Is Scanterity free to use?

Yes, Scanterity is 100% free with no sign-up, no credit card, and no hidden limits. Simply paste your text or upload a document and click Forensic Scan to get instant results.

How accurate is Scanterity's plagiarism detection?

Scanterity uses a proprietary multi-signal forensic engine that goes beyond simple string matching. It detects exact copies, intelligent paraphrasing, and conceptual similarity across billions of web pages, academic journals, and published works — delivering industry-leading accuracy.

Can Scanterity detect AI-generated content from ChatGPT?

Yes. Scanterity's built-in AI detector analyzes perplexity, burstiness, and linguistic fingerprints to identify content generated by ChatGPT, GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, and other large language models with high confidence.

Does Scanterity store my documents?

No. All documents are processed in volatile memory (RAM) and immediately discarded. Nothing is stored, indexed, or shared. Scanterity is fully GDPR and CCPA compliant.

Is Scanterity better than Turnitin or Grammarly?

Scanterity combines plagiarism detection, paraphrase detection, and AI content detection in one free tool — capabilities that require premium subscriptions on Turnitin or Grammarly. It also provides forensic PDF reports with source attributions and confidence scores, all with no sign-up required.

Can I use Scanterity for academic papers and essays?

Absolutely. Scanterity is built for students, teachers, professors, and researchers. Upload essays, theses, or research papers to get detailed originality reports with match percentages, source links, and downloadable PDF reports.

What file formats does Scanterity support?

Scanterity accepts PDF, DOCX, and TXT files, or you can paste text directly into the editor. Documents up to 15,000 words can be scanned in a single check.

How is Scanterity different from other plagiarism checkers?

Scanterity is the only free tool that combines forensic plagiarism detection, deep paraphrase analysis, and AI content detection in a single scan. Most competitors charge for these features separately. Scanterity also generates professional PDF reports and requires no account creation.

Privacy Policy — How Scanterity Protects Your Data

Our Core Promise: We are a forensic scanning tool, not a data broker. We do not store, sell, or claim ownership of any intellectual property you scan using Scanterity. Your documents remain yours.

1. Information We Collect

We collect only the minimal data strictly necessary to provide our forensic plagiarism detection services:

Uploaded Content: Text or files you upload specifically for scanning. These are processed ephemerally in volatile memory (RAM).
Technical & Usage Data: Automatically collected information including IP addresses, browser types, device identifiers, and interaction metrics to optimize performance and prevent abuse.
Account Information: If you register, we securely store your email address, encrypted authentication credentials, and billing history (if applicable) through secure third-party payment processors.
Cookies & Local Storage: We use strictly necessary cookies to maintain session states and functional local storage for user preferences. We do not use intrusive third-party tracking cookies.

2. How We Process Your Data

Scanterity operates on a rigorous "process-and-discard" architecture designed to protect intellectual property:

Ephemeral Scanning: Documents uploaded by anonymous users are processed exclusively in RAM and instantly purged from our servers the millisecond a report is generated.
Zero-Retention Policy: We explicitly do not add your scanned documents to any internal database to check against future submissions by other users.
Mathematical Fingerprinting: Our proprietary NLP engines create irreversible mathematical hashes of your text. These abstract hashes cannot be reverse-engineered to reconstruct your original document.

3. Data Sharing & Third Parties

We maintain absolute confidentiality over your submissions. We have never sold, and will never sell, your personal data or your scanned content to data brokers or third parties. We only share data with:

Secure Infrastructure Partners: Cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Vercel) necessary to host and scale our forensic engines. All partners are bound by strict Data Processing Agreements (DPAs).
Legal Compliance: Law enforcement agencies, but strictly only if mandated by a valid, legally binding court order or subpoena.

4. Global Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Depending on your jurisdiction, including the European Economic Area (GDPR) and California (CCPA), you are granted comprehensive rights regarding your personal data:

Right to Access & Portability: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): Request immediate deletion of your account and all associated personal data.
Right to Rectification: Correct any inaccurate data we hold about you.

Because we do not store scanned content for anonymous users, there is no uploaded content to delete. Registered users can permanently delete their account and history instantly from their dashboard settings.

5. Children's Privacy

Scanterity is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain European jurisdictions). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected such data, we will take immediate steps to securely delete it in compliance with COPPA and GDPR.

6. Policy Updates & Contact

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in legal requirements or our operational practices. Any material changes will be communicated via email or a prominent notice on our website.

If you have any questions or require legal assistance regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer at:

Email: hello@scanterity.com