Turnitin AI Writing Detection
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Plans and prices
From Turnitin AI Writing Detection's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Turnitin AI Writing Detection (institutional license/add-on) | Priced on request | Requires a licensed Turnitin product and administrator enablement; no public price shown · Contact your Turnitin account manager to add the feature to an institutional Turnitin or iThenticate license. |
The facts
Each one read from Turnitin AI Writing Detection's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Administration
- An institution's administrator can disable AI writing detection from account settings.checked 8 Oct 2026
- AI paraphrasing
- The detection capability can identify likely AI-generated text that may also have been modified using an AI paraphraser or bypasser tool.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Availability
- For Turnitin products, AI writing detection is available with Turnitin Originality when licensed and enabled; iThenticate customers can license it as an add-on.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data use
- Turnitin says anonymized student data may be used to train its AI detection classifier when the institution has Turnitin Originality with AI detection enabled.checked 8 Oct 2026
- File requirements
- An AI writing report requires a file under 100 MB, with 300 to 30,000 words of prose in a long-form format, in a supported language and accepted file type.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Turnitin Feedback Studio's LTI 1.3 integrations include platforms such as Blackboard, Canvas, and Moodle; Microsoft Teams AI writing detection requires the Feedback Studio integration and an Originality license.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Turnitin describes its AI writing detection as a tool for educators and institutions to review student submissions and inform their next course of action.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Interpretation limit
- Turnitin says the model may misidentify human-written, AI-generated, or AI-paraphrased text and should not be the sole basis for adverse action against a student.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Turnitin's AI writing detection guide lists English, Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic as supported languages.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Low scores
- Scores below 20% are shown with an asterisk and without an attributed percentage to reduce the risk of false-positive misinterpretation.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The detector helps educators identify text that may have been generated or modified by AI writing tools.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Report
- The report gives an overall percentage of qualifying text likely detected as AI and highlights relevant text segments.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- Turnitin says it undergoes annual SOC 2 Type II audits conducted by an independent external auditor.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users who need access should contact their Turnitin administrator, who can speak with the account manager; technical support cannot enable the feature.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1998checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Oakland, California, United Stateschecked 23 Sep 2026
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