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Scribbr
✓ verifiedFreemium
Academic writing platform combining human and AI proofreading, plagiarism checking, and citation generation for students.
7.3M visits/mo3.2K saves
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LanguageTool
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI grammar and style checker with paraphrasing, available across browsers, email, office apps and as an API.
7.6M visits/mo5.0K saves
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Toolsmart Free Humanize AI
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Free, no-signup web tool that rewrites AI-generated text into more natural, human-sounding prose across eight tone modes.
1.4M visits/mo13K saves
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Core features
- ✦Plagiarism checker using university-grade detection software
- ✦AI content detector for flagging AI-generated text
- ✦Human proofreading with roughly 3-hour turnaround
- ✦AI-proofreading that reviews a full paper in minutes
- ✦Citation generator supporting APA, MLA, Chicago, and more
- ✦Free paraphrasing, summarizing, and grammar-checking tools
- ✦Grammar and spelling checking
- ✦Style and tone suggestions
- ✦Paraphrasing tool
- ✦Browser, email and office add-ons
- ✦Proofreading API
- ✦Business/GDPR-conformant options
- ✦Eight rewriting/tone modes
- ✦Adjustable humanization intensity
- ✦No signup or account required
- ✦No ads
- ✦Text expand and shorten options
- ✦Works for essays, emails, and marketing copy
Use cases
- →Students getting a paper proofread before submission
- →Checking a thesis or dissertation for unintentional plagiarism
- →Generating accurate citations in a required academic style
- →Detecting whether a document may read as AI-generated
- →Proofread and correct writing
- →Rephrase sentences
- →Maintain consistent tone across a team
- →Students smoothing AI-drafted essays
- →Bloggers polishing AI-generated posts
- →Freelance writers delivering client-ready copy
- →Marketers refining AI ad or email copy
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