Turnitin (AI writing detection)
Institution licensed similarity checker with an AI writing and AI paraphrase indicator built into LMS workflows.
Best for Universities enforcing academic integrity
What it does
Turnitin AI writing detection evaluates written submissions to identify content likely generated by AI tools such as ChatGPT. Users submit student documents and receive insights including an overall percentage of likely AI written text, highlighted sentences, and reporting on potential paraphrasing or bypassing. It is built for educators, publishers, researchers, and academic institutions seeking to maintain integrity in student work.
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AI writing detection
Scores individual sentences and calculates an overall percentage reflecting how much text in a submission was likely produced by an AI tool.
Use caseAn associate professor reviews a student paper to see whether AI generation occurred and uses the indicator to prompt a conversation about writing voice.
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AI paraphrasing and bypassing detection
Identifies machine generated content that has been run through humanizers, text spinners, or paraphrasing software to conceal AI use.
Use caseAn instructor checks an essay submission to uncover text that an automated bypasser modified to evade standard detection.
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LMS workflow integration
Embeds AI writing evaluation directly alongside standard similarity checking workflows within learning management systems.
Use caseAn educator evaluates assignments directly in Blackboard or Canvas without altering their regular grading setup.
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Authorship report
Analyzes submission text using forensic linguistics and background data to determine if someone other than the student authored the paper.
Use caseAn investigator gathers linguistic evidence from an assignment to evaluate suspected contract cheating.
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Document metadata
Supplies detailed background analytics about the submitted file to reveal abnormal writing properties or suspicious document trends.
Use caseAn instructor reviews file analytics to spot unusual anomalies across student submissions.
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Written from Turnitin's own website, checked . Each feature links to the page it comes from; images are Turnitin's own.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Per | What it includes |
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| Institutional license (Turnitin Originality / Feedback Studio) | Not listed | Not listed | per institution | contact sales; third party estimates ~$5,000–$20,000/yr, AI add on ~$0.41–$0.48 per student/yr |
From Turnitin (AI writing detection)'s own pricing page, checked . Prices are in US dollars per month; "billed yearly" is the monthly price when you pay for a year up front. Some of these figures came from third party reports and could not be confirmed on the official page.
Turnitin video tutorials
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Questions people ask about Turnitin
Is Turnitin free?
No. Turnitin has no free plan.
Does Turnitin have an API?
Yes.
Works with
- Integrations
- Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, MS Teams
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Dutch, German, Turkish
Where this came from
Plans, prices and limits were copied from Turnitin (AI writing detection)'s own pages and the other sources listed, then checked .
- turnitin.com/solutions/topics/ai-writing/
- frontdeskreview.com/software/ai-detectors/turnitin/
- fast.io/resources/turnitin-ai-detector-review-2026.md
- guides.turnitin.com/hc/en-us/articles/28477544839821-Turnitin-s-AI-...
- turnitin.com/papers/learning-integrity-checklist-or-rubric
- turnitin.com/papers/ai-conversations-handling-false-positives-for-educators
- turnitin.com/papers/ai-conversations-handling-false-positives-for-students
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