PlagScan

PlagScan
Developer(s) PlagScan GmbH
Platform Internet
Available in English, French, Spanish, German
Alexa rank Steady 24,888 [1]
Website plagscan.com

PlagScan is an on-premise and SaaS based plagiarism detection software, mostly used by academic institutions. PlagScan serves teachers and professors to identify plagiarism and educate students on the appropriate usage of sources in academic works. The software was launched in 2009 by Markus Goldbach and Johannes Knabe. By 2015, PlagScan served more than 1000 organizations worldwide.

PlagScan compares submissions with billions of documents on the web and in internal archives. The search index expands on a daily basis. Each year, PlagScan checks several million documents for plagiarism. [2]

Functionality and Pricing

Users can either register as single user, or as an organization, which enables further setting options.

Upon first-time registration, single users receive a free test credit. After the completion of a satisfactory trial, single users can purchase more according to their needs.

In order to register as an organization, the representative needs to verify the organization’s address. An obligation-free quote can be requested immediately on the website. Organizations can integrate PlagScan in an excising Learning Management System (e.g. Moodle, Canvas, etc.), or use PlagScan’s browser interface. [3] Organizations can choose from a variety of options and create multiple administrators and groups, for example to divide different departments within one institution.

After scanning a submission for plagiarism, the software provides the user with a detailed report, indicating potential plagiarism, and listing the sources of similarities.[4]

The Academic Market

PlagScan serves schools and universities worldwide, with a strong presence in DACH, but customers from all continents. [5]

PlagScan helps these academic organizations to increase students’ awareness toward plagiarism and academic integrity. Knowing about the usage of a plagiarism detection software aims towards a soft pressure on students, encouraging them to use sources in a scientific and honest way. [6]

The Business Market

PlagScan also offers its services to the commercial market. Business users employ the software to improve SEO rankings, or secure the proper usage of copyright material. They mostly aim to ensure unique content and its protection. The most common commercial customers are publishers, journalists, advertising agencies and law firms. [7]

Privacy and Data Security

PlagScan maintains the European data security and copyright regulations, particularly following the BDSG. Each user has a variety of options regarding to their data and submission settings, for example whether to keep, delete or include submissions in an internal archive. According to the European data security and privacy laws. [8]

Technology

The core two-step algorithm was developed in 2008 and has been refined on a regular basis ever since. The software recognizes plagiarism as soon as three successive words attune to a different source. PlagScan's database constantly grows. Users can decide optionally if they want to include their submissions to an internal archive to compare future submissions with.

Other

TOPtenreviews ranked PlagScan as best plagiarism checker in 2012. [9]

PlagScan participated in “Captivate,” a three-month acceleration program by the German Accelerator in 2014, promoting German technology startups to enter the U.S. market. [10]

PlagScan was ranked as one of the best information and communication technologies at the European Venture Summit in 2014. [11]

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