Yes, billing is live. Every teaching plan starts with a 7-day free trial; at the end of it the card you entered is charged for the plan you picked, unless you cancel before then. You can cancel any time from your account.

For Tutors

Tutor Plans

Q: How does it fit alongside my Preply, italki or Zoom lessons?

Keep running your live lessons wherever you already do — Preply, italki, Zoom or in person. Mandarin Temple is the curriculum and homework layer between sessions: assign lessons, your students practice with AI and SRS on their own time, and you see their progress before the next call. No commission on your teaching, ever.

Q: Are my students charged separately?

No. Students are included in your plan — there are no per-student fees. They get the learner access your plan provides.

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A teaching account — not live tutoring. Keep running lessons on Preply, italki, Zoom or Meet; use Mandarin Temple as the between-lessons layer that assigns HSK homework, powers AI practice, and shows you every student’s progress before the next call.

Plans & Pricing

Tutor plans师

Free

免费

Free forever — no card needed

Teacher & tutor dashboard
Assign HSK lessons & homework
Every circle type, and every teaching-board widget
Progress tracking & reports
A student on Pro or Pro Plus takes a free seat in your circle
300 AI credits a month about 6 students who are not on Pro, at 50 credits a seat
Your own learning stays on the Free plan Tutor and Tutor Plus include full Pro Plus access for you

Tutor

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$39/mo

billed monthly

Card required · up to 7 days free · cancelling ends it immediately · one free trial per account

Full Pro Plus learner access for you
Teacher & tutor dashboard
Assign HSK lessons & homework
Every circle type, and every teaching-board widget
Progress tracking & reports
A student on Pro or Pro Plus takes a free seat in your circle
1,500 AI credits a month about 30 students who are not on Pro, at 50 credits a seat

Everything you need to teach

Your roster

One dashboard for every student: who has joined, who is active, and a jump into any learner’s progress. Students are included — no per-student fees.

Assign HSK lessons & homework

Assign any HSK 1–9 lesson, word list, reading, writing task or mock exam to a class or an individual, with due dates.

The Teaching Board

Build the lesson as a deck of slides and present it full screen beside your call. Drag any dictionary entry, grammar point, reading or HSK lesson section straight onto a slide — the card points at the real thing, so dropping “HSK 3 lesson 7 exercises” on a slide can set it as homework and mark it against that learner’s own progress. Twenty-three widgets, from stroke-order animation to a live class poll.

Progress analytics

Track opens, completions, XP and skill growth per student and per class — so you walk into each lesson already knowing where they are stuck.

Room to grow

No cap on students and no cap on classes. A seat costs 50 credits a month for a learner who is not on Pro — and nothing at all for one who is, so a tutor whose students have all upgraded pays no seat fees. Your monthly credits are what decide the size of your roster: about thirty students on Tutor, about two hundred and forty on Tutor Plus.

Classes & groups

Group students into a class with a shareable invite code. Both plans run as many classes as your credits allow — creating one costs 50 credits.

Verification

Start teaching immediately as a provisional tutor — everything works now. A quick verification comes later to earn your verified badge.

A ready-made library

You never build materials. Assign HSK 1–9 lessons, word lists, readings, writing tasks and mock exams straight from the library — backed by a dictionary of 21,000+ entries and the grammar library.

Public tutor directory

Get listed on the public tutors directory so new learners can discover you and request lessons.

Browse the directory

Fits your workflow

How it works with your existing lessons

Your live lessons stay exactly where they are. Mandarin Temple wraps around them as the homework & progress layer — four simple steps, on repeat.

Teach live, wherever you do now

Your Preply, italki, Zoom or Meet sessions don’t change — there is no video or audio here and nothing to migrate. Open a teaching board beside the call and share your screen; your students’ screens can follow yours, slide by slide.

Assign the between-lessons work

After (or before) a session, assign the HSK lessons, homework and practice that reinforce exactly what you covered.

Students practice on their own time

They study with structured lessons, SRS flashcards and AI speaking between your calls — no chasing required.

See progress before the next call

Walk in knowing what they finished and where they struggled, and pick up your live lesson right there.

Ambassador program

Love teaching with us? Get rewarded.

Refer other tutors and learners to Mandarin Temple and grow with the community. Join the Ambassador program to get your referral tools and early access to what’s next.

Explore the Ambassador program

Compare

Tutor vs Tutor Plus

Feature	Tutor	Tutor Plus
Full Pro Plus learner access	Included	Included
Teacher & tutor dashboard	Included	Included
Teaching Board — build & present a lesson	Included	Included
Shared board links	Unlimited	Unlimited
Assign HSK lessons & homework	Included	Included
Assigned-student cap	50	200
Classes / student groups	Single	Multiple
Class tools & content assignment	Not included	Included
Progress tracking & reports	Included	Included
Reports & analytics depth	Basic	Advanced
Listed on the public tutors directory	Included	Included
Add-on: extra class / student group	Not included	$10–20/mo
Price (monthly)	$39/mo	$69/mo

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

1Is this live tutoring or scheduling software?

There is no video or audio, by design — you keep running lessons wherever you already do. There is a shared timetable: put a circle lesson on it and every member sees it converted to their own timezone, with a teaching board attached if you use one. That is a timetable, not a booking system — no availability pages, no payments — so a class simply knows when it next meets. The rest is the curriculum and homework layer: HSK 1–9 lessons, quizzes and progress for your own students.

2How does it fit alongside my Preply, italki or Zoom lessons?

3What's the difference between Tutor and Tutor Plus?

The features are identical. Both include full Pro Plus learner access, a teacher dashboard, homework and quiz assignment, every circle type and all 23 teaching-board widgets. The difference is the monthly AI budget: Tutor ($39/mo) gets 1,500 credits, Tutor Plus ($69/mo) gets 12,000. Credits are what seats cost — 50 a month for each student who is not on Pro, and nothing at all for one who is — so the budget is what decides how many students you can carry, not a cap we store on your account.

4Are my students charged separately?

5Is billing live yet?

Ready when you are

Bring the curriculum. Keep your lessons.

Set up your tutor workspace in minutes — 7-day free trial, cancel any time, and no per-student fees.