# Kadrella vs Profnotes: which to choose for your tutoring *Updated 25 July 2026* Kadrella and Profnotes are two French tools for tutors, but with different scopes. Profnotes focuses on pedagogical follow-up and AI progress reports for parents. Kadrella adds invoicing, payments, WhatsApp, Superprof import and a free plan with no student cap. The choice depends on what you want to manage. This comparison puts Kadrella and Profnotes side by side on concrete points: student tracking, reports, invoicing, communication and price. Both are French and built for tutors, but they do not cover the same need. Profnotes aims at pedagogical follow-up, Kadrella at full management. One point separates the two clearly: Profnotes has no invoicing, no payment tracking and no tax-credit certificates. It generates AI progress reports in a few seconds to send to parents and gives access to a parent portal through a simple link, with no account. Kadrella starts from the other end: invoicing, reminders, tax-credit certificates, bank reconciliation, WhatsApp and Superprof import. Many tutors can in fact use both, Profnotes for the reports, Kadrella for the admin and collecting payments. Another way to read the choice is by what you will outgrow first. On Profnotes, the free plan stops at 3 students and 2 AI reports per week, so a tutor who fills a schedule moves to its Pro plan mainly to keep writing reports. On Kadrella, the free plan carries unlimited students and tutors, and the paid tiers add depth on the admin side rather than lifting a cap. The parent-facing part also differs in shape: Profnotes gives parents a link to a follow-up space with no account to create, while Kadrella talks to families through the channel they already use, WhatsApp, and files those threads next to Discord and email. Neither approach is wrong. One puts the report in front of the parent, the other puts the conversation and the invoice in one place. ## Detailed comparison | Feature | Kadrella | Profnotes | | --- | --- | --- | | Main audience | Independent tutors and 1 to 20-tutor businesses | Solo independent tutor | | AI progress reports | No | Yes | | Parent portal for pedagogical follow-up | No | Yes | | Invoicing and payment tracking | Yes | No | | French tax credit certificate | Yes | No | | WhatsApp integration | Yes | No | | Automatic Superprof import | Yes | No | | Automatic bank reconciliation | Yes | No | | Unified inbox (WhatsApp, Discord, email) | Yes | No | | Free plan with no student cap | Yes | Free up to 3 students | | Starting price | Free, then €29/month | Free (3 students), then €12/month | > Prices read on 25 July 2026 on profnotes.fr (its /tarifs page returned a 404, so pricing is from the home page). Profnotes: free plan capped at 3 students and 2 AI reports per week, Pro plan €12/month with unlimited students and reports. Kadrella: free forever plan with no student limit, Solo €29/month, Pro €49/month. ## Who Kadrella is the best choice for - You invoice your lessons and want tax-credit certificates and automatic bank reconciliation, which Profnotes does not handle. - You talk to families on WhatsApp and want messages, reminders and invoices centralised. - You get students through Superprof and want to import them without retyping. - You want a truly unlimited free plan, not one capped at 3 students. - You run a small business with several tutors, not just your solo activity. ## Who Profnotes stays the best choice for - You mainly want AI-generated progress reports, ready to send to parents to keep students. - You are a solo tutor and want the simplest pedagogical follow-up, with no invoicing side. - You want a parent space reachable by link, with no account or password to create. - Your budget is tight: the Profnotes Pro plan is €12/month with unlimited students. ## Migrating from Profnotes Profnotes documents no export. With few students on its free plan, manual entry or a CSV import into Kadrella is enough, usually in under an hour. Students from Superprof are pulled in automatically by the Superprof import. ## Frequently asked questions ### Kadrella or Profnotes to track your students? For pedagogical follow-up and AI parent reports alone, Profnotes is more specialised and cheaper. For tracking combined with invoicing, payments and reminders, Kadrella keeps everything in one tool. ### What is the price difference between Kadrella and Profnotes? The Profnotes Pro plan is €12/month with unlimited students; its free plan stops at 3 students. Kadrella is free with no student cap, then €29/month for Solo. Profnotes is cheaper, Kadrella covers more features (read 25 July 2026). ### Does Profnotes handle invoicing and payments? No, Profnotes has no invoicing or payment tracking. That is the main difference with Kadrella, which handles invoices, reminders, tax-credit certificates and bank reconciliation. ### Can you get Profnotes AI reports in Kadrella? Kadrella has an AI secretary for management tasks, but not a parent progress-report generator like Profnotes. On that specific point, Profnotes keeps the edge. ### Are both tools French? Yes. Profnotes and Kadrella are two French products, in French, built for tutors. Kadrella adds European hosting and certificates for the 50% tax credit. ### Does Profnotes handle the tax credit and URSSAF declarations? No. Profnotes does no tax-credit certificates, no URSSAF declarations and no payment tracking. It is a pedagogical follow-up tool, not an admin tool. Kadrella generates the certificates for the 50% tax credit and tracks payments. On this part, only Kadrella answers the need. ### Is the Profnotes free plan really unlimited? No. The Profnotes free plan is capped at 3 students and 2 AI reports per week; beyond that you move to the Pro plan at €12/month (read 25 July 2026). The Kadrella free plan has no student or tutor cap. If you have more than 3 students, the Profnotes free plan is no longer enough. ### How do parents follow their child on Profnotes versus Kadrella? On Profnotes, parents open a link to a follow-up space with no account and no password, and read the AI progress reports there. That frictionless portal is a real strength of Profnotes. On Kadrella, communication runs over WhatsApp and a unified inbox, so parents get messages, reminders and invoices on the channel they already use. If a no-account pedagogical portal matters most, Profnotes keeps the edge; if reaching parents on WhatsApp matters most, Kadrella does. --- Source page: https://kadrella.com/en/compare/kadrella-vs-profnotes