wyzant34$59$49โ€“$655.0โ˜…No trial; money-back guarantee on the first hour60 min
Apprentus32$30$25โ€“$375.0โ˜…No trial lessons60 min
LanguaTalk9$36$33โ€“$405.0โ˜…Free or discounted trial (30 min)55 min
Tutor Hunt4$45$42โ€“$545.0โ˜…No trial lessons60 min

How much Korean tutors charge

Hourly price spread for native and non-native tutors.

All tutors
$19Middle 50% between $12 and $27, 4141 tutors
Native speakers
$18Middle 50% between $12 and $27, 3322 tutors
Non-native
$20Middle 50% between $14 and $27, 819 tutors
10thโ€“90th percentileMiddle 50%Median

Prices by platform

Median hourly price and spread on each marketplace.

AmazingTalker
$16Middle 50% between $11 and $22, 1090 tutors
Preply
$23Middle 50% between $16 and $34, 889 tutors
italki
$20Middle 50% between $15 and $26, 865 tutors
Tusclases / FindTutors
$22Middle 50% between $17 and $28, 752 tutors
Cafetalk
$12Middle 50% between $9.47 and $14, 373 tutors
Classgap
$21Middle 50% between $18 and $25, 58 tutors
Verbling
$32Middle 50% between $27 and $35, 36 tutors
Wyzant
$59Middle 50% between $49 and $65, 34 tutors
Apprentus
$30Middle 50% between $25 and $37, 32 tutors
LanguaTalk
$36Middle 50% between $33 and $40, 8 tutors
Tutor Hunt
$45Middle 50% between $42 and $54, 4 tutors
10thโ€“90th percentileMiddle 50%Median

Where Korean tutors are from

  • South KoreaSouth Korea3,010 / 4,182
  • JapanJapan83 / 4,182
  • ChinaChina63 / 4,182
  • TaiwanTaiwan49 / 4,182
  • United StatesUnited States29 / 4,182
  • Hong Kong SAR ChinaHong Kong SAR China18 / 4,182
  • CanadaCanada12 / 4,182
  • United KingdomUnited Kingdom7 / 4,182

Korean tutors: FAQ

The cheapest quarter of Korean tutors in our directory charge $12 per hour or less (1,037 tutors). Community tutors and non-native speakers are usually the most affordable, and many offer discounted trial lessons.

Across 4,141 Korean tutors with a listed price, the median is $19 for a 60-minute lesson. Most prices fall between $10 and $37 per hour.

Yes. The median trial lesson costs $5.00. Trials are offered on AmazingTalker, Preply, italki, Cafetalk, and Classgap, usually for 25โ€“30 minutes, and some tutors give them for free.

We read the public profile of every tutor listed on the marketplaces we cover and refresh it daily. Prices are converted to US dollars at European Central Bank rates and normalised to a 60-minute lesson. Platforms can't pay to rank higher.

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How we collect this data

We collect public profile facts (name, photo, languages, price, rating) from tutoring marketplaces and refresh them daily. Prices are normalised to a 60-minute lesson in US dollars. Ratings and reviews belong to each marketplace. Subscription platforms have no per-tutor price.

Updated November 13, 2026

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