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Originality.ai
AI Research & StudyOriginality.ai is a content-checking tool that combines an AI detector, plagiarism checker, fact checker and readability scoring. It is used by publishers, SEO agencies and editors to review submitted content, with a Chrome extension that can replay how a Google Doc was written. An API supports bulk and automated scanning.
Pricing
Originality.ai pricing
Free basic tier (3 scans/day); paid from $12.95/mo annual ($14.95 monthly) Pro
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Features
What Originality.ai does
- AI content detector with several detection models
- Plagiarism checker
- Fact checker that returns supporting sources
- Chrome extension with Google Docs writing replay
- Readability and grammar scoring
- API and bulk website scanning
Pros
- Combines AI detection, plagiarism and fact checking in one tool
- Writing replay gives evidence beyond a single detection score
- Team management and scan history for editorial workflows
- API suits agencies scanning content at volume
Cons
- Like all AI detectors, it produces false positives, so results should not be the sole basis for accusations
- Credit-based scanning adds up for high volumes
- Aimed at publishers rather than students; no research or paper-search features
- Free tier is limited to a few scans per day
Fit
Who Originality.ai is for
Look elsewhere if: Students looking for research help or anyone wanting a single detection score as definitive proof of misconduct should look elsewhere.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Enterprise plan for publishers and agencies with team roles, tagging and API access; no published SOC 2 or SSO.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
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- SCIM user provisioning
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- SOC 2
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- ISO 27001
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- HIPAA (BAA available)
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- GDPR DPA
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- Data residency options
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- No training on your data
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- Audit logs
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- Admin controls
- Yes
- Deployment
- Cloud
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| Research & Study feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| Answers with citations | Limited |
| Searches academic papers | No |
| Upload & chat with PDFs | No |
| AI content detection | Yes |
| Rewrites / humanizes text | Yes |
| Citation formatting | Limited |
| Browser extension | Yes |
| Writing editor | No |
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