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The best AI detector for each job

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In progress since 9 November 2026
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November 9, 2026

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.

Job cards laid out on chart paper
Job cards laid out on chart paper.

For people

Picks for a reader with a named job: marking, submitting, writing at length, or replacing a school licence.

  • False alarms 0 of 100

    The pick for a stack of essays and one flag to check.

    Student essays, second language essays, AI essaysRead: Best AI detector for teachers
  • False alarms Test in progress

    Check your own draft before it goes in.

    Student essays, second language essays, AI essaysRead: Best AI detector for students
  • False alarms 0 of 100

    Full-length papers and mixed drafts.

    Student essays, second language essays, AI essaysRead: Best AI detector for essays
  • False alarms Test in progress

    For 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.

  • False alarms Test in progress

    Sorted only on false alarms and AI caught.

    Full human set, full AI setRead: Most accurate AI detector
  • False alarms Test in progress

    What each free plan allows, checked on a date.

    Full human set, full AI setRead: Best free AI detector
  • False alarms Test in progress

    Photos and artwork.

    Full human set, full AI setRead: Best AI image detector
  • False alarms 0 of 100

    Thread advice, checked on our run.

    Full human set, full AI setRead: Best AI detector according to Reddit