Pearspark vs Jupiter Ed
For small private schools and microschools. Pricing verified September 29, 2026. Written by the Pearspark team (how we compare).
The short answer
Jupiter Ed centers on a fast, deep teacher gradebook with LMS features, at roughly $7–10 per student per year with about a $500/school minimum. Pearspark is the whole-school platform around the gradebook — admissions, library, volunteers, scheduling, transcripts — at $50/month including 20 students, then banded per-student pricing from $2.50.
Pearspark
All-in-one platform for small private schools: records, academics, admissions, library, volunteers, scheduling and the portal.
Pricing: $50 a month including 20 students, then $2.50 a student a month, stepping down to $1.00 at volume. No setup fees, month to month, 30-day free trial.
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Jupiter Ed
A gradebook-centered LMS/SIS used across K-12, priced per student per year with a school minimum.
Pricing: Jupiter publishes no rate on its own site; third-party listings put it at roughly $7–10 per student per year with about a $500 per school minimum, and exact quotes come via demo.
What each costs at small-school sizes
| Students | Pearspark | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|
| 25 students | $62.50/mo | ≈$42/mo ($500/yr minimum) |
| 50 students | $125/mo | ≈$42/mo ($500/yr minimum) |
| 100 students | $250/mo | ≈$58–83/mo ($7–10/student/yr) |
| What the price includes | Everything in one plan: records, attendance, gradebook, standards-based grading, report cards, transcripts, admissions, scheduling, tuition billing with family autopay, lending library, equipment booking, volunteer check-in, messaging, and an installable parent app with push notifications. No setup fee, month-to-month. No fundraising CRM, no subsidy billing, and no SMS broadcast — announcements reach families as push notifications and email instead. | The gradebook and LMS core with parent and student access, over a ~$500/school/year minimum. Operations — library, volunteers, equipment — aren't part of it, and a final number comes via a demo. |
Jupiter does not publish pricing; figures shown are the best public information we could verify as of September 29, 2026. Sources are below. Always confirm current pricing with the vendor.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Pearspark | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|
| Student records (SIS) | Partial | |
| Attendance | ||
| Gradebook & report cards | ||
| Standards-based grading & mastery | ||
| Records protected if the school closes | ||
| Transcripts & GPA | ||
| Missing-data reports & scheduled delivery | Partial | |
| Admissions pipeline | ||
| Class scheduling & rooms | Partial | |
| 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) | Partial | |
| Fundraising & donor CRM | ||
| SMS / text broadcast to families | ||
| Subsidy & agency billing |
= varies by plan or not published; check with the vendor. We mark unknowns as unknowns rather than counting them against Jupiter. The last three rows are jobs Pearspark does not do, listed for the same reason: a school that runs an annual fund, texts its families, or bills an agency should find that out here. Pearspark reaches families by push notification through the installable parent app, and by email, not by text. Underlined feature names open the Pearspark page for that capability, so you can check what our ✓ actually means.
Where Jupiter shines
- Deep, fast gradebook teachers like (rubrics, weighting, dropped scores)
- Strong parent/student communication and real-time grade visibility
- Per-student annual pricing is cheap at mid sizes
Worth knowing
- A $500/year school minimum means a 15-student school pays mid-size prices
- Gradebook/LMS core — thin on operations like library, volunteers, or equipment
- Final pricing requires a demo conversation
When Jupiter is the better choice
When Pearspark is the better choice
The parts this comparison turns on
Common questions
Is Jupiter Ed cheaper than Pearspark?
Can I import Jupiter gradebooks into Pearspark?
Does Pearspark's gradebook match Jupiter's?
Sources
Last reviewed September 29, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email us and we'll fix it.
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