Comparison of anti-plagiarism software
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The following tables compare software used for plagiarism detection.
General
Software | Developer | First public release | Latest stable version | License | Deployment options | Scripts supported | Notes |
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Copyscape | Indigo Stream Technologies, Ltd. | 2004 | freemium[1] | SaaS | Latin | Targeted at website managers.[2] | |
Grammarly | Grammarly, Inc. | 2016 | freemium | SaaS | Latin | Checks against ProQuest databases and (public) web pages.[3] | |
HelioBLAST | Virginia Bioinformatics Institute | ? | (free of charge web service) | Latin | Submissions are limited to 1,000 words. Checking against abstract and titles in Medline/PubMed.[4] | ||
iThenticate | iParadigms | 2004 | 2017 | proprietary | SaaS | Latin | |
PlagScan | PlagScan GmbH | 2008 | limited | SaaS, On-Premises[5] | Latin, Cyrillic & Arabic[6][7] | Submissions are checked against (public) online documents, a (private) shared repository, and the user's own (private) repository.[8] | |
PlagTracker | Devellar | 2011 | freemium | SaaS | Latin, Cyrillic | Rated as "Useless for academic purposes" by Plagiats Portal[9] | |
Turnitin | iParadigms | 1997 | proprietary | SaaS | Latin & multiple scripts through translation [10] | Automatically stores uploaded texts (submitted for checking) in its own database.[11] | |
Unicheck | Unicheck | 2014 | SaaS | proprietary | SaaS | Latin, Cyrillic | Pricing "per page" based on 137.5 words per nominal page.[12] |
References
- ^ Copyscape FAQ: "What is the difference between Copyscape Premium and the free Copyscape service?". Accessed 2019-02-06.
- ^ Copyscape FAQ: "What is Copyscape used for?". Accessed 2019-02-06.
- ^ Grammarly: Plagiarism Checker. Accessed 2019-02-08.
- ^ HelioBlast website, Accessed 2019-02-02.
- ^ Plagiarism Detection Within your own Data Processing Center
- ^ PlagScan FAQ: "Is it possible to check text in any language?" Accessed 2019-02-06.
- ^ PlagScan : Kommentar zum Software-Test der HTW 2013 (in German). Accessed 2019-02-06.
- ^ Plagiarism Prevention Pool (PPP) | PlagScan. Accessed 2019-02-05.
- ^ Results of the Plagiarism Detection System Test 2013; Plagiats Portal. See also detailed critique of PlagTracker on Plagiats Portal. Analyses by Debora Weber-Wulff (HTW Berlin). Accessed 2019-02-06.
- ^ - Enable Translated Matching
- ^ Plagiarism Detection Systems Not Tested in 2013, Plagiats Portal. Analyses by Debora Weber-Wulff (HTW Berlin). Accessed 2019-02-06.
- ^ Strong plagiarism finder - Unicheck. Prices Accessed 2019-02-06.