Dolos vs Quetext AI Detector

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.

Quetext AI Detector analyzes writing for signs of AI-generated text, including text associated with ChatGPT, GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, and Llama. It examines writing patterns, perplexity, and burstiness, then presents line-by-line results with a confidence score. The same scan checks for plagiarism. Quetext cautions that short phrases can be difficult to assess and that longer, structured text works better.

The free plan includes AI detection and plagiarism checks for up to 1,000 words, plus Summarizer and Humanizer limits of 2,000 words. AI Detector Only costs $7.99 a month, billed annually, and includes 50,000 words per month, reports, and API access. The Chrome extension checks webpages, Google Docs, WordPress, and plain HTML. The API accepts text or files and returns plagiarism and AI scores, with integrations described for Canvas, Blackboard, and custom portals. Reports can be downloaded or shared as PDFs. Quetext’s privacy policy says submitted content and usage data may be used for AI training and quality processes by default; it offers an opt-out for future inclusion of identifiable personal data.