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italki is a global language learning community that connects students and teachers for 1-on-1 online language lessons. At italki, we believe that human interaction and cultural sharing are the best way to become fluent in a foreign language. With over 5 million students and 10, 000 high-quality teachers teaching more than 130 languages, italki helps everyone with their personal journey to fluency.

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Eliana R.

Market Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/24/2022

"The time flexibility is amazing."

4.5/5

What do you like best about italki?

1) I can arrange my own schedule which is great.

2) I can choose any teacher I want.

3) The customization of the profile is very good and allows me to fill in a lot of data.

4) The video quality and fluency is pretty good.

5) It also includes a group or individual chat so you can have a VIP chat with the teacher.

6) The prices are relative, it depends on each teacher but they are acceptable and very cheap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about italki?

1) Due to supply and demand the teachers have a limit of students in order not to monopolize the whole market.

2) Every time you reach a certain amount of lessons the system gives you a gift card as a reward, the bad thing is that you have to spend it in less than a month.

3) It would be nice if they added a VIP questions system, you pay a small amount of money for the teacher to answer the question faster and not wait for a long time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering italki:

Be consistent with the classes and organized with the chosen schedule. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is italki solving and how is that benefiting you?

1) Meeting people and being taught other languages as well as other ways of thinking is great.

2) The italki community is amazing and has helped me perfect the language I am teaching.

3) You can talk to other students privately and share ideas.

4) The payment options are extremely convenient and the feature to top up the account and keep the balance there is pretty good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bob W.

Adjunct Instructor

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/27/2022

"Buyer beware!"

0/5

What do you like best about italki?

It can be a good way to communicate with native speakers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about italki?

The company is not user-friendly. My teacher did not show up for my lesson but italki charged me for the lesson, anyways!

Company is a rip-off! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Irene R.

File Clerk

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/3/2022

"The experience with italki has been amazing"

4.5/5

What do you like best about italki?

As a tutor I love that in Italki I can set my own prices in my profile, the flexibility it gives teachers and tutors to feel completely autonomous of their work is amazing. It is really easy to use the application, it is not complex to create your own profile, it only takes a matter of minutes and then set the time you want to spend on it. The communication that allows you to communicate with users is of high quality in both video calls and chats, one of the best apps for those interested in learning languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about italki?

Something that I do not find pleasant about Italki is that to control the supply and demand within the application allows a limited number of teachers per student, which every year makes it more difficult to belong to the application and those who are already inside, generate income.

The application has gift cards redeemable within the same for a certain number of lessons, but do not specify that these have an expiration date for less than a month, they should add that information to the card in addition to making it more its expiration date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering italki:

Using the search filters in Italki can help you find teachers that you would not find by browsing the application on your own. Besides, if you are looking for a teacher with certain characteristics you can do it easily and save a lot of time with the filters.

Do not choose a teacher without first doing a complete investigation on all the profile data because while the application allows teachers with good intentions to teach anyone, unfortunately it also opens the door to people who do not have the best intentions to contribute to the community, so make sure that the person you are going to pay is completely professional in what he does is important. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is italki solving and how is that benefiting you?

Italki has worked for me to be able to give lessons to many people around the world, since apart from having my own tutor account I also receive lessons as a student of other languages to expand my vocabulary and to be able to give lessons in the future to more people. I have had a pleasant experience from both positions. As a tutor everything has been excellent, I have found enthusiastic students who follow to the letter each of my lessons and are improving, and as a student I have always found friendly teachers who are very professional in their area. I fully recommend it to both tutors and students interested in languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Garrison C.

Creative director

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/17/2022

"The teachers are friendly and professional in what they do."

4.5/5

What do you like best about italki?

One of the things that caught my attention in italki were the teachers, most of them are kind and intelligent people who do their job, they have everything previously well planned and offer a good teaching plan which if you follow it to the letter you will certainly learn what they are teaching you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about italki?

It is difficult to find something negative in this great community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering italki:

The classes are inexpensive and of high quality, it also has a very healthy and close-knit community which helps each other through learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is italki solving and how is that benefiting you?

Italki apart from having the classic teachers who teach you any language you want to learn through private lessons also has a community within the platform itself with which you can chat and exchange endless ideas, teaching techniques as well as clarify certain doubts that other participants may have, this has helped me to improve much more because through the practice I do in the groups the foundations of my language have become more solid. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Francisca T.

Application Development

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/24/2021

"professional, fun and entertaining"

4.5/5

What do you like best about italki?

What I like most about italki is the ease and convenience of being able to choose your own teacher depending on your taste, plus each teacher has published their price which makes it even more accessible, another thing I like is that you can schedule classes on the days and times that you want or that makes you more comfortable since the classes are live. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about italki?

The negative part would be that the teachers take a long time to answer your questions because they are busy with other students and it is quite annoying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering italki:

I recommend italki because of the cheapness of learning a great variety of languages in a very comfortable way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is italki solving and how is that benefiting you?

Italki has helped me to get by in another language, it is a tool that without a doubt can change and evolve our linguistic facet, it allows us to expand more in other languages and meet many people with the same ideology and point of view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Elijah K.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/5/2020

"Learn in a fun way"

4/5

What do you like best about italki?

I really like that italki learns languages, its phone application makes everything more comfortable and faster, I can study anywhere, no matter what it is, it's quite interesting and fun, I have no complaints about the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about italki?

I have no negative points to criticize, this really helped me a lot in my professional development, but if there are things that are sometimes annoying, it's that the teachers sometimes take a long time to teach or respond, or that you have to adapt to the teacher's schedule, when most of them are the ones that suit you best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering italki:

If I recommend it, it is a truly excellent language mapping tool, I love it and really like how it works, I am really satisfied with everything this system entails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is italki solving and how is that benefiting you?

Help me daily in my professional development, to have better skills and to develop my work process with more comfort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohd Elfie Nieshaem J.

SEO Specialist

Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/4/2021

"iTalki is the best place to pick up a language"

4.5/5

What do you like best about italki?

It is easy to pick the right teacher for you, contact them and book a class if you like their method of teaching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about italki?

None that I can think of, I am happy with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sara f.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/26/2020

"italki as teachings"

4/5

What do you like best about italki?

Italki is one of the best platforms currently, it is very comfortable to use and the lessons with live teachers are really comfortable and adapt to your schedule with incredible ease and flexibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about italki?

You can not always be with the same teacher, or they take a long time to answer questions and doubts, the interface can be uncomfortable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering italki:

It has the capacity of many languages, from the most difficult to the most basic, the evaluation system is adequate to that of an online academy, it really satisfies my need to learn languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is italki solving and how is that benefiting you?

Solved problems such as slow and tedious learning, other platforms do not offer you as many benefits as this one, and flexibility of schedules, and more, it is a great online solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/5/2020

"Great teaching platform"

5/5

What do you like best about italki?

I love how simple it is to get started and describe yourself as either at tutor or professional teacher. It's very easy to set up payment options and get started teaching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about italki?

Its takes much longer to pay for your first classes than it does for other teach platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Thomas D.

Associate Director Of Development

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/16/2019

"It probably depends on the language one's learning"

3.5/5

What do you like best about italki?

I've been on Italki since April 2016, trying to find help learning Punjabi (Gurmukhi). I haven't had much luck: A few teachers have contacted me over the years but I didn't feel that they were qualified to teach (I used to teach French myself, years ago). The platform is well conceived and I'm sure that my experience would have been vastly different if I had try to learn a more common language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about italki?

The messages history is limited to the last 6 months. Other than that, the new Beta platform is very pleasant and makes it easy to find a teacher. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.