{
 "id": "italki",
 "name": "italki",
 "url": "https://www.italki.com/",
 "page": "graphchinese-vs-italki",
 "category": "live 1-on-1 tutoring marketplace",
 "best_for": "Speaking practice and personal correction, or an HSK tutor, bought lesson by lesson.",
 "claims": [
  {
   "id": "price-trial-lesson",
   "field": "price",
   "claim": "First page of Chinese teacher listings: 20 trial-lesson prices from USD 5.00 to USD 120.00, median USD 10.00 (trial prices only; regular lesson rates are set per teacher)",
   "source": "https://www.italki.com/en/teachers/chinese",
   "plan": "trial lesson",
   "checked": "2026-10-15",
   "basis": "documented",
   "source2": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261015163356/https://www.italki.com/en/teachers/chinese"
  },
  {
   "id": "price-regular-lessons",
   "field": "price",
   "claim": "Third-party estimate: community tutors about $8-15/hour, professional teachers about $15-40/hour (written by a vendor that sells an HSK app)",
   "source": "https://hsklord.com/blog/italki-chinese-review",
   "plan": "regular lessons",
   "checked": "2026-10-15",
   "basis": "third_party",
   "source2": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261015163430/https://hsklord.com/blog/italki-chinese-review"
  },
  {
   "id": "trial-refund",
   "field": "trial_refund",
   "claim": "Satisfaction guarantee: credit back for up to two trial lessons if the teacher did not show or did not meet expectations, claimed within 48 hours",
   "source": "https://support.italki.com/hc/en-us/articles/10196315242649-What-is-100-Satisfaction-Guarantee",
   "plan": "trial lesson",
   "checked": "2026-10-15",
   "basis": "documented"
  },
  {
   "id": "trial-refund-2",
   "field": "trial_refund",
   "claim": "Payment policy: \"No refunds will be given for italki Credits purchased\"",
   "source": "https://www.italki.com/en/paymentterms",
   "plan": "credits",
   "checked": "2026-10-15",
   "basis": "documented",
   "source2": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261015163504/https://www.italki.com/en/paymentterms"
  },
  {
   "id": "hsk-alignment",
   "field": "hsk_alignment",
   "claim": "Teachers can be filtered by \"Test Preparation\"; HSK is a teacher-level specialty, not a platform curriculum",
   "source": "https://www.italki.com/en/teachers/chinese",
   "plan": "",
   "checked": "2026-10-15",
   "basis": "documented"
  }
 ]
}