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Head-to-head · AI Content Detectors

Originality.ai vs It's AI

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Originality.ai #1 in AI Content Detectors 9.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Originality.ai
It's AI #7 in AI Content Detectors 8.5/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit It's AI

Originality.ai leads on 0 checks, It's AI on 1, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreOriginality.ai · 9.4/10
  • Free planboth

Originality.ai scores higher on our rubric for ai content detectors: 9.4 against 8.5 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #7.

It's AI leads on word limit: 150000 words versus 10000 words.

Originality.ai is the better fit for broad academic and content verification. It's AI is the better fit for institutions needing affordable bulk detection.

  • Originality.ai fits best

    Broad academic and content verification

  • It's AI fits best

    Institutions needing affordable bulk detection

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Side by side

Feature Originality.ai 9.4/10 Visit ↗ It's AI 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.4 8.5
Ranking #1 in AI Content Detectors #7 in AI Content Detectors
Best for Broad academic and content verification Institutions needing affordable bulk detection
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price — $5/yr
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Browser extension Cloud, Browser extension
Platforms Web, Chrome extension Web, Chrome extension
Integrations 4 integrations 6 integrations
Features Originality.ai 4/4 · It's AI 4/4
Paraphrase detection ✓ ✓
API access ✓ ✓
Browser extension ✓ ✓
Batch scanning ✓ ✓
Specs
Detection languages 30 languages Not checked yet
Word limit 10000 words 150000 words (best)
Our review
Pros
  • Detects AI-generated and paraphrased plagiarized content
  • Supports 30 languages, batch scans, URLs, files, and websites
  • Offers extensions, Google integrations, reports, and API access
  • Sentence-level deep scans and word-level predictions
  • Batch uploads, API endpoints, and Canvas LMS integration
  • Free plan plus a $5-per-student educational tier
Cons
  • Basic limits scans to three per day and 2,000 words per scan
  • Basic includes AI detection only
  • Advanced plans use monthly credits and tiered pricing
  • Free plan limits scans to 4,000 words and three deep scans
  • Advanced capacity requires annual billing on most paid plans
  • Detection estimates may not suit decisions requiring definitive proof
Our verdict

Originality.ai is a web-based content verification platform for writers, editors, marketers, publishers, agencies, educators, and students. It analyzes text for likely AI generation and plagiarism, including paraphrased content, while also…

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It's AI is a web-based AI content detector for educators, students, writers, publishers, recruiters, managers, and machine-learning teams. It analyzes pasted text and uploaded PDF, DOCX, and TXT files, estimating whether content was…

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  1. Originality.aiAI Content Detectors 9.4Free plan
  2. It's AIAI Content Detectors 8.5Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Originality.ai — where it wins

    • Detects AI-generated and paraphrased plagiarized content
    • Supports 30 languages, batch scans, URLs, files, and websites
    • Offers extensions, Google integrations, reports, and API access

    Where it doesn't

    • Basic limits scans to three per day and 2,000 words per scan
    • Basic includes AI detection only
    • Advanced plans use monthly credits and tiered pricing
  • It's AI — where it wins

    • Sentence-level deep scans and word-level predictions
    • Batch uploads, API endpoints, and Canvas LMS integration
    • Free plan plus a $5-per-student educational tier

    Where it doesn't

    • Free plan limits scans to 4,000 words and three deep scans
    • Advanced capacity requires annual billing on most paid plans
    • Detection estimates may not suit decisions requiring definitive proof

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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