Speak Better Spanish is better if you want one-to-one coaching built around your goals, three coaches, and a recording and notes after every session. Berlitz suits people who want a large language school with live private lessons. Its US pages showed no prices, so ask Berlitz for a quote and compare it with our $81 to $90 an hour. See all our comparisons, or read Speak Better Spanish vs Fluenz.
Speak Better Spanish vs Berlitz at a glance
| Berlitz | Speak Better Spanish | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Berlitz’s US pages did not show prices when we checked. Its Spain online store lists an online private Spanish course at 619 euros, with the registration fee and materials included. | $90 for a 60-minute coaching session or $50 for 30 minutes. Packages of 12, 24 or 48 hours bring it down to $85.50, $83.25 or $81 an hour. |
| Format | Live one-to-one online lessons of 45 minutes. The Spain store offers courses of 20, 40 or 80 lessons. | Live one-to-one coaching on Zoom: 60-minute coaching sessions or 30-minute Spanish-only conversation sessions. |
| Approach | Teaching. A set course of private lessons with a Berlitz instructor. | Coaching. A free Roadmap Session sets your plan before you pay, every session has a job, and the same three coaches get to know you. |
| Who teaches | An experienced, native-fluent Berlitz instructor. | A small team of three coaches: Hannah (19+ years teaching), Arturo and Jacky. Package hours work with any of them. |
| Curriculum or plan | A set course you buy as a block of lessons. | You start with a free Roadmap Session that maps your level and goals. Each session is built around your goals and a topic you choose, in real-life Mexican Spanish. |
| Notes and recordings | Not listed. | A recording, notes and practice after every session, plus email support between sessions. |
| Guarantee | Not listed. | Full refund if you are not fully satisfied, as long as you tell us within 28 days. |
| Plan before you pay | Not listed. | Yes. A free Roadmap Session maps your goals, your level and what holds you back, and your written plan comes by email the same day. No payment info needed. |
| Same coaches who know you | A Berlitz instructor. | Yes. Hannah, Arturo and Jacky, so you hear more than one accent without starting over with a stranger. |
| Support between sessions | Not listed. | Yes. Email a question or something you wrote, and we correct it. |
| Included with packages | Not listed. | The recording, your notes and your practice after every session, email support between sessions, certificates as your sessions add up, and a free workbook. 24-hour and 48-hour packages also get a free 30-minute session in your birthday month. The 48-hour package also gets 10% off immersion trips, group workshops and add-ons. |
| 30-minute conversation sessions | Not that we found. Private lessons run 45 minutes. | Yes. 30 minutes in Spanish with Hannah, Arturo or Jacky, and you get the recording and your notes after. Sessions use the same package hours as coaching. We have held more than 1,000 since 2017. |
| Best for | Learners who want a big, well-known school, or whose employer pays for Berlitz. | Adults who want to actually speak Spanish, with a plan, the same small team of coaches and help between sessions. |
Berlitz details come from Berlitz’s Spain online store, checked October 24, 2026: Berlitz Spain online store: Spanish online private course. Prices and policies can change, so check their site before you buy. Our prices are on the pricing page.
How the two feel week to week
Berlitz sells a block of lessons from a large school. We start smaller. A free Roadmap Session maps your level and goals, then you work with Hannah, Arturo or Jacky. Your package hours work with any of them, and every session ends with a recording and notes, so nothing you learned gets lost. You can also email us between sessions.
What to ask Berlitz before you buy
Ask for the price in your country, how many lessons you get, whether you keep the same teacher, and what happens if you cancel. Then compare the hourly cost and what you get after each lesson. Our prices are public: $90 for 60 minutes, or $81 to $85.50 an hour with a package.
Coaching vs classes
Berlitz sells classes. A teacher works through material with you, and that works well for many people. Coaching starts with a different question: what is stopping you from speaking, and what plan gets you past it?
What working with Speak Better Spanish looks like
- You book a free Roadmap Session on Zoom. There is no payment info and no commitment. We look at your goals, your level and what is holding you back.
- Your written plan comes by email the same day. It shows where you are, where you are going and the best next step. Some people take the plan and keep going on their own, and that is fine.
- If you go ahead, you pick a coach and a time: a 60-minute coaching session built around a topic you choose, or a 30-minute Spanish-only conversation session.
- Every session starts with something you are celebrating, and you speak from the first session. Your coach corrects you in the moment and tells you why.
- After every session you get the recording, your notes, the vocabulary from your own conversation and your practice for the week, by email.
- Between sessions you can email a question or something you wrote, and we correct it.
- You keep working with the same three coaches, and every session is recorded and written up, so nobody starts from zero and nothing you learn gets lost.
- If it is not right for you, tell us within 28 days for a full refund.
Hannah founded Speak Better Spanish, and she is not a native speaker. She learned Spanish herself, first in school and then by living in Spain and Mexico, so she has been where you are. In her words: “I’m a non-native Spanish speaker who started from scratch.” (Hannah, on our YouTube channel)
Our 30-minute conversation sessions
Most intermediate adults understand more Spanish than they can say. Our 30-minute conversation sessions are for that gap. You talk with Hannah, Arturo or Jacky in Spanish about your own life: your week, a trip, your work, your family. Your coach keeps you talking, helps when you get stuck and corrects the mistakes that matter, without turning it into a grammar class. You get the recording and your notes afterward. Sessions use the same package hours as 60-minute coaching, so many students take a coaching hour one week and a conversation session the next. We have held more than 1,000 of these sessions since 2017. A session is $50 on its own, and less with a package. See how conversation sessions work.
What you only get at Speak Better Spanish
- Three ways to practice with the same coaches: 60-minute coaching, 30-minute Spanish-only conversation sessions (free-flowing or themed, with one small thing to practice and nothing to hand in), and small group conversation classes on Zoom with at most 8 students. Each series has one topic, Mexican culture is part of every class, and every class is recorded.
- Coaches based in Mexico who teach the Spanish people there speak every day. The whole team is bilingual: Hannah, Arturo and Jacky all speak English and Spanish, so beginners can ask questions in English.
- A free library for the days between sessions, made by the same team: our blog, YouTube channel, podcast and free Spanish Starter Pack.
- Research from our own lessons. Our study of 1,896 one-to-one lessons found that the first class decides most of it: 13.4% of adults never took a second class, and 77.1% of those who reached a fifth went on to ten or more.
What the hour leaves out
A good teacher is worth a lot, and classes suit many people. The risk is in what the hour leaves out. Hours can go to material that is not about your goals, to a new teacher who has to learn your level, and to forgetting what came up because nothing was written down. The plan, the notes and the follow-up are what turn an hour into progress.
What our students say
“I’ve tried apps, textbooks, and other classes, but nothing compares to the personalized approach here.”
Cody McLain, Google review
“She adapts my learning plan according to my progress.”
David Creel, Google review
Who should choose Berlitz
- Your employer pays for Berlitz.
- You want a large, long-running school with set courses.
- You are happy to buy a block of lessons up front.
Who should choose Speak Better Spanish
- You want public prices and a plan before you pay.
- You want to speak with a real person who corrects you kindly.
- You want a plan before you pay, from a free Roadmap Session.
- You want a recording, notes and practice after every session, and someone to email between sessions.
See how our coaching works, read what students say (19+ years teaching, founded in 2014, 3,300+ live sessions coached, 5.0 on Google), or read Spanish tutor vs Spanish coach.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Berlitz cost for Spanish?
Berlitz’s US pages did not show prices when we checked on October 24, 2026. Its Spain online store lists an online private Spanish course at 619 euros, including the registration fee and materials. Ask Berlitz for a quote where you live.
Are Berlitz Spanish lessons one-to-one?
Berlitz sells online private courses with an experienced, native-fluent instructor. The Spain store lists lessons of 45 minutes.
Is Speak Better Spanish more expensive than Berlitz?
We could not compare directly, because Berlitz did not show US prices. Speak Better Spanish costs $90 for a 60-minute coaching session or $50 for 30 minutes, and packages bring it down to $81 to $85.50 an hour.
Can I keep the same teacher?
Ask Berlitz. At Speak Better Spanish your hours work with all three coaches, so you can stay with one coach or mix them without starting over.
Which is better for a nervous adult learner?
Our coaching is built for adults who feel nervous speaking: mistakes are expected, nobody puts you on the spot, and the free Roadmap Session sets a plan before you spend anything.
Is Speak Better Spanish coaching or classes?
Coaching. A class usually works through material. A coach looks at what is stopping you from speaking, builds a plan around your goals and guides real conversation practice. You start with a free Roadmap Session, every session has a job, and you get the recording, notes and practice afterward, plus email support between sessions.
Start with a free Roadmap Session
If your goal is to speak Spanish, this is the place to start. Book a free Roadmap Session. In one Zoom call we look at your goals, your level and what is holding you back, and your written plan comes by email the same day. It is free, with no commitment and no payment info. You leave with a plan, even if that plan is to use Berlitz.
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