Preply Tutor Profiles Scraper

Extract comprehensive tutor profiles from Preply — the world's leading online tutoring marketplace with 40,000+ tutors across 50+ languages. Search by language, subject, price, rating, and availability. Perfect for market research, competitive analysis, and education platform insights.

What You Get

Each tutor profile includes:

Field	Description
tutorId	Unique Preply tutor identifier
name	Tutor's display name
bio	Tutor's self-description
country	Tutor's country of origin
nativeLanguage	Tutor's native language
languagesTaught	List of languages this tutor teaches
specialties	Specializations (e.g. Business English, IELTS, Conversation)
hourlyRate	Price per hour in USD
currency	Pricing currency
rating	Average student rating (0–5)
reviewCount	Total number of student reviews
totalLessons	Number of lessons completed
responseRate	Tutor's message response rate (e.g. "98%")
profileUrl	Direct link to tutor's Preply profile
avatarUrl	Profile photo URL
videoUrl	Introduction video URL
isPro	Whether the tutor is certified/professional
education	Educational background (detail mode)
certificates	Teaching certificates (detail mode)
recordType	Always "tutor"
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 timestamp of extraction

Modes

searchTutors (default)

Search for tutors by language with optional filters. Paginates through Preply's tutor directory.

Example input:

{
  "mode": "searchTutors",
  "language": "japanese",
  "minRating": 4.5,
  "maxPrice": 30,
  "maxItems": 50
}

getTutor

Fetch full profiles for specific tutors by their Preply profile URL or numeric ID. Returns detailed data including education history and certificates.

Example input:

{
  "mode": "getTutor",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://preply.com/en/tutor/12345",
    "https://preply.com/en/tutor/67890"
  ]
}

Or with numeric IDs:

{
  "mode": "getTutor",
  "tutorIds": ["12345", "67890"]
}

Input Reference

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	searchTutors	Operation mode
language	select	spanish	Language to search tutors for
startUrls	array	—	Tutor profile URLs (mode=getTutor)
tutorIds	array	—	Numeric tutor IDs (mode=getTutor)
subject	string	—	Subject specialty (e.g. "Business English", "IELTS")
sortBy	select	popularity	popularity / rating / reviews / price_lowest / price_highest
minPrice	number	—	Minimum hourly rate (USD)
maxPrice	number	—	Maximum hourly rate (USD)
minRating	number	—	Minimum average rating (0–5)
nativeOnly	boolean	false	Native speakers only
proOnly	boolean	false	Certified/professional tutors only
tutorCountry	string	—	ISO country codes to filter by (e.g. US, GB,US,CA)
availabilityDay	select	—	Filter by available weekday
useProxy	boolean	true	Use residential proxy (recommended for Cloudflare)
maxItems	integer	20	Maximum profiles to return (1–5000)

Supported Languages

English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Ukrainian, Greek, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Catalan, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay, Persian (Farsi), Tagalog, Urdu, Bengali, Swahili

Output Example

{
  "tutorId": "12345",
  "name": "Maria S.",
  "country": "Spain",
  "nativeLanguage": "Spanish",
  "languagesTaught": ["Spanish"],
  "hourlyRate": 15.0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "reviewCount": 150,
  "totalLessons": 1200,
  "responseRate": "98%",
  "isPro": true,
  "profileUrl": "https://preply.com/en/tutor/12345",
  "avatarUrl": "https://cdn.preply.com/avatar/12345.jpg",
  "recordType": "tutor",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-17T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Use Cases

• Market Research — Analyze tutor pricing, ratings, and availability across languages
• Competitive Analysis — Compare tutor profiles across online tutoring platforms
• Education Insights — Track trends in language learning demand and tutor supply
• Lead Generation — Build a dataset of specialized language tutors
• Academic Research — Study the gig economy in online education

Performance

• Processes 10 tutors per page via Preply's public API
• Supports up to 5,000 tutors per run
• Automatically handles Cloudflare protection via residential proxy rotation
• Retry logic on rate limits and server errors

Proxy Configuration

Preply uses Cloudflare protection. The actor first attempts direct HTTP access (which works for the public ChatGPT OpenAPI endpoint) and automatically falls back to Playwright with a residential proxy if blocked. Enabling useProxy: true (default) ensures maximum reliability.

FAQ

Q: Does this require a Preply account or API key? A: No. The actor uses Preply's public tutor directory and their publicly documented OpenAPI endpoint — no authentication required.

Q: Can I filter by availability? A: Yes — use the availabilityDay field to filter by day of the week.

Q: Why use a proxy? A: Preply uses Cloudflare to protect against automated scraping. Residential proxies present requests as regular user traffic, significantly improving success rates.

Q: How fresh is the data? A: Each run fetches live data from Preply at the moment of execution. Tutor profiles, ratings, and prices reflect the current state of Preply's platform.

Q: How many tutors can I scrape? A: Up to 5,000 per run. For larger datasets, run the actor multiple times with different filter settings.

Q: Are education and certificate details available? A: Yes — use mode=getTutor with specific tutor IDs/URLs to fetch full profiles including education history and certificates.