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For teachers who can't wait for IT to approve another tool

Turnitin Catches Plagiarism.
It Can't Catch AI. We Can.

Turnitin added AI detection as an afterthought. We built an entire product for it. No institutional contract. No per-student fees. No IT department needed. Just paste and know in 3 seconds.

Purpose
AI-First
vs
Plagiarism + AI add-on
Price
$8.80/mo flat
vs
$3–15/student/year
Your Data
Never Stored
vs
Stored permanently
Setup
60 Seconds
vs
Weeks of IT setup
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Works instantly. No LMS needed. No admin approval.

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THE REAL DIFFERENCE

One was built to catch copying.
The other was built to catch AI. Those are not the same problem.

Turnitin: Plagiarism Tool First, AI Detection Second

Turnitin launched in 1998 to catch students copying from the internet. It does that well. When ChatGPT arrived in 2022, they bolted on AI detection as a feature update. The results have been rocky. Their AI accuracy has been questioned by multiple universities. Several institutions paused using it after false positive incidents.

It is a plagiarism tool trying to do AI detection as a side job. Those are fundamentally different problems with different solutions.

TheChecker.AI: Built for AI Detection. Nothing Else.

TheChecker.AI was built in 2024 with one purpose: detect AI-generated text. Every algorithm, every model, every feature exists to answer one question. Did a human write this?

We detect 40+ AI models. We name which one. We highlight every sentence. We never store your students' work. And any teacher can use it in 60 seconds without filing a single IT ticket.

THE PRICING PROBLEM

Turnitin costs your school $3–15 per student.
We cost you $8.80 total.

Watch what happens as your class size grows.

One Class of 30 Students
$90 – $450
Turnitin per year
Save up to 80%
$88
TheChecker.AI per year
Five Classes, 150 Students
$450 – $2,250
Turnitin per year
Save up to 96%
$88
TheChecker.AI per year
Department of 500 Students
$1,500 – $7,500
Turnitin per year
Save up to 98%
$88
TheChecker.AI per year

Same price whether you check 10 essays or 10,000. No per-student math. No budget approval meetings. No procurement committee.

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THE PRIVACY PROBLEM

Turnitin keeps every essay. Forever. We keep nothing.

Turnitin: Permanent Storage

Every essay submitted to Turnitin gets added to their database permanently. Your students' intellectual property becomes part of Turnitin's comparison corpus. Students have pushed back. Universities have faced legal questions.

Real impact: A graduate student discovered her thesis had been stored in Turnitin's database and used to flag another student's work as plagiarism. Her original research became someone else's "source match." She spent weeks trying to resolve the issue.

TheChecker.AI: Nothing Stored. Ever.

We analyze your text in real time and discard it immediately. Nothing is stored. Nothing is cached. Nothing is used for training. Zero data retention.

GDPR compliant. FERPA friendly. Your students' work stays your students' work. Full stop.

Try It. Your Text Is Never Stored.

SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON

TheChecker.AI vs Turnitin: Feature by Feature

Different tools built for different problems.

FeatureTheChecker.AITurnitin
Primary purpose✓ AI detectionPlagiarism detection
AI detection accuracy✓ 93%Disputed (universities paused usage)
Identifies AI model✓ Yes (40+ models)✗ No
Sentence-level AI breakdown✓ Full highlightLimited
Content storage✓ Never stored✗ Permanent database
Setup time✓ 60 seconds✗ Weeks (IT required)
Pricing✓ $8.80/mo flat✗ $3–15 per student/year
Contract required✓ No✗ Yes (institutional)
Individual teacher access✓ Yes✗ Requires admin approval
GDPR / FERPA✓ CompliantVaries by contract
See What Turnitin Can't Show You

WHAT EDUCATORS SAY

Teachers are switching. Here is why.

★★★★★
"My university has Turnitin but the AI detection kept flagging my ESL students. I started using TheChecker.AI on the side for a second opinion. Within a week it became my primary tool. The sentence-level breakdown is what Turnitin should have built but didn't."
Dr. James L.
Associate Professor of English
★★★★★
"Our department evaluated both tools side by side for two months. Turnitin's AI detection flagged 6 false positives in 200 essays. TheChecker.AI flagged 1. The cost difference made the decision even easier."
Dr. Sarah W.
Department Chair, Liberal Arts

ZERO RISK

You don't need to cancel Turnitin.
Just see what it's missing.

Keep Turnitin for plagiarism. Use TheChecker.AI for AI detection. Run the same essay through both and see the difference. One gives you a score. The other gives you evidence.

Your school probably pays for Turnitin already. That is fine. It does a good job catching plagiarism. But AI detection is a different problem entirely, and it deserves a purpose-built tool.

Try TheChecker.AI alongside Turnitin. Paste the same essay into both. You will see the difference in 3 seconds. We show you which sentences, which model, and how confident we are. Turnitin gives you a percentage.

No contract to sign. No IT ticket to file. No budget to approve. Just paste and know.

Try Free. See What Turnitin Misses.
  • ✓No contract, no credit card, no account needed to try
  • ✓No IT department required
  • ✓Results in 3 seconds
  • ✓Student content is never stored
  • ✓Cancel anytime. No lock-in period
  • ✓GDPR compliant. FERPA friendly
  • ✓$88/year. Unlimited checks. Unlimited students

Turnitin Is a Plagiarism Tool. You Need an AI Detector.
Those Are Different Jobs.

Next semester, when a student submits an AI essay, you will know which sentences, which model, and why. In 60 seconds. For $8.80. Without filing a single IT ticket.

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$8.80/month. Unlimited checks. Cancel anytime. Content never stored.