The best AI detector for each job
One page per job. Each names a single pick, scored on the samples that job depends on, with false alarms on human writing counted and what the pick gets wrong said plainly.
Each pick comes from the same dated run as every other page on the site. A job page changes which samples count, never the weights: the pick for teachers is scored on student essays and the essays of writers working in a second language, the pick for free tools only on free plans, and the image pick on its own set of real photographs, real artwork and AI images.
Read the false alarm count before the score. A detector that catches every AI essay but flags a real student's work is the wrong tool for a classroom, and each pick page says plainly what its winner gets wrong. If your job is not listed, the overall ranking uses every sample, and the head-to-head comparisons set two tools you already know against each other.
Run RUN-2026-11-A started on 9 November 2026 and is in progress: GPTZero and Originality.ai are scored on the first 120 samples, and every other tool shows a test in progress tag until its readings are in.
For people
Picks for a reader with a named job: marking, submitting, writing at length, or replacing a school licence.
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Best AI detector for teachers
GZGPTZeroFalse alarms 0 of 100The pick for a stack of essays and one flag to check.
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Best AI detector for students
QBQuillBotFalse alarms Test in progressCheck your own draft before it goes in.
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Best AI detector for essays
GZGPTZeroFalse alarms 0 of 100Full-length papers and mixed drafts.
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Best AI checker like Turnitin
CLCopyleaksFalse alarms Test in progressFor people without a Turnitin licence.
Student essays, second language essays, AI essaysRead: Best AI checker like Turnitin
By need
Picks for one requirement: accuracy alone, a free plan, images, or what other readers recommend.
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Most accurate AI detector
PGPangramFalse alarms Test in progressSorted only on false alarms and AI caught.
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Best free AI detector
ZGZeroGPTFalse alarms Test in progressWhat each free plan allows, checked on a date.
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Best AI image detector
ANAI or NotFalse alarms Test in progressPhotos and artwork.
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Best AI detector according to Reddit
GZGPTZeroFalse alarms 0 of 100Thread advice, checked on our run.
Full human set, full AI setRead: Best AI detector according to Reddit
Related reading
Best AI Detectors (2026): Picks Backed by Our RunsThe overall ranking.
AI Detector Comparisons: Head-to-Head ResultsTwo detectors, the same samples. Each comparison sets both readings over one.
AI Detector Alternatives: Replacements That FitPeople switch detectors for four reasons: they cannot get access, the free plan.
How AI Detectors Are Tested: Our Samples, Scoring, DatesThe protocol behind every pick.