Pearspark vs FACTS SIS (formerly RenWeb)
For small private schools & micro schools · pricing verified July 2026 · written by the Pearspark team (how we compare)
The short answer
FACTS (formerly RenWeb) is the enterprise choice: deep modules for tuition, financial aid, and advancement, sold by quote with implementation and training. Pearspark is the opposite trade — $50/month plus per-student volume bands ($2.50 down to $1.00), published pricing, self-serve setup in an afternoon, built for small private schools.
Pearspark
All-in-one platform for small private schools — records, academics, admissions, library, volunteers, scheduling, portal.
Pricing: $50/mo including 20 students, then $2.50/student/mo stepping down to $1.00 at volume. No setup fees, no contract.
FACTS SIS (formerly RenWeb)
The enterprise suite for private K-12 — SIS, tuition management, and financial aid under one roof.
Pricing: FACTS doesn't publish pricing — quotes vary by school size, modules, and contract (as of July 2026). Reviewers commonly note module-based extra costs; third-party integrations note fees like a $500/year API connection.
What each costs at small-school sizes
| Students | Pearspark | FACTS |
|---|---|---|
| 25 students | $62.50/mo | Quote required |
| 50 students | $125/mo | Quote required |
| 100 students | $250/mo | Quote required |
FACTS does not publish pricing; figures shown are the best public information we could verify as of July 2026 — see sources below. Always confirm current pricing with the vendor.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Pearspark | FACTS |
|---|---|---|
| Student records (SIS) | ||
| Attendance | ||
| Gradebook & report cards | ||
| Standards-based grading & mastery | ||
| Records protected if the school closes | ||
| Transcripts & GPA | ||
| Missing-data reports & scheduled delivery | ||
| Admissions pipeline | ||
| Class scheduling & rooms | ||
| Lending library & checkout | ||
| Equipment & room booking | ||
| Volunteer tracking & check-in | ||
| Parent & student portal | ||
| Messaging | ||
| Self-serve transcript & gradebook import | ||
| Tuition billing & payments | ||
| Published pricing (no sales call) |
= varies by plan or not published — check with the vendor. We mark unknowns as unknowns rather than counting them against FACTS. Underlined feature names open the Pearspark page for that capability, so you can check what our ✓ actually means.
Where FACTS shines
- Full enterprise suite: SIS, tuition management, financial-aid assessment, advancement
- Serves thousands of private schools; familiar to many teachers and admins
- Handles complex multi-campus and diocesan structures
Worth knowing
- No published pricing — procurement means sales calls, quotes, and contracts
- Modular pricing: capabilities are often separate line items
- Implementation and training are projects, not an afternoon
When FACTS is the better choice
FACTS earns its place when you want a family's need assessed for you — an expected family contribution calculated from tax documents FACTS collects and verifies — or when the job is enterprise tuition finance and advancement, where FACTS is a payments company at its core and goes far deeper. Pearspark administers aid but assesses none of it: sliding-scale bands a family picks from, automatic sibling discounts, percent or per-bill awards applied during billing, and ESA and SGO money tracked as third-party funding. A diocese or network standardized on FACTS is also a reason to stay. For a 15-student micro school, FACTS is more system — and more procurement — than the job needs.
When Pearspark is the better choice
Pearspark is built for small private schools — from a dozen students to several hundred: micro schools, classical schools, Montessori programs, hybrid academies, and homeschool co-ops. Everything is included at one published price: student records, a spreadsheet-style gradebook with built-in student analytics (trends, score distributions, missing-work tracking), report cards, printable transcripts with GPA, school-year attendance calendars, admissions, class scheduling, tuition billing with online payments, a lending library with barcode checkout, equipment booking, volunteer check-in, messaging, and a parent/student portal. Setup is self-serve, and built-in migration tools import your rosters, transcripts, and gradebooks from FACTS CSV exports with a dry-run preview.
The parts this comparison turns on
Common questions
How much does FACTS SIS cost compared to Pearspark?
FACTS doesn't publish pricing — you request a quote, and cost depends on modules and school size. Pearspark publishes its full price: $50/month including 20 students, then $2.50/month per additional student (stepping down to $1.00 at volume), with no setup fees or contracts. A 30-student school pays exactly $75/month.
Can a small school migrate from FACTS/RenWeb to Pearspark?
Yes. Export your students, transcripts, and gradebooks from FACTS as CSV files and import them with Pearspark's built-in migration tools — each import shows a dry-run preview (what will be created, what doesn't match) before writing anything.
What does FACTS have that Pearspark doesn't?
Need assessment, enterprise tuition finance, and advancement. FACTS Grant & Aid calculates an expected family contribution from tax documents it collects and verifies; Pearspark deliberately does neither, and does no fundraising at all. What Pearspark does include, at no extra charge, is aid administration: family applications behind a separate review permission, sliding-scale income bands, automatic sibling discounts, percent or per-bill awards that come off the invoice during billing, an annual aid budget with applied-to-date, and ESA, voucher and SGO money tracked as third-party funding — per-student ESA invoices, CSV settlement reconciliation, and printable verification letters. Schools that want a formal assessment often keep using FACTS, Clarity, or SSS for that and import the decisions into Pearspark as awards.
See Pearspark for yourself
Poke around a real school — admin, teacher, and parent views — no sales call. Sample data resets daily.
Sources
Last reviewed July 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email us and we'll fix it.