Dolos vs Pangram

Dolos is a free, open-source tool for finding similarities between source-code submissions, particularly for teachers reviewing tests, exams, and exercises where collaboration may be allowed in small groups. Its analysis process tokenizes files, fingerprints token sequences, indexes matches, and produces reports. For each file pair, reports include similarity, total overlap, and the longest matching fragment. Dolos uses Tree-sitter parsers and supports languages including Bash, C, C++, C#, Elm, JavaScript, Java, PHP, Python, and TypeScript. The web app accepts ZIP files and detects languages from file extensions; in mixed-language archives, it analyzes only the dominant language unless a language is selected. Its public API accepts ZIP submissions up to 10 MB, with the CLI or library recommended for larger submissions. Analyses can also run locally, with results displayed in a browser, or on a self-hosted server. The free web app is hosted on Ghent University servers in Belgium. Dolos provides a JSON API for integrations such as Dodona and lists CSV as a report export format.

Pangram detects AI-generated text and images and offers plagiarism detection. Its text analysis covers material associated with ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Llama, and Claude, and it can highlight passages edited by AI rather than fully generated by AI. Users can submit PDF, DOCX, and RTF files, with uploads of up to 100 files at a time. Pangram says its detection works across more than 20 languages. A Chrome and Firefox extension scans feeds on sites including X, LinkedIn, Substack, Medium, Reddit, and Google Docs; listed integrations also include Canvas, Blackboard, Brightspace, Google Classroom, Moodle, Schoology, and Ashby. Pangram says submitted content is not used to train generalized AI models. Text remains stored while an account is active but can be deleted from dashboard history. The service has a free plan and a 7-day trial. Individual costs $20 per month billed annually, and Professional costs $65 per month billed annually. The site displays SOC 2 Type 2 verification by AssuranceLab.