BrainCert Virtual Classroom vs Pencil Spaces

BrainCert Virtual Classroom is a live teaching space that combines video and audio with a shared whiteboard, breakout rooms, screen sharing, polls and session recording. Teaching tools include a LaTeX equation editor, document annotation, a cloud media player and an online code editor. Sessions support up to 10 concurrent video streams and unlimited audio streams. The interface offers more than 50 human-translated languages, including right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew. Learners and teachers can join from Android or iOS devices and tablets using WebRTC without installing an app. An HTML5 API allows the classroom to be added to a website, LMS or CMS. BrainCert lists integrations including Google Analytics, Stripe, Zoho CRM, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Zapier. A free plan and a 14-day trial of standard premium features are available. Paid plans vary in attendee, classroom-minute and recording-minute limits. Bronze costs $119 a month, billed annually, and allows up to 25 attendees per session.

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.