Turnitin Originality

Spec sheet

Purpose

Turnitin Originality adds academic integrity capabilities to similarity checking to help institutions address misconduct beyond plagiarism.Read 2 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com

Audience

Turnitin Originality is presented as an institutional product for educators and administrators seeking academic integrity insights and data for policy decisions.Read 2 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com

Integrations

Turnitin Originality and Originality Check can be accessed through Turnitin’s website or an integrated learning management system, and both license types support LTI 1.3 integrations.Read 2 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com

Security

Turnitin says it uses safeguards including firewalls and encryption and undergoes annual SOC 2 Type II audits by an independent auditor.Read 2 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com

Privacy

Turnitin states that it acts as a data processor under EU and UK GDPR when providing services to customers or users.Read 2 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com

Support

Turnitin’s Help Center provides user guides, release notes, a searchable knowledge base, and access to its technical support team.Read 2 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com

Founded

1998Read 23 Sep 2026 · turnitin.com

AI detection limitation

Turnitin says its AI writing detection does not determine misconduct and instead provides data for educators to make informed decisions.Read 2 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com

AI paraphrasing detection

The product can identify when likely AI-generated content may have been modified using an AI paraphrasing or bypassing tool.Read 2 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com

AI writing detection

Its AI writing indicator reports an overall percentage of likely AI-generated text and highlights predicted AI-generated segments.Read 2 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com

Authorship

The Authorship report provides insights to investigate whether suspected contract cheating cases warrant further review.Read 2 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com

Detection accuracy claim

Turnitin states its AI writing detector has a false positive rate below 1% for documents containing more than 20% AI-generated content.Read 2 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com

Document metadata

Document metadata analytics can help instructors identify patterns and anomalies.Read 2 Oct 2026 · in.turnitin.com

Moodle support

Turnitin’s Moodle Integrity Plugin supports Turnitin Originality and lists Moodle versions 4.5, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2.Read 2 Oct 2026 · guides.turnitin.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• AI Plagiarism Checkers#24 of 266.6