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Simple plans for every kind of writing check

Start free with 2,000 credits. Upgrade for longer scans, plagiarism checks or a shared team account. Every plan includes sentence-level AI detection.

Billing period

Plans

Free

Try the detector on a few pieces of writing before you pick a plan.

$0/month

Free forever

2,000 credits to start

One-time, no card needed

What's included in Free

  • Sentence-level AI detection
  • Up to 1,500 words per scan
  • Paste text or upload .docx
  • 7-day scan history
  • Not included: Shareable PDF reports
  • Not included: Plagiarism check
  • Not included: AI image detection
  • Not included: Shared team workspace

Essential

For students and freelancers who check their own drafts each week.

Was $15$12/month

$144 billed yearly

80,000 credits / month

About 65 essays checked for AI

What's included in Essential

  • Sentence-level AI detection
  • Up to 25,000 words per scan
  • PDF, DOCX and TXT uploads
  • Unlimited scan history
  • Shareable PDF reports
  • Not included: Plagiarism check
  • Not included: AI image detection
  • Not included: Shared team workspace

Advanced

Most popular

For teachers and editors who need AI and plagiarism checks together.

Was $25$20/month

$240 billed yearly

200,000 credits / month

About 165 essays checked for AI

What's included in Advanced

  • Sentence-level AI detection
  • Up to 50,000 words per scan
  • Files, images, handwriting
  • Unlimited scan history
  • Shareable PDF reports
  • Plagiarism check
  • AI image detection
  • Not included: Shared team workspace

Team

For departments and content teams sharing credits.

Was $45$36/month

$432 billed yearly

500,000 credits / month

Shared across 5 included seats

What's included in Team

  • Sentence-level AI detection
  • Up to 50,000 words per scan
  • Files, images, handwriting
  • Unlimited scan history
  • Shareable PDF reports
  • Plagiarism check
  • AI image detection
  • 5 seats with admin roles

Schools, universities and large teams

Custom credit volumes and the controls your IT and academic integrity teams ask for.

  • Volume pricing
  • Single sign-on (SSO)
  • LMS integration
  • Admin dashboard
Contact sales
  • Cancel anytime

    No contracts. Your plan simply ends with the billing period.

  • No card for Free

    Sign up with an email address and start scanning.

  • Secure payments

    Handled by a PCI-compliant processor. We never see your card.

  • 1 credit = 1 word

    For AI checks. How credits work

Compare every feature

Every plan includes sentence-level AI detection. Here's how the rest stacks up.

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Features included in each plan
Feature
AI detection
Credits
Words per scan
Sentence-level highlights
Detects current modelsChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama and more
Paraphrase and humanizer detection
Languages
AI image detection
Plagiarism
Plagiarism checkWeb pages and your library
Matched sources with links
Exclude quotes and references
Check against your own past submissions
Reports & sharing
Scan history
Shareable report links
PDF report export
Writing feedback and readability
Files & formats
Paste text
DOCX upload
PDF and TXT upload
Images and handwritingText is read with OCR
Batch upload
Browser extension
Team & admin
Seats
Pooled credits
Admin dashboard
Roles and permissions
Support
Help center
Email support
Response time
Onboarding call

How credits work

Credits measure how much you scan. Each check has a fixed cost, and you see the total before a scan runs.

If a scan fails or you cancel it, the credits go straight back to your balance.

AI text detection
1credit per word
A 1,200-word essay uses 1,200 credits.
Plagiarism check
2credits per word
The same essay uses 2,400 credits.
AI image detection
300credits per image
A set of 10 images uses 3,000 credits.
Writing feedback and readability
0extra credits
Included with every text scan.

Billing questions

The short answers about credits, plans and payments.

Something else? Visit the help center or send us a message.

Credits measure how much you scan. An AI check uses 1 credit per word, a plagiarism check uses 2, and an image uses 300. Before a scan runs, we show how many credits it will use, so there are no surprises.

Unused credits roll over for as long as your subscription is active. On yearly plans you still receive credits monthly, which keeps usage even across the year. The Free allowance doesn't expire.

Yes. Upgrades apply straight away and we credit the unused part of your current plan. Downgrades and cancellations take effect at the end of the billing period, and you keep access until then.

Students get 30% off Essential and Advanced with a school email address. Schools and universities can buy credits in bulk with LMS integration and a central admin dashboard. Contact sales for a quote.

Your text is used only to run your scan. We never train models on it or add it to a public index. You can delete any scan from your history, and it's removed from our servers within 24 hours.

All major credit and debit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Team and school plans can also pay by invoice. Payments are handled by a PCI-compliant processor, so we never see your full card number.

Not sure yet? Start with 2,000 free credits.

No card and no trial clock. Scan a few real pieces of writing, then upgrade when you need more.