Tutorbase alternative in French, with 0% taken from your invoices.
Tutorbase is a young, fast-moving tool from Hong Kong that owners find clean and quick to set up. Pillar OS is built in Québec for centres here: French and English for every family, Interac instructions on every invoice, and a price in Canadian dollars that doesn’t grow with what you bill.
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Some of our centres
Centre de Francisation et de Tutorat au Québec
Coeur de Tuteur
Lingua Franca Institute
Mentors Éducation
OnCourse Education
Top Tutorat
Tuteur Match
Tutorat au Top
Tutorbase has no subscription: it takes 1% of the amounts you invoice, on top of your payment company’s fees.
Pillar OS charges one fee by active students, from $35/mo CAD, and nothing on what you bill.
Pillar OS is built in Québec and serves each family in French or English. We found no mention of French on Tutorbase’s site.
| Capability | 
Pillar OS
| Tutorbase |
|---|---|---|
| Price set by active students only From $35/mo CAD; no per-tutor, per-lesson or revenue fee | 1% of what you invoice, no subscription | |
| French for staff and families Each family in its own language | ? Not mentioned on their site | |
| Interac e-Transfer instructions on every invoice And on every payment reminder | ? Not found on their site | |
| Your own payment account Your Stripe or Global Payments; no Pillar fee on top | Your Stripe, plus 1% of what you invoice | |
| Invoices built from the lessons Per lesson, week or month | From lessons | |
| Families book lessons online By subject, tutor or calendar | Through your branded app | |
| Family portal with your brand Your logo and colours | Branded app | |
| Tutor pay from the lessons taught With an export for your payroll | Payroll from lessons | |
| AI progress reports Drafted from session notes; AI use billed separately | ? Not found on their site | |
| We move your students, families and tutors On a setup call; past lessons and invoices stay in your export | They import your data for you |
✓ included · — partly, as a paid add-on, or on a higher plan · ✕ not offered · ? not found on their site
CAD. One platform fee set by your number of active students: $35/mo for up to 50, then by band up to $599/mo at 1,000, quoted beyond. No per-tutor fee, no per-lesson fee, no cut of your revenue. Scheduling, billing, the family portal, tutor pay and AI progress reports come in every band. Billed separately, only if you use them: texting, AI usage, storage beyond what is included, a website, extra locations and the GoHighLevel connection.
No subscription. Tutorbase charges 1% of the amounts you invoice, on top of your payment company’s own fees (Stripe, in Canada). Every feature is included, and Tutorbase imports your data for you.
Where Tutorbase is a fine choice
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Quick to set up
Owners find it clean and fast to start, and Tutorbase imports your data for you.
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Nothing to pay up front
With no subscription, a small centre that invoices little pays little.
Why centres switch to Pillar OS
A price that doesn’t follow your revenue
At 1% of what you invoice, a centre billing $10,000 a month pays Tutorbase $100. Pillar OS charges by active students: $35 a month for up to 50.
French for every family
Each family gets its emails, invoices and portal in its own language, French or English, on the same account.
Interac on every invoice
Your e-transfer instructions print on every invoice and reminder, and reminders stop once you record the payment.
Built in Québec, under Law 25
Pillar OS is made by Kalbot Solutions, a Québec company bound by the same privacy law as your centre. The database is in Montréal.
Switching from Tutorbase? We move your students for you.
On a setup call, we bring your students, families and tutors over from your export and book your first sessions with you. Past lessons, invoices and notes stay in your old system’s export, so keep it.
Good to know
Is Pillar OS a good Tutorbase alternative?
If your families need French, you take Interac transfers, or you’d rather pay a fixed fee than 1% of your billing, yes. If you invoice very little, Tutorbase’s 1% can cost less than our $35.
Can you move my data from Tutorbase?
Yes. On a setup call, we bring your students, families and tutors over from your Tutorbase export and book your first sessions with you. Past lessons, invoices and notes don’t move, so keep that export for your records.
How do the prices compare?
Tutorbase: 1% of what you invoice, no subscription. Pillar OS: from $35 a month in CAD for up to 50 active students, and nothing on what you bill. For a centre of up to 50 active students, the two cost the same at $3,500 invoiced a month, before extras; above that, Pillar OS costs less. On Pillar OS, texting, AI use, extra storage, a website, extra locations and the GoHighLevel connection are billed separately, only if you use them.
Where is Tutorbase based?
In Hong Kong (Tutorbase Limited, founded in 2023). Pillar OS is built and supported from Québec.
Comparison based on each product’s public materials as of October 2026. Features and pricing change, so verify details with the vendor, and if something here is out of date, tell us at info@kalbotsolutions.com and we’ll fix it. Tutorbase is a trademark of its respective owner; Pillar OS is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.
It keeps working when nobody is watching.
- The calendar refuses a clash
No session is booked twice: overlaps are stopped before they save.
- Every invoice is followed
Reminders go out before the due date, on it and after, and stop the moment it is paid.
- No student slips away unnoticed
Any student with no session in 4 weeks is named, with a check-in drafted for you.
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