Comparison

My Engineering Buddy vs Chegg

My Engineering Buddy and Chegg both land on Depends.

My Engineering Buddy

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Reasonable fit if you're an engineering student wanting cheap 1:1 help and you'll vet the tutor yourself first.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Worth it only for students regularly stuck on textbook problems who will use it ethically.

My Engineering Buddy versus Chegg
Compare	My Engineering Buddy	Chegg
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Engineering students needing 1:1 help	Stuck STEM students
Who it's not for	Buyers wanting platform-vetted, background-checked tutors	Professional or enterprise teams
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^⁸	Poor record: 2018 breach exposed millions; FTC finalized a security order in 2023.
Support quality	24/7 claimed; customer sentiment partly unverifiable	Repeated Reddit complaints about cancellations
Public sentiment	Reviews are largely positive on and Trustpilot, but Quora and Reddit threads carry legitimacy questions.^³	Students find it genuinely useful for hard problems, but many complain about price, cancellations, and declining quality.¹⁴
Biggest gotcha	No security page means unclear handling of payments and personal data^⁸	Subscription auto-renews; many complaints about cancellation and charges continuing¹⁶