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Pencil Spaces

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What it is

Pencil Spaces is an online classroom for tutoring that combines live teaching, collaboration, session recording, and lesson management. Its browser-based classroom has persistent whiteboards, video calling, built-in resources, document annotation, and interactive web content. Teachers can manage student views and permissions, use waiting and breakout rooms, and receive private alerts when a student goes idle or switches tabs. Scheduling includes attendance tracking, automated scheduling, reminders, and engagement insights. Sessions can be recorded locally or in the cloud; cloud recording storage is 90 days on Expert and 12 months on Master. Starter is free, a 14-day trial is available, and paid plans start at $4/mo. Enterprise starts at $1,000/mo, with custom pricing from $0.002 per participant minute. Prices are in USD per session hour, not per person, and charges begin when a second person joins a Space. Some mobile features may be unavailable.

Spec sheet

Product
Pencil Spaces describes itself as an intelligent classroom for tutoring that brings live teaching, collaboration, session recording, and lesson management together.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Integrations
Listed integrations include Wise, Oases, Teachworks, YoCoach, Canvas, LTI 1.3, Google Drive, Bizstim, TutorCruncher, OneDrive, Zapier, and Pipedream.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Support
The pricing page advertises 24/7 support and states that replies are from real people, with an average support reply time under one minute.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Billing detail
The pricing page says prices are in USD, billing is per session hour rather than per person, and charges begin when a second person joins a Space.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Browser access
Pencil Spaces runs in a browser without installs, and its help page lists desktop browsers and iOS and Android requirements; it notes that some mobile features may be unavailable.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Classroom tools
Its virtual classroom includes persistent whiteboards, video calling, built-in resources, document annotation, and interactive web content.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Developer options
The product page describes iframe embedding, API-based authentication, APIs, webhooks, and custom collaborative apps.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Participant controls
Teachers can control student views and permissions, use waiting rooms and breakout rooms, and receive private alerts when a student goes idle or switches tabs.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Recording
The product supports local and cloud session recording; its pricing page lists cloud recording with 90-day storage for Expert and 12 months for Master.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Scheduling
Scheduling features include attendance tracking, automated scheduling, reminders, and engagement insights.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Security and compliance
The product page describes COPPA, FERPA, GDPR, SOC 2, and HIPAA certification and says student video is never captured in privacy-aware recordings.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Who it serves
The pricing page describes Enterprise as intended for teams running thousands of session hours a month.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com

Plans and prices

Starter Free The Pro plan includes Starter; free-plan features and limits are not stated on the opened pricing page Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com
Enterprise $1,000 a month Starting at $1,000/mo; custom pricing starting from $0.002 per participant minute For teams running thousands of session hours a month · Multi-year plans · Dedicated support team Read 8 Oct 2026 · pencilspaces.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Browser access without installs
  • Persistent whiteboards and breakout rooms
  • Attendance tracking and scheduling tools
  • Local and cloud session recording

Limits

  • Some mobile features may be unavailable
  • Billing begins when a second person joins
  • Enterprise starts at $1,000/mo

Who it suits

Pencil Spaces suits tutors and teaching teams that need live lessons, classroom controls, scheduling, and session recording. Enterprise is described for teams running thousands of session hours a month.

Verdict

Pencil Spaces combines teaching tools with scheduling and session management in a browser-based classroom. Check its per-session-hour billing and mobile feature limitations against the way students will join.

Where Specifiction places it

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