Comparison of anti-plagiarism software


The following tables compare software used for plagiarism detection.

General

SoftwareDeveloperFirst public releaseLatest stable versionLicenseDeployment optionsScripts supportedNotes
CopyscapeIndigo Stream Technologies, Ltd.2004freemiumSaaSLatinTargeted at website managers.
Copyleaks2015
GrammarlyGrammarly, Inc.2016freemiumSaaSLatinChecks against ProQuest databases and web pages.
HelioBLASTVirginia Bioinformatics Institute?LatinSubmissions are limited to 1,000 words. Checking against abstract and titles in Medline/PubMed.
iThenticateiParadigms20042017proprietarySaaSLatin
PlagScanPlagScan GmbH2008limitedSaaS, On-PremisesLatin, Cyrillic & ArabicSubmissions are checked against online documents, a shared repository, and the user's own repository.
PlagTrackerDevellar2011freemiumSaaSLatin, CyrillicRated as "Useless for academic purposes" by Plagiats Portal
TurnitiniParadigms1997proprietarySaaSLatin & multiple scripts through translationAutomatically stores uploaded texts in its own database.
UnicheckUnicheck2014SaaSproprietarySaaSLatin, CyrillicPricing "per page" based on 137.5 words per nominal page.