The Pangram Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Pangram in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Pangram
The Insider’s Guide
Detects AI-written text and images, with a free daily allowance
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among writing tools, read from Pangram’s own pages.
Made by Pangram Labs · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Pangram’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Pangram’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.6
GPA, above 32 of the 69 other writing tools we grade
Pangram detects text written by AI models such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, and shows which passages look AI-written or AI-assisted. It works in more than 20 languages, also checks images and runs similarity checks, and is used in the browser, a Chrome extension, Google Docs, Gmail and school learning systems. A free account scans up to 2,000 words a day; paid plans are sold by monthly word allowance.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Pangram, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for checking whether text was written by AI
Pangram tells you whether a piece of text was written by ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and marks which passages look AI-written or AI-assisted, in more than 20 languages.
- 2
Paid plans start at $15 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $15 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly).
- 3
There is a free plan
20 credits a day, enough for 2,000 words, plus 3 image scans a day, file uploads and scans of single social posts. No payment method needed.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web, with a browser extension too.
- 5
AI text detection
Scores a text for AI generation and marks AI-written or AI-assisted segments; Pangram benchmarks it against 26 models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others.
- 6
AI image detection
Checks JPG, PNG or WebP images of at least 512 x 512 pixels for AI generation: 3 a day free, 100 a month on Individual and 500 on Professional.
- 7
Similarity checks
Paid plans can run a similarity (plagiarism) check on any scan; each one uses 5 credits, or 500 words of allowance.
- 8
A 2.6 GPA, above 32 of 69
That is against the other writing tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
You could make this
A writing app at its plainest is a page that saves what you type.
Pangram at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $15 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial of the Individual and Team plans; Professional is billed at sign-up
- Runs on
- Web, Browser extension
- Made by
- Pangram Labs
- Category
- Writing Tools
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
The report card
Best for checking whether text was written by AI
Pangram tells you whether a piece of text was written by ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and marks which passages look AI-written or AI-assisted, in more than 20 languages. It checks images too. The free 2,000 words a day goes a long way, but it doesn't help you write anything, it only checks.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Graded against its own alternatives, as it checks text rather than helping you write it. Individual is $15 a month billed yearly ($20 monthly) for 300,000 words, above Grammarly's and Paperpal's $12 and nearly twice QuillBot's $8.33, which all do more besides. |
| Free plan and trial | B | Free for good with no payment method: 20 credits a day, about 2,000 words, plus 3 image scans, and it resets daily. One person checking the odd essay or article could live on that. A teacher marking a whole class in an evening couldn't. |
| Features | C | It does AI detection fully: scores and marked passages across 20+ languages, image checks, similarity checks, OCR for scanned files and feed scanning. But it's a much smaller job than a writing tool's, as it only tells you who wrote the text. |
| Ease of use | B | No store rating on record, but there's nothing to set up: paste the text or upload a file, and the result comes back with the suspect passages marked. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web and a Chrome extension, with Google Docs and Gmail on paid plans, Canvas, Moodle, Google Classroom and Brightspace for schools, and an API. No desktop or phone app. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Pangram is for
- Great if you're a teacher who wants to know whether that essay was really written by the student
- Handy when editors need to screen submitted articles before they run
- Good for developers adding AI detection to their own app through the API
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want help writing, as it only checks what's already written
- Tight if you mark a whole class on the free plan, at about 2,000 words a day
- Pricey if you scan in bulk through the API, at $0.05 per 100 words unless you're on Professional
Good to know
Good for
- Teachers and professors checking student work for AI writing
- Editors and publishers screening submitted articles
- Developers adding AI detection to their own apps through the API
Worth knowing
- The free plan stops at 20 credits a day: one credit is 100 words, rounded up, so it covers about 2,000 words. Credits reset daily.
- API use is billed apart from the seat plans at $0.05 per 100 words; of the self-serve plans, only Professional includes API credit.
- Refunds apply only to individual plans, within 14 days of purchase and with fewer than 20 credits used.
- Zero data retention, custom hosting and custom LMS or ATS integrations need the sales-priced Enterprise plan.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$15
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Pangram has a free plan. Paid plans start at $15 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly).
Graded against its own alternatives, as it checks text rather than helping you write it.
Free
$0
Up to 2,000 words and 3 image scans a day, file uploads and single-post scans on social media and Substack.
Individual
$15
per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)
300,000 words and 100 image scans a month, similarity checks, OCR for scanned files, automatic feed scanning, and Google Docs and Gmail.
Professional
$45
per month, billed annually ($65 billed monthly)
Individual features at 5 times the volume: 1,500,000 words and 500 image scans a month, plus $200 of API credit each month.
Team
$20
per seat / month from 2 seats, billed monthly
Individual features for each member, with an admin and member dashboard and one bill; $40 a month for the first 2 seats.
Enterprise
Custom
Sold through sales: API access, zero data retention and custom hosting, custom LMS or ATS links, volume pricing and dedicated support.
The free plan
20 credits a day, enough for 2,000 words, plus 3 image scans a day, file uploads and scans of single social posts. No payment method needed.
Trying it first
7-day free trial of the Individual and Team plans; Professional is billed at sign-up
Read from pangram.com on Oct 18, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save $60 to $240 a year with annual billing
Individual is $15 a month billed annually against $20 monthly (save $60), Professional $45 against $65 (save $240), and a 2-seat Team saves $120.
Stated on pangram.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
2
Places it runs: Web and Browser extension
Detects AI-written text and images, with a free daily allowance. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features.
But it's a much smaller job than a writing tool's, as it only tells you who wrote the text.
- AI text detection
- Scores a text for AI generation and marks AI-written or AI-assisted segments; Pangram benchmarks it against 26 models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others.
- AI image detection
- Checks JPG, PNG or WebP images of at least 512 x 512 pixels for AI generation: 3 a day free, 100 a month on Individual and 500 on Professional.
- Similarity checks
- Paid plans can run a similarity (plagiarism) check on any scan; each one uses 5 credits, or 500 words of allowance.
- Chrome extension and feeds
- The Chrome extension checks text in the browser, and on paid plans it automatically scans your feeds on social media, Substack and similar sites.
- Docs, Gmail and school systems
- Paid plans add Google Docs and Gmail; schools connect it to learning systems such as Canvas, Moodle, Google Classroom and Brightspace.
- Developer API
- A pay-as-you-go API costs $0.05 per 100 words, with 20% off for batch submissions sent asynchronously.
Where it runs
- Web
- Browser extension
What it works with
- Google Docs
- Gmail
- Canvas
- Moodle
- Google Classroom
- Brightspace
Pangram is made by Pangram Labs.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
32/69
Other writing tools it is graded above
Pangram's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 32 of the 69 other writing tools we grade, and level with 10.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 48 of 69) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $15 a month, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 37 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 14 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 70 writing tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Pangram’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 69
- BFree plan and trialAbove 48 of 69
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 69
- BEase of useAbove 32 of 69
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 32 of 69
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 53 writing tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Pangram is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
You could make this
A writing app at its plainest is a page that saves what you type.
What Pangram does at its core is plain work, and that is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well. You would give up 2 things, listed below, and little else. It costs $180 a year. An AI app builder starts at about $19 a month on our listings, and you only need it while you build.
What you could make
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, Google Docs, Gmail and Canvas among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Pangram’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
QuillBot, Grammarly, Paperpal and Trinka
The 4 tools Pangram is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.8GPA
QuillBot
Free plan · from $8.33/mo
AI paraphraser with grammar, summarizing and AI-detection tools.
- Only QuillBot lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- QuillBot also covers chat assistant, citations and grammar & style.
- 3.0GPA
Grammarly
Free plan · from $12/mo
Writing assistant for grammar, tone and rewrites in any app.
- Only Grammarly lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Grammarly also covers AI agents, citations, documents and grammar & style.
- 2.6GPA
Paperpal
Free plan · from $12/mo
AI writing and checking assistant for academic papers.
- Paperpal also covers research, citations and grammar & style.
- 2.8GPA
Trinka
Free plan · from $48/yr
AI grammar checker and writing assistant for academic writing.
- Only Trinka lists a Windows app.
- Trinka also covers citations and grammar & style.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
15
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Pangram free?
Pangram has a free plan. 20 credits a day, enough for 2,000 words, plus 3 image scans a day, file uploads and scans of single social posts.
How much does Pangram cost?
Pangram lists 5 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Pangram work on?
Pangram is available on Web. It also has a browser extension.
Does Pangram offer any discounts?
Pangram publicly lists the following: Save $60 to $240 a year with annual billing.
Does Pangram have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Pangram is listed for Web.
Does Pangram have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Pangram is listed for Web.
Is Pangram open source?
Pangram is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Does Pangram have an API?
Yes. Pangram offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Pangram integrate with?
Pangram's listing names Google Docs, Gmail, Canvas, Moodle, Google Classroom and Brightspace.
Does Pangram have a free trial?
Yes. 7-day free trial of the Individual and Team plans; Professional is billed at sign-up.
Who makes Pangram?
Pangram is made by Pangram Labs.
What are the alternatives to Pangram?
The closest alternatives to Pangram in our directory are QuillBot, Grammarly, Paperpal and Trinka.
How does Pangram compare with other writing tools?
Pangram's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 32 of the 69 other writing tools we grade, and level with 10.
Is Pangram good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Pangram C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $15 a month, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 37 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Pangram?
A writing app at its plainest is a page that saves what you type. What Pangram does at its core is plain work, and that is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Pangram’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Pangram's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Pangram Labs. Prices change, so check pangram.com before you buy.
- pangram.com/pricing
- pangram.com
- pangram.com/knowledge-hub/pangram-subscription-tiers
- pangram.com/knowledge-hub/what-do-i-get-with-a-free-account
- pangram.com/knowledge-hub/what-is-an-ai-detection-credit
- pangram.com/knowledge-hub/what-is-pangrams-developers-plan
- pangram.com/knowledge-hub/enterprise-plans
- pangram.com/knowledge-hub/refunds
- pangram.com/about-us
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
2,021
Tools graded, in 54 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
2,021
tools graded
54
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Pangram, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/pangram
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Pangram’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. Pangram is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Pangram Labs. Prices and plans change: check pangram.com before you buy.