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GOriginality.ai vs Sendsteps
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Originality.ai if…
- you need an API to build on
- you work on Chrome
- you're in its core audience: content publishers, marketing agencies
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Choose Sendsteps if…
- you're in its core audience: teachers, universities and schools
Side by side
Feature Originality.ai Sendsteps
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$12.95/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Cost per 1,000 words processed$0.065—
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt outNo
Data retentionScan history kept 30 days (Pro) or 365 days (Enterprise)Voice recordings kept while content kept; erased within thirty days after agreement ends
Security and compliance—ISO 27001, GDPR
Sentence-level highlights—
Plagiarism checker—
Writing replay—
Bulk processing—
Shareable reports—
Docs/LMS integration—
PlatformsWeb, Chrome, APIWeb
CategoryAI Detection & HumanizersTools for Teachers
CompanyOriginality AI Inc.Sendsteps B.V.
Based inCanadaNetherlands
Founded2022—
Part of——
What the free plans include
Originality.ai
- 10K words (100 credits one time)
- 60 credits (3 scans/day)
- 1 credit = 100 words
Sendsteps
Free plan limits aren't published.
Key features
O Originality.ai
- AI text detection with sentence-level highlights
- Plagiarism checker
- Fact and AI hallucination checker
- Grammar and readability checkers
- Bulk Scan for many documents
- Writing Replay showing how a document was written
- Deep Scan editing suggestions
- Shareable reports and PDF downloads
S Sendsteps
- AI-assisted interactive course creation
- PowerPoint import
- 20+ interactive question types
- Live understanding indicators from participant responses
- Self-paced asynchronous sessions
- PDF and Excel result exports
- Moderator mode and team collaboration
- SSO and LMS connection on Campus plan
Plans and prices
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Originality.ai
FreeFree
Pro$14.95/mo, or $12.95/mo billed yearly ($155.40/yr)
Enterprise$179/mo, or $136.58/mo billed yearly ($1,638.96/yr)
Sendsteps
FreeFree
StarterNot published
ProfessionalNot published
Campus/EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Originality.ai
- Free tier includes AI, plagiarism, grammar and fact checks
- Pro plan starts at $12.95/mo billed yearly
- Integrations for Chrome, Firefox, Google Docs, Moodle and Google Classroom
- Detects text that was paraphrased with AI
- API access only on the $179/mo Enterprise plan
- Credit-based usage: 1 credit equals 100 words
- Pricing page gives conflicting details on free credits and Pro scan history
Sendsteps
- Free forever plan with unlimited participants
- EU data hosting, ISO 27001 certified, designed for GDPR compliance
- Works alongside an existing LMS
- Available in six languages
- Free plan limited to 2 AI creations per 30 days
- Starter and Professional prices not shown on the pricing page
- No API or mobile apps mentioned
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