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. The software was launched in 2009 by Markus Goldbach and Johannes Knabe. By 2015, PlagScan served more than 1000 organizations worldwide, such as the University of Jordan, the Fortis College Largo and the Free University of Berlin.

PlagScan compares submissions with web documents and internal archives. Annually, PlagScan checks several million documents for plagiarism.

Functionality and Pricing

Users can either register as a single user or as an organization. Upon first-time registration, single users receive a free test credit and can purchase additional credits for future submissions. after the completion of a satisfactory trial.

Organizational users verify the organization’s address prior to using the software. An obligation-free quote can be requested immediately on the website. 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, PlagScan provides users with a detailed report that indicates potential plagiarism and lists the matched sources.

The Academic Market

With a dominating presence in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland PlagScan serves schools and universities worldwide. The software aims to help academic institutions to increase students’ awareness toward plagiarism and academic integrity.

The Business Market

PlagScan also offers its services to the commercial market and publishers. Business users employ the software to improve SEO rankings or secure the proper usage of copyright material. [2] They mostly aim to ensure unique content and its protection. The most common commercial customers are publishers, journalists, advertising agencies and law firms.

Privacy and Data Security

PlagScan maintains the European data security and copyright regulations, particularly following the German Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG). Each user has a variety of options regarding 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. [3]

Technology

PlagScan’s two-step algorithm was developed in 2008 and compares submissions with millions of web sources and internal archives that users can optionally participate in. The software recognizes plagiarism as soon as at least three consecutive words match a different source.

PlagScan built an indexing tool based on Apache Solr and relies on Microsoft Bing’s search index for web documents. [4]

The software can be integrated into Learning Management Systems such as Moodle, Canvas, etc through an API integration. [5]

Other

The plagiarism blog plagiarismtoday.com ranked PlagScan as the fourth best plagiarism detection software on the market in 2011. [6]

TOPtenreviews ranked PlagScan as best plagiarism checker in 2012. [7]

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. [8]

PlagScan was ranked as one of the best information and communication technologies at the European Venture Summit in 2014. [9]


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