Bizstim vs TutorBird Which Tutoring Software Fits Your Business?
TutorBird bills per person. Bizstim bills a flat rate for unlimited tutors and staff. Here is what that means for your bill, and where each one is the better fit.
The short answer: For a team of two to five people, TutorBird's per-person pricing comes in slightly under Bizstim, by $3 to $18 a month. For that difference you give up Smart Learn, the Management Portal and online lesson rooms that are created for you. Solo tutors pay nothing on our free plan, and from six people up our flat $39.99 a month costs less than TutorBird's per-person fees no matter how large your team gets. Prices verified September 2026.
What You Will Actually Pay
Move the sliders to your own team and watch the two bills change.
What would your team pay?
You keep $733 a year
Bizstim: flat rate, unlimited people. The free Individual plan is one tutor and no staff. TutorBird: $16.95 for the first person, $4.95 for each additional tutor or staff member. Count yourself once, as a tutor or as office staff. Prices verified September 2026.
TutorBird charges $16.95 a month for your first person and $4.95 for every additional tutor or staff member. That second word matters. Your office manager and your bookkeeper cost the same as a tutor.
Bizstim charges a flat $39.99 a month for unlimited tutors and unlimited staff. Hiring your eleventh tutor costs you nothing extra. Your software bill stops being a tax on growing.
The tipping point is six people, counting you. Below that, TutorBird costs less, unless you work alone, where Bizstim is free and TutorBird is not. In practice most tutoring companies keep more than five people on the roster so they can cover demand, so that window is narrow.
From six people up, Bizstim is cheaper every single month, and the gap widens with every person you hire. Our Enterprise plan is $79.99 a month, still flat, and adds records management, advanced HR and payroll, product sales, API access and priority feature development. TutorBird passes $79.99 a month at fourteen people, counting you.
| Your team | Bizstim | TutorBird | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 tutor, working alone | Free | $16.95/mo | $203/year |
| 3 tutors, 1 office staff | $39.99/mo | $31.80/mo | — |
| 5 tutors, 1 office staff | $39.99/mo | $41.70/mo | $20/year |
| 10 tutors, 2 office staff | $39.99/mo | $71.40/mo | $376/year |
| 15 tutors, 3 office staff | $39.99/mo | $101.10/mo | $733/year |
| 20 tutors, 3 office staff | $39.99/mo | $125.85/mo | $1,030/year |
| 40 tutors, 3 office staff | $39.99/mo | $224.85/mo | $2,218/year |
Businesses running 2,500 or more sessions a month have a large volume cost of $75 per 2,500-session interval. Below 2,500 sessions a month there is no additional charge.
Side by Side
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| Bizstim | TutorBird | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free (1 tutor) | $16.95/month (1 tutor) |
| Growing team | $39.99/month, unlimited tutors and staff | $4.95/month per additional tutor or staff member |
| Free trial | 21 days full-feature, then a free plan that never expires | 30 days, no credit card |
| Scheduling and reminders | Drag to move, colour-coded by service, conflict warnings | |
| Billing and invoicing | Plus billing runs, packages, prepaid balances, Quick Pay links | Calendar-based billing, well liked by its reviewers |
| Payroll | Pay slips from completed sessions; Enterprise adds timesheets and deductions | Pay slips from completed sessions |
| Parent and student portal | ||
| Built-in study system | Smart Learn included, and you sell the learner upgrades | File sharing and homework only |
| Multi-location management | Management Portal, free on top of your plans | |
| Online lessons | Lessonspace and Pencil Spaces create the room for you | Bring your own link |
| Website builder | $9.99/mo on the free plan, included on Small Business and Enterprise, with hosting, a blog and your Bizstim data built in | Included, with hosting |
| Payments and connections | Stripe, QuickBooks Online, ClickSend, SimpleTexting, EZ Texting | Stripe, PayPal, Zapier |
| Support | Toll-free US and Canada, free email, free video training, direct from the developer | Toll-free US, Canada and UK |
What Bizstim Clients Say
The recent change that sped up loading calendars and setting multiple sessions is freaking amazing.
Jonas V.JVT Limited
I have been using this platform for about 4 years and love it! It has made our operation so much faster and more accurate!
Kevin B.Area Director, Education Management (11–50 employees), Capterra review, August 2026
Chris, you never cease to amaze me.
Janet B.Club-Z! Tutoring, Port St. Lucie
Where the Two Stop Being Comparable
A study system your students use between sessions, and a revenue stream you keep.
TutorBird offers file sharing and homework assignment. Bizstim includes Smart Learn: ten interactive tools, eighty study strategies matched to how a particular student thinks, question banks, practice exams for SAT, ACT, TACHS and others, and progress reports a parent can actually read.
- Included with every Bizstim plan. Your students start on a free tier.
- You set the price of the paid learner subscriptions and keep the revenue.
- Every other line on this page is a cost. This is the one that can pay for the software and then some.
One view across every location, free on top of your locations' plans.
TutorBird is built for a single organization. Bizstim's Management Portal sits above your locations and gives head office an oversight dashboard, per-location analytics, the ability to step into a location's account when they need help, and a full audit trail of who did what.
- A location joins by pasting a code into its own settings. Nothing is linked behind an owner's back.
- Stepping into a location's account needs the manager's permission and that location's consent. Either side can unlink at any time.
- A five-location network with eight tutors and two office staff at each site pays $199.95 a month on Bizstim, portal included. The same network on TutorBird is $307.50 a month, with no head-office view at all.
You stay on the calendar.
Book a lesson, edit one, or mark it complete without the page changing underneath you. Drag a lesson to move it. Lessons are colour-coded by service so you can read a week at a glance, and your tutors' availability is shaded straight into the grid.
- If you are about to double-book someone, the calendar tells you.
- Tutors cannot create a clash at all, and only an admin or staff member can override one.
- Lessonspace and Pencil Spaces rooms are created and attached to the session for you. Prefer Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or Skype? Add your own link instead.
What Only Bizstim Has
Four things you will not find on the other side of the table
A genuinely free plan
One tutor, real features, no time limit and no credit card.
Smart Learn
A built-in study and test-prep system your students use between lessons, and a revenue stream you price and keep.
Management Portal
Multi-location oversight for franchises and growing operations, free on top of your locations' plans.
Direct developer support
The person answering your email is the person who writes the code.
Which One Fits Your Business?
Choose TutorBird if...
- You have two to five people and would rather save $3 to $18 a month than have Smart Learn, the Management Portal and lesson rooms created for you.
- You want PayPal as a payment option.
Choose Bizstim if...
- You work alone. The free plan costs nothing, and it does not expire.
- You have six or more people, or you plan to. Flat pricing wins from six up and never stops winning.
- Your students do test prep. Smart Learn is included rather than sold as an add-on.
- You run more than one location, or you intend to.
- You would rather run one platform than stitch several together. Scheduling, billing, payroll, the parent portal, online lesson rooms, a study system and your website all run from one login.
- You want the person who builds the software to answer the phone.
Switching from TutorBird?
Two things make moving cheaper than staying where you are.
Half price for three months
Buy a subscription during your 21-day trial and you pay half the monthly rate while you get your data across and your team comfortable.
A free month for switching
It stacks with the half-price offer. Terms here. Together that is roughly two and a half months of Bizstim before you pay full price for anything.
We move your students
Export your students from TutorBird as a spreadsheet and we will bring them across. Move one location over first if you would rather test it than commit to it.
We will map your setup out together.
Bizstim vs TutorBird FAQ
Is Bizstim cheaper than TutorBird?
It depends on the size of your team. On your own: Bizstim is free, TutorBird is $16.95 a month. Two to five people: TutorBird is cheaper, by between three and eighteen dollars a month. Six or more: Bizstim's flat $39.99 a month is cheaper, and the gap grows with every person you add. Remember that TutorBird's $4.95 applies to office staff as well as tutors. Six is the point where Bizstim becomes the cheaper TutorBird alternative.
Can I move my students over from TutorBird?
Yes. Export your students from TutorBird as a CSV and import it straight into Bizstim. Our import screen puts your column headings next to ours so you match them up on screen, which means you do not have to reformat the file first. It works the same way for your tutors and your staff. In practice most new clients do not do it themselves, because I do the import for you as part of setting up your account.
Does Bizstim have a free plan?
Yes. One tutor, free permanently, no credit card.
Does TutorBird have a flat-rate option?
No. TutorBird charges per person: $16.95 a month for the first, $4.95 a month for each additional tutor or staff member. Verified September 2026.
What does the Enterprise plan add?
$79.99 a month, still flat and still unlimited people. It adds records management, advanced HR and payroll for salaried staff, a products and inventory manager, API access and priority feature development. The one metered item is record storage above 1 GB.
TutorBird has a 90-day money-back guarantee. What does Bizstim do?
We do it the other way round, and we think it suits you better. A money-back guarantee only pays you if you leave: you pay full price for three months, and if it turns out not to be for you, you ask for your money back. Our offer pays you for staying. Your first three months are half price, coming from another platform adds a free month on top, and you are never chasing a refund. If you stay, a guarantee is worth nothing and ours is worth about two and a half months.
I run more than one location. Can TutorBird handle that?
TutorBird is built for a single organization, so a multi-location operation runs each site as its own separate account with nothing above them. Bizstim gives you the Management Portal: one view across every location, per-location analytics, the ability to step in and help a site that is struggling, and an audit trail of who did what. Locations join by pasting a code into their own settings, and nothing is linked without them agreeing to it. The portal is free on top of whatever plans your locations are already on.
Can Smart Learn earn my business money?
Yes, and that is the point of it. Smart Learn is included with every Bizstim plan at no extra cost. Your students start on a free tier, you decide what the paid learner subscriptions cost, and the revenue is yours. For a business with a decent roster, that can cover the subscription several times over. It also gives you something to sell that is not another hour of somebody's time, which is the usual ceiling on a tutoring business.
Does Bizstim work for businesses besides tutoring?
Yes. Therapy practices, music schools, driving schools, childcare centres and other appointment-based services run on Bizstim.
How long is the Bizstim trial?
The 21-day trial gives you every feature with no credit card. The real difference is what happens at the end. TutorBird's trial stops after 30 days. Bizstim's free Individual plan does not stop at all. A tutor working alone can run their business on it, free, for as long as they like before deciding whether to grow into a paid plan.
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