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LearnWorlds
Create and sell online courses with a fully branded academy
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$26/mo
italki vs Preply
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italki
8.8/10
Preply
8.3/10
Which one to choose?
ReadPreply
The subscription platform to learn a language with a real teacher
Pay per lesson
italki
Learn a language with real teachers from around the world, at your own pace
Pay per lesson
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Every tool is used on real projects before being evaluated. No commercial demos, no sandbox testing.
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5 evaluation axes (UX, pricing, support, reliability, scalability) with a documented and reproducible scoring methodology.
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Not systematically, but any significant update triggers a review: pricing change, interface overhaul, support evolution.
Each tool is scored on 5 criteria: UX, price, support, reliability and scalability. Each criterion is scored out of 100 with an equal weight of 20%. The final score out of 10 is the average of these 5 scores divided by 10.
A tool can be listed before being fully evaluated. In that case, the page exists but no score or details are shown until the evaluation is complete.
Yes. A free or freemium tool is treated exactly like a paid tool: it goes through the same evaluation grid on all 5 criteria.
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