Plagiarism Scan: Check Your Academic Paper Online
Upload your document and let our plagiarism scan do the work. PlagAware searches public sources (about 70 billion texts, per PlagAware) · PDF report in about 15 minutes · From $0.29/page. No subscription, no registration.
Public sources, ~70B texts
The draft discusses the relationship between evidence and interpretation. It then considers how research questions shape an argument.
Illustrative example, not an actual report or vendor interface. Highlights distinguish source excerpts, not severity. Similarity is not a plagiarism verdict.
How Your Plagiarism Scan Works
From upload to report in three simple steps. No technical knowledge required. Just upload your document and we handle the rest.
1. Upload Your Document
Go to the order page, upload your file (PDF, DOCX, DOC, or TXT), select your scan type, and complete the secure checkout.
2. Scan Runs Automatically
PlagAware compares your text with public sources, such as web pages and open-access publications (about 70 billion texts, per PlagAware). It has no access to paywalled or subscription journals. All of this runs in the background.
3. Receive Your PDF Report
In about 15 minutes, your detailed PDF report arrives by email. Matching passages are highlighted in your text and linked directly to the matching source.
What the Scan Looks For
The scan finds text in your paper that matches public sources. Here's what that means for the most common forms of academic dishonesty, and where its limits are.
Direct Copy-Paste
Word-for-word text copied from a public online source without a citation. Even a single copied sentence can be flagged by university detection software during submission.
Close Paraphrasing
Rewording someone else's ideas without crediting the author is still plagiarism. Passages that stay close to the original wording can show up as partial matches, but heavily reworded text may not be found. Read your paper critically as well.
Self-Plagiarism
Reusing sections of your own previous papers without acknowledging the original work is considered self-plagiarism at most institutions. The scan can only flag your earlier text if it's publicly available online.
Translated Text
Taking content from a foreign language source and translating it into English without attribution is plagiarism. PlagAware doesn't document matching across languages, so translated passages may not be found by the scan.
Mosaic Plagiarism
Mixing phrases from multiple sources without citation is also called patch writing. When the fragments come from public sources, each match is highlighted and linked to its own source.
Incorrect Citations
Content that is cited but where the quotation marks are missing around directly copied text may still constitute plagiarism. The scan highlights matching passages so you can verify correct citation formatting.
Understanding Your Report
Once the scan is complete, you receive a PDF report that shows which passages were highlighted and where they came from. Every finding links to its source, so you can check it yourself.
Properly quoted and cited text can show up as a match too. Open each source, judge the match, and decide whether you need a citation, quotation marks, or a rewrite.
- Matching passages highlighted in your text
- Each color tied to one source, not to how serious a match is
- Direct clickable links to every matching source
- Overall similarity percentage for your entire document
- Delivered as a PDF by email
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Illustrative example, not an actual report or vendor interface. Colors distinguish sources, not severity. Review attribution yourself.
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Standard plagiarism scan against public sources (about 70 billion texts, per PlagAware).
- Public sources, ~70B texts (per PlagAware)
- Report in about 15 minutes
- Detailed PDF report
- Delivered by email
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- Report in about 15 minutes
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AI typicality runs from 0 to 100, with 50 neutral. It is not a probability of authorship or a model identifier. We have not published model-specific validation for this service. Review findings in context.
Plagiarism Scan: Frequently Asked Questions
During a plagiarism scan, PlagAware compares your document with public sources. According to PlagAware, that's about 70 billion texts. Matches are highlighted in your report and linked directly to the original source. You receive the completed PDF report by email in about 15 minutes.
Most plagiarism scans are completed within about 15 minutes. In rare cases involving very long documents or high server load, it may take up to 24 hours. You will receive the report by email as soon as it is ready. There is no need to keep the browser open.
We accept PDF, DOC, DOCX, and TXT files up to 50 MB. The document must contain machine-readable text. Scanned images (picture PDFs) or handwritten documents cannot be processed. If your PDF is image-based, convert it to a text-based format first using OCR software.
The percentage shows how much of your text matched external sources. There is no universal acceptable percentage; follow your institution's policy. Not all matches represent actual plagiarism, because properly quoted and cited text may still appear highlighted. Always review each highlighted passage individually.
Yes. Your document goes to PlagAware, our scan provider in Germany, and is used only to run your scan. It isn't added to any plagiarism pool, isn't shared with universities, and PlagAware deletes its scan text after report creation. Our upload download tokens expire after 48 hours; this is not a maximum physical file-retention deadline. See our privacy policy.
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