Skip to content
SPECIFICTION
Get listed

Turnitin AI Writing Detection

turnitin.com

Web
Visit turnitin.com
Spec score 6.7 #29 of 31 in Plagiarism Checkers

Spec sheet

Purpose
The detector helps educators identify text that may have been generated or modified by AI writing tools.Read 8 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com
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.Read 8 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com
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.Read 8 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com
Security
Turnitin says it undergoes annual SOC 2 Type II audits conducted by an independent external auditor.Read 8 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com
Support
Users who need access should contact their Turnitin administrator, who can speak with the account manager; technical support cannot enable the feature.Read 8 Oct 2026 · helpcenter.turnitin.com
Headquarters
Oakland, California, United StatesRead 23 Sep 2026 · turnitin.com
Founded
1998Read 23 Sep 2026 · turnitin.com
Administration
An institution's administrator can disable AI writing detection from account settings.Read 8 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com
AI paraphrasing
The detection capability can identify likely AI-generated text that may also have been modified using an AI paraphraser or bypasser tool.Read 8 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com
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.Read 8 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com
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.Read 8 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com
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.Read 8 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com
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.Read 8 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com
Languages
Turnitin's AI writing detection guide lists English, Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic as supported languages.Read 8 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com
Low scores
Scores below 20% are shown with an asterisk and without an attributed percentage to reduce the risk of false-positive misinterpretation.Read 8 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com
Report
The report gives an overall percentage of qualifying text likely detected as AI and highlights relevant text segments.Read 8 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com

Plans and prices

Turnitin AI Writing Detection (institutional license/add-on) Priced on request Contact your Turnitin account manager to add the feature to an institutional Turnitin or iThenticate license. Requires a licensed Turnitin product and administrator enablement; no public price shown Read 8 Oct 2026 · helpcenter.turnitin.com

Every Turnitin AI Writing Detection plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

Alternatives to Turnitin AI Writing DetectionAll alternatives →