Teachworks alternatives
Teachworks alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Teachworks: US$2,400 to US$4,600 a year at 800 to 3,000 lessons a month
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What people compare Teachworks with
Teachworks charges US$47.99 a month plus US$0.189 per student lesson on Growth, or US$187.99 plus US$0.065 on Premium. If lesson volume and exchange rates affect your bill, or the system does not fit your business rules, you may be looking for an alternative.
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My Music Staff
My Music Staff is a sister name to Teachworks, so it may suit a music school. Check its price and fit for your business directly, as pricing and feature details are not available.
Yours to own
Tutoring for Claude Code
The open-source tutoring and lesson business system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Teachworks data brought across.
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How to choose a Teachworks alternative
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What drives the bill
Compare the base fee with charges tied to each student lesson. A group lesson counts once for each student, and Teachworks bills in US dollars, so the exchange rate affects what you pay in New Zealand or Australia. Check whether your monthly cost changes with lesson volume.
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Who owns your records
Teachworks can download families, students, teachers and lesson history to Excel. Check which records transfer and which stay in Teachworks, especially invoices, notes and portal logins. If you want your records in a database you own, make ownership and ongoing access part of your decision.
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Fit with your rules
Check whether a system can reflect how you handle attendance, packages, make-up credits, billing and reporting. Your requirements may also include term billing and checks for teachers working with children. A system built around your business can account for the rules and fields you actually use.
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What switching involves
Teachworks lets you download families, students, teachers and lesson history. Plan how attendance will be mapped and past lessons marked as already billed, so families are not invoiced twice. Invoices, notes and portal logins stay in your Teachworks downloads, so know what you will need to keep using separately.
The option that fits
A version built around your business
Enterprise DNA builds your version around how your business runs, with your records in a database you own and plain language as the way you work with them. It brings your Teachworks data across and runs the system for you. You pay one setup fee, then a monthly retainer. If you prefer to run it yourself, there is also a free version.
- check Your records stay in a database you own.
- check Built around your billing, attendance and make-up rules.
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Make it yours
Design your own Teachworks replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Teachworks. Try it here, and we build the real one.
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Questions
Teachworks alternatives, answered
How does Teachworks calculate the monthly bill? expand_more
Teachworks charges a base fee plus a fee for each student in each lesson. Growth is US$47.99 a month plus US$0.189 per student lesson, and Premium is US$187.99 plus US$0.065. A group class of four counts as four student lessons, and charges are in US dollars.
Can you bring lesson history and family records across? expand_more
Yes. Teachworks downloads families, students, teachers and lesson history to Excel. Enterprise DNA maps those records, including attendance, and marks past lessons as already billed so a family is not invoiced twice. Invoices, notes and portal logins stay in your Teachworks downloads.
Will families still book and pay online? expand_more
The free version has no portal. Families can receive invoices, statements and progress reports as documents, and pay the way they do now. If your families book and pay online, Enterprise DNA can build a portal into your version.
Can the system handle child-safety check records? expand_more
It can check the records you keep, such as which teachers working with children lack a current check for that state, NSW checks you have not verified, New Zealand rechecks due, and checks nearing expiry. It does not make your business compliant on its own, so you still need to review the records.
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