Sentence-level evidence so you can have a productive conversation with the student. Bulk scan a whole class. FERPA-compatible.
Academic AI detection is in a difficult middle period. The technology has moved past the early 2024 panic — it works, more or less — but the false-positive rate is still high enough that no responsible educator can use a single percentage as the basis for an academic-integrity decision. A 78% AI score on a student's essay isn't proof. It's a signal that needs investigation.
The cost of getting this wrong is real. False accusations damage student trust, raise legal risk for institutions, and disproportionately affect non-native English speakers — whose polished academic prose patterns the detectors trained on. The peer-reviewed research is consistent: most major detectors flag ESL writing 2–4× more often than native-speaker writing of the same quality.
TextSight is built for the actual workflow educators need. Not a single percentage you have to defend. Sentence-level highlighting that shows you exactly which sentences scored AI and why, so you can have a productive conversation with a student instead of an accusatory one. Bulk upload for a whole class so you're not opening 60 browser tabs at end-of-term. Scan history so you can see patterns over a semester instead of one-off flags.
And — critically — full FERPA-compatible privacy. Student work stays in your account. Nothing is shared with the student, parents, or admin unless you explicitly export a report.
Most detectors flag 30-40% of human-written ESL essays as AI. False accusations damage student trust and your credibility. Students shouldn't need to defend themselves against algorithms.
One-by-one scanning isn't viable when class submissions land all at once. You need bulk upload, not browser tabs.
"This essay scored 67% AI" isn't something you can show a student or department head. You need sentence-level evidence — which sentences, why flagged, and how confident.
Student work is FERPA-protected. You can't paste essays into random tools. You need to know exactly where the data goes and who can see it.
The same essay scores 95% AI on one detector and 12% on another. You can't base academic integrity decisions on a single percentage.
Each flagged sentence is shown with its individual score and reason. "Sentence 4 scored 89% AI: predictable rhythm + 3 bridge words" — concrete evidence you can discuss with the student.
Upload a class's worth of essays at once. Each is scanned and scored in parallel. Review the flagged ones first, skip the obviously-fine ones.
Every scan is saved with metadata. Track score trends per student over a semester. Spot patterns you wouldn't catch in one-off scans.
Scans are private to your account. Nothing is shared with the student, parents, or admin unless you explicitly export a PDF report. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
billed $359.88/year
Enterprise $59.99/mo adds 10 seats + 50K API calls/mo (for institutional rollout)
TextSight self-reports 99.2% accuracy on AI vs human classification. The differentiator is sentence-level analysis — you don't base decisions on a single percentage; you see specifically which sentences are flagged and why.
TextSight flags AI patterns (sentence-length variance, bridge-word density, generic structure), not language proficiency. False-positive rates on ESL writing are lower than competitors that rely heavily on perplexity scoring.
Business tier supports bulk PDF/DOCX upload with parallel scanning. Upload 60 essays, get 60 reports back within minutes.
Scans are private to your TextSight account. Student data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest. Nothing is shared with the student, parents, or institution unless you explicitly export a report. For institutional rollouts requiring DPA agreements, contact sales.
Free tier: 3 scans/day, 5,000 chars per scan. Useful for individual essay checks. For class-volume work, the Starter tier ($7.49/mo annual) handles 20 scans/day.
Direct LMS plugins are not yet available. The Business+ tier includes a REST API your IT team can wire into your LMS for automated scanning of submissions.
3 free scans/day, no credit card required.