Pangram review: our take
Pangram's pitch is a low false positive rate: it claims 1 in 10,000 and cites outside evaluations, including a University of Chicago study that found it alone met a strict 0.5% cap. That focus suits editors and academics, for whom wrongly flagging a real writer is the costly error. The free plan scans 2,000 words a day with OCR and the browser extension.
Individual costs $20 a month, $60 less a year on annual billing, with a 7-day trial and plagiarism checks on every scan. Professional, at $65, adds five times the volume and $200 of API credits. The accuracy figures are Pangram's summaries of other people's tests, so read our AI detectors guide before acting on a score. For classroom tools, compare GPTZero; for plagiarism plus site scans, Originality.ai.
By the Prompt Hackers team · facts checked 4 Oct 2026
What Pangram does
Pangram estimates whether text was written by AI and also checks images. It detects in more than 20 languages, reads scanned documents with OCR, and runs in a Chrome and Firefox extension, in Google Docs, through an API, and in Canvas, Google Classroom, Brightspace and Moodle. Paid plans add plagiarism detection on every scan.
Who Pangram is for
Best for
- editors and academics who care most about false positives
- teams that need detection through an API
Not for
- treating the 1-in-10,000 false positive claim as settled: Pangram's accuracy figures come from its own summaries of outside studies, and the original papers set the conditions
- grading on a score alone: any detector score needs a human review
Pangram features
- F1AI text detection in 20+ languages
- F2AI image detection
- F3Plagiarism checker
- paid plans
- F4OCR for scanned files
- F5Chrome and Firefox extension
- F6Google Docs integration
- F7LMS
- Canvas, Google Classroom, Brightspace, Moodle
- F8API
Pangram pricing and plans
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly, per month | What it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | up to 2,000 words a day, 3 image scans a day, file upload with OCR, 20+ languages, browser extension, Google Docs |
| Individual | $20 | $15 | up to 300,000 words and 100 image scans a month, plagiarism detection on every scan, Gmail integration |
| Professional | $65 | $45 | 5x the Individual word and image limits, plus $200 of API credits a month |
Free plan: yes. Free trial: 7 days. Prices as listed by the vendor in USD, before tax; they change, so check the pricing page before you buy.
Pangram FAQ
- How much does Pangram cost?
- Paid plans start at $20/mo, with a discount for yearly billing. Prices checked on 4 Oct 2026.
- Does Pangram have a free plan?
- Yes, Pangram has a free plan.
- What are the alternatives to Pangram?
- Tools that cover the same jobs include GPTZero, Originality.ai, Turnitin, Grammarly.