Pricing
$1,200 a credit. Sixty hours of live class.
A credit measures learning, not just cost. One full credit is 60 hours of live, small-group class with a teacher. Pods come in four lengths, so a year can be built from full courses, shorter units, or both.
6 hours of live class
+ 6 hours of individual work = 12 hours
A short unit or a workshop.
$120per student
12 hours of live class
+ 12 hours of individual work = 24 hours
One topic, taken further.
$240per student
24 hours of live class
+ 24 hours of individual work = 48 hours
A longer unit, with room for projects.
$480per student
60 hours of live class
+ 60 hours of individual work = 120 hours
A full course in one subject.
$1,200per student
Self-paced pods earn 0.2 credit
No live sessions. The teacher's syllabus covers 24 hours of instruction at home, and the student works through it on their own schedule.
$240per student
A school year
Five credits make a full year.
One credit in each of five subjects, built from whatever mix of pods suits your student.
- Math1.0
- Science1.0
- English1.0
- Social studies1.0
- Elective1.0
A full school year
Learning pods marketplaceOfficial tuition receiptSample · Receipt No. PC-2026-0184 · Issued Aug 3, 2026
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| Description | Amount (USD) |
| Algebra I · Ms. Patel · 1.0 credit | $1,200.00 |
| Biology · Mr. Tom · 1.0 credit | $1,200.00 |
| Creative Writing · Mrs. Diaz · 1.0 credit | $1,200.00 |
| U.S. History · Mr. Reyes · 1.0 credit | $1,200.00 |
| Intro to Coding · Ms. Chen · 1.0 credit | $1,200.00 |
| Service fee | $179.51 |
| Total paid | $6,179.51 |
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For families
Pay the way your year works.
Every pod is paid for in full when you enroll, so your student's seat is held from the first session to the last. How far ahead you pay is up to you.
Pay per pod, as you go
Enroll in one pod at a time and pay for it when you enroll. A good way to try a teacher, or to build the year one subject at a time.
For example0.1 credit · $120
Buy credits ahead
Buy a block of credits now and spend them on any pod, with any teacher, whenever you're ready to enroll.
Try it: add lengths to the cart.
Buy the whole year upfront
All five credits at once, and save 5%. One payment, and the year is settled before it starts.
5 credits$6,000$5,700
Prices are tuition for each student. A small service fee is added to each charge and itemized before you pay; see Policies below.
Where the money goes
Held until it's earned. Paid when it is.
A family's tuition doesn't go straight to the teacher. PodsCool holds it and releases it in two halves, each one tied to the pod actually happening.
The family enrolls
The whole pod is paid upfront, and the sessions land on both calendars.
The refund period runs
PodsCool holds the tuition. A family that unenrolls in this window gets it back.
Half goes to the teacher
Three days after the refund period ends, the teacher is paid half of their share.
Final grades are in
The teacher submits final grades. A day later they're confirmed, the teacher receives the other half, and the credit goes on the transcript.
A 1-credit pod with 1 student
The family pays $1,200 and the teacher keeps $1,020: a flat 85% of tuition billed, for each student. PodsCool's 15% runs everything around the class: the roster, the calendar, the grade book, the classroom, and the money.
The teacher's Payments screen, with sample figures.
Why credits
A standard of excellence, on both sides of the screen.
We could have let every pod name any price for any number of hours. We chose one unit instead, because a credit is a promise both sides can hold each other to.
What we ask of teachers
Teach every hour you promised, and finish what you start.
A credit is hours, not a headline.
A 0.4-credit pod is 24 hours of live teaching, and every session is on the calendar before a family pays.
Half the pay waits for final grades.
So every pod ends with a grade and a transcript entry, not a quiet fade-out.
Credentials come first.
Our team checks each teacher's teaching credential before the Verified badge goes on their profile.
One rate for the same work.
Every teacher earns the same $1,020 a credit for each student, so teachers compete on teaching, not on discounts.
The teacher
What we ask of families
Commit to the whole pod, and expect the work to be real.
A pod is a commitment.
You pay for the whole pod upfront, so your student's seat, and the teacher's time, are held to the last session.
Credits are earned, not bought.
The student does the work, the teacher grades it, and only then does the credit reach the transcript.
Choose a teacher for their teaching.
With one price for every credit, the question is who teaches it best.
Build toward a whole year.
Every pod counts toward the five credits that make one, subject by subject.
The family
Teachers who show up prepared. Families who show up committed. That's what a credit asks of both.
The teacher plan
$19/month
Teaching on PodsCool doesn't need a plan. The plan adds the tools that help a teaching practice grow, and it doesn't change your rate: you keep 85% of tuition billed either way.
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SpotlightOne Spotlight with the plan: your profile featured to families browsing PodsCool for 7 days.
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The AI toolsThe PodsCool Generator, AI flashcards, and the rest of the AI teaching tools, for drafting courses, quizzes and study sets.
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The same 85%No tiers and no sliding take. Every teacher keeps 85% of tuition billed, on the plan or off it.
Policies. The same for every pod.
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Refunds
Changed your mind? Full refund, early on.
Unenroll in the first 7 days (3 days for a 0.1-credit pod) and every dollar of tuition comes back.
Unenroll within the refund period and you get back 100% of the tuition you paid. The refund period is 7 days for a 0.2, 0.4 or 1.0-credit pod and 3 days for a 0.1-credit pod, counted from the pod's start, or from the day you enroll if you join after it begins. After that, tuition isn't refunded, and unenrolling ends access right away. The exact refund is shown before you confirm.
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If the teacher cancels
If the teacher cancels, you get it all back.
A pod the teacher cancels is refunded in full, service fee included, whatever has already happened.
If a teacher cancels the pod, the family is refunded everything they paid for it, service fee included, however many sessions have already run. If a teacher removes a student from a pod, the family gets a prorated refund for the sessions that hadn't happened yet.
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Canceled sessions
One session off doesn't change the price.
Every cancellation is recorded on the pod and shared with families, so nothing happens quietly.
If a single session is canceled, tuition doesn't change. Every cancellation is recorded on the pod and shared with families, and you can unenroll at any time under the refund terms above.
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Attendance
One price covers the whole pod.
Holidays and days off don't change it, and a missed session isn't refunded. Attendance is taken every session.
One price covers the pod. It doesn't change with holidays or days off, and a missed session isn't refunded. Attendance is taken every session, from the Join button and the class's Google Meet room, and the teacher can correct it. Families see their own child's record in the classroom.
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Service fee
One small fee, shown before you pay.
About 3% of tuition plus $0.30, the same on every payment method, and itemized at checkout.
A service fee of about 3% of tuition plus $0.30 is added to each charge, the same on every payment method. It's itemized before you pay and isn't refundable.
Start building the year.
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