--- title: TakeLessons Reviews meta\_title: 'TakeLessons Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 11 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how TakeLessons works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 2.8 review\_count: 11 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Education url: https://www.g2.com/categories/education --- # TakeLessons Reviews & Product Details TakeLessons is the online marketplace for finding great private instructors. At TakeLessons.com students can follow their dreams and fuel personal growth by connecting with the perfect instructor in areas ranging from music, dance and acting to foreign languages, math and photography. * * * Seller [Microsoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/microsoft) Discussions [TakeLessons Community](https://www.g2.com/products/takelessons/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Pluralsight](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pluralsight") Pluralsight 4.6/5(1,373) ](https://www.g2.com/products/pluralsight/reviews) [ ![LinkedIn Learning](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "LinkedIn Learning") LinkedIn Learning 4.4/5(721) ](https://www.g2.com/products/linkedin-linkedin-learning/reviews) [ ![Udacity](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Udacity") Udacity 4.5/5(758) ](https://www.g2.com/products/udacity/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/takelessons/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 11 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) BT Bil T. Social Media Manager Government Administration Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/29/2024 Guest users or non-business users of the software, not included in G2 scores. "Great opportunity to unite students" 4.5/5 What do you like best about TakeLessons? I was able to find teachers for both my daughter who takes ukulele lessons and myself, in attempting to learn Italian.The instructor profiles were very comprehensive to make it easier for one to find an instructor who has the required experience and approach to teaching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TakeLessons? The scheduling really felt off and often became irritating. Communicating with my teachers was frequently done through email or as a message through the software, which was not very effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TakeLessons solving and how is that benefiting you? I believe that having access to a plethora of teachers in one place is definitely useful. I must admit that TakeLessons did help me find suitable tutors. My daughter is improving day by day with the ukulele and now I am refining my knowledge of the primary Italian words. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Maximiliano M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Maximiliano M.") MM Maximiliano M. Project Strategy Director Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/18/2024 "Wide Teacher Choice" 4.5/5 What do you like best about TakeLessons? TakeLessons boasts of an outstanding roster of educated teachers. There was a guitar teacher that I found, and they taught me well based on the way I learned. Having all those resources within my room is like being connected to an extended music-class network outside of the school. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TakeLessons? It is been challenging to schedule lessons. Unfortunately many teachers have tight schedules, moreover, the most popular instruments, especially guitar, are very popular and teachers get many students I often find out that I have to wait for weeks just to book a time that suits us both. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TakeLessons solving and how is that benefiting you? TakeLessons resolves the issue of finding a competent music-teacher through their online service. I may browse through the profiles and reserve lessons such that I can do every operation via one platform. Such an annual flexibility is a fantastic perk for me as a busy person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Anna L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anna L.") AL Anna L. Content Writer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/13/2019 "Good booking software. " 3/5 What do you like best about TakeLessons? Allows me to connect with students who I otherwise wouldn’t meet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TakeLessons? How much money they keep for the first lessons booked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TakeLessons solving and how is that benefiting you? I’m receiving additional clients! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 9/16/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Traci F.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Traci F.") TF Traci F. Dancer Performing Arts Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/10/2021 "Useful for finding students, but a platform that doesn't value its instructors" 1.5/5 What do you like best about TakeLessons? It's a very easy platform for students to find teachers. I had many long term private students connect with me over the app. As a dance teacher, this intermediary platform was really useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TakeLessons? TakeLessons is much better for the student than the teacher. Students pay the same price from beginning to end, and teachers pay the consequences of having to complete 20 lessons before achieving 90% of their asking price. There is almost no information given about the student before acceptance. I had to ask the student where they were booking from as I moved from East Coast to West Coast. I ended up having to accept the student before being able to communicate with them if it was a good fit. The worst thing about it is that I ran into a complication of whether or not a student would be a good fit, and discussing their location, and whether they had access to a dance studio, as they were looking for lessons close to home. After speaking with customer service for an extended period, they accused me of lying on the phone, and since calls are recorded, I asked for a transcript, and they refused, though I am certain that when speaking with the representative I had given different information than they had stated, hoping to book clients at all costs. It caused me to leave the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TakeLessons solving and how is that benefiting you? Finding clients to book. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Performing Arts](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Performing Arts") UP Verified User in Performing Arts Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/8/2021 "Loved the idea but poor execution" 0/5 What do you like best about TakeLessons? There were a lot of classes available with lots of time slots Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TakeLessons? The classes were useless. The instructors would cater to people Who clearly were not ready for the class. Therefore making it a waste for the rest of the people in the class. If I'm taking an advanced ukulele class, The first 50% of the class should not be trying to help people get tuned Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TakeLessons solving and how is that benefiting you? I got billed for six months of lessons when I didn't take a single class because I decided it was useless. By the time I realized this And asked for my money back, they refused to refund all of it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Eddie L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Eddie L.") EL Eddie L. Music Director and Staff Arranger Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/14/2020 "No students have signed up so far through this service." 2/5 What do you like best about TakeLessons? I like the interface. It's easy to work with. I used to be a Thumbtack.com user but they began charging fees that didn't make sense for music lessons. That's when TakeLessons showed up. I believe, based on the interface, that TakeLessons is an extension of Thumbtack or something. There's some sort of connection because the interface is identical. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TakeLessons? I can't blame TakeLessons directly. I think they have a good system that probably works for most people? I have been with them at least a couple years now and I've never had a single student sign up through their service. I believe this is probably because the people using TakeLessons are most likely looking for cheap lessons. I don't think 90% of the people looking for lessons on TakeLessons can afford my rates. Like I said, I can't blame TakeLessons for that. But so, far for me it has been a waste of money. The charges are made with you connect to the potential client. I receive an average of two or three leads per week. Some are for trumpet lessons but I'm also signed up to teach music theory and/or composition. For a while I was responding to every single lead, but after over a year of no students gained, I became a bit more selective. Now, if I wasn't getting students outside of TakeLessons, then I would have assumed I was doing something wrong. But I do get students through my own personal website. So I don't think that's it. It has something to do with what types of clients are using TakeLessons to find teachers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TakeLessons: I think TakeLessons can work well if you are new to teaching lessons. If you can afford to charge competitive prices, then the people who search through TakeLessons will probably be very keen to sign up. There are other services that help connect music lesson teachers to the clients. I think this one is the best of them all. I have tried all of them and I think that TakeLessons' interface is far more professional than the others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TakeLessons solving and how is that benefiting you? So far, nothing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rebecca R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rebecca R.") RR Rebecca R. Elementary Band Director Education Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/13/2017 "Great for Students, Not for Teachers" 2/5 What do you like best about TakeLessons? When I used this website I loved that I did not have to deal with the money when giving private lessons. I always found that awkward. This website took care of that for you- they billed the students and direct deposited the money for you. They also found students for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TakeLessons? I had a lot of issues with customer service for this website. I would be assigned students that were not anywhere near where I was located and expected to take them, even though it was outside of the mileage I marked on my profile. Dealing with customer service to rectify this was not pleasant. I also stopped using this website after they increased the percentage they took out of each lesson price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TakeLessons: TakeLessons is more friendly toward the student rather than the teacher. If you are looking for a private teacher this is a good place to start because you can pay online and don't have to worry about writing a check each week. If you are a private teacher I would not recommend TakeLessons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TakeLessons solving and how is that benefiting you? They make billing for private lessons much simpler for students and teachers. Rather than private teachers dealing with checks/cash during their lessons, the site takes care of this and direct deposits it into the teachers' account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/31/2018 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Karen H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Karen H.") KH Karen H. Teaching Assistant Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/23/2018 "Review by a TA" 4.5/5 What do you like best about TakeLessons? The best thing about TakeLessons is that I do not have to deal with the fee and the transaction processing by myself, and the app takes care of it for me. It is a great place to advertise yourself if you are a budding teacher/professional and just wanna make some money. The website is fairly easy to navigate through and gives recommendations for other students who need the help! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TakeLessons? The transaction charges/cut of takelessons is fairly huge. Other than that, I have also had issues in the past with making my profile visible to all and that probably affected the number of bookings by new students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TakeLessons: The interface can definitely be converted to a good app and be made more user accessible, but it is a good place to get started. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TakeLessons solving and how is that benefiting you? I have used this for my job as a teaching assistant and to also give private tutoring sessions. This has taken me a step ahead into building my career as a professional teacher. Good source to market! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Riley A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Riley A.") RA Riley A. Assistant Professor Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/12/2018 "It's a good client management service" 3.5/5 What do you like best about TakeLessons? It has a good attendance tracking service which makes it easy to communicate with your teacher/student. The online payment system is pretty straightforward, and the best thing is that it also provides a feature to take online classes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TakeLessons? Takelessons is overly expensive. It's not very easy to keep track of the students near you or far from you because in the latter case, it makes the communication particularly difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TakeLessons: I feel that their platform can definitely be improved greatly but if you are a new teacher/tutor, I would recommend trying this to hike up the sales. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TakeLessons solving and how is that benefiting you? We have used it to provide online lectures to some of the students near our locations. It has helped in increasing our marketing sales and finding/helping new students, however the tracking features for the students do need help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Irina H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Irina H.") IH Irina H. Tutoring Coordinator Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/3/2018 "Very easy to manage" 2.5/5 What do you like best about TakeLessons? Very good advertising for students depending upon the type of teacher and their location. It is easy to manage your own schedules through this and communicate easily with the students to set up times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TakeLessons? It is pretty expensive and does not have a lot of discount codes available. They take a lot of commission for the initial lessons and do not make the earning for the teachers and tutors easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TakeLessons: Please make sure that the amount of money charged works alright for you and that you are able to have successful communication as a trial beforehand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TakeLessons solving and how is that benefiting you? We have private tutors and teachers work for us who have used TakeLessons, and it is definitely a good tool for others to popularize themselves. But they have a very high service fees and bad interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about TakeLessons? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about TakeLessons ](https://www.g2.com/products/takelessons/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is TakeLessons used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-takelessons-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/takelessons/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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