ClassGuard vs Detecto

ClassGuard has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

Detecto is a web service that estimates AI-generation likelihood for text, images, video, and audio, returning calibrated probabilities, supporting evidence, and reviewer reports. Text reports can highlight sentences and show perplexity, burstiness, and a confidence band. Image reports include generation likelihood, a region heatmap, surface-artifact flags, and metadata-integrity checks. Reviewers can add notes, save reports, export PDFs, and share controlled links. Scans and reports are private to the account by default; ephemeral mode allows scanning without storing content or reports. Detecto says submissions are never used to train its detection models. The service is aimed at editors, educators, newsroom verification desks, PR teams, agencies, publishers, and universities. A free tier includes starter credits and full report fidelity without a card. Student costs $6.99 a month billed $83.88/yr; Pro costs $19.99 a month billed $239.88/yr; Max costs $59.90 a month billed $718.80/yr. Scores are probabilistic, not proof, and short or translated text can affect detection.