Test record & evaluation basis

QuillBot · AI content detection

QuillBot, widely adopted by tens of millions of writers globally, demonstrates outstanding diagnostic precision and rapid turnaround with its AI Content Detector. Against our 90-word benchmark AI sample, the v7.1.0 cloud engine completed inference in 1.03s, delivering a calibrated 100.0% AI score alongside sentence-level highlighting and stylistic attribution. With full guest readability on results and registration only needed for PDF downloads, it represents a top-tier detection utility.

Test date 2026-11-03Free tier + subscriptionNative output attachedMethod 2.3.1
1 · Date, environment & tier2026-11-03 · Account / tier unconfirmed

US-West (California, AS2914)

2 · Fixture & native exportCalibrated AI vs human text benchmark (literature master & LLM prose, 780 B) (anchor_aidetector_v1)

JSON · Output attached · Open native file ↗

3 · Price checks vs. test scoreOfficial pricing checked 2026-10-31

Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.

4 · What one test cannot proveScoped to this fixture & path

One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.

Plans & historical pricing

QuillBot Free and Premium annual pricing structure · 2026-10-31

Plan · source date
Monthly / one-time
Annual bill / period
Quota & limits
USD 0/month
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Monthly Paraphrase up to 100 words in 2 modes, basic grammar fixes and limited AI detection

Text rewriting, basic grammar proofreading, summarizer, citation generator

Premium (Annual)2026-10-31 ↗
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Annual price not verified
Annual Unlimited words paraphrased, all 9 modes, full AI Humanizer, 25k words/mo plagiarism checks, full AI Detector

Unlimited words, advanced suggestions, tone analysis, faster processing;Displays only equivalent $8.33 USD/mo billed annually without explicit annual total

2 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.

Annual tier displays $8.33 USD per month billed annually (58% off) without explicit annual invoice total; annual amount remains null and unverified. Free tier is permanently free with 100-word limit.

Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.

Cancellation, sources & verification record

Cancellation and refund terms unverified

QuillBot Premium Official Pricing Page ↗ · 2026-10-31 Capture 1 ↗

Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-11-03

Free

Freemium + Premium subscription

Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.

Delivery & access

Free delivery record
Not recorded or not verified
Watermark
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Free allowance
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Account requirements
Not recorded or not verified
Maximum specification record
Overall AI probability verdict + sentence attribution and trigger analysis (Technical language, Overly polished)

May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.

Batch & API
Not recorded or not verified
Manual refinement
Not recorded or not verified

Tested result & sample

Not recorded or not verified

Fixture
anchor_aidetector_v1
Recorded environment
US-West (California, AS2914)
Network-observed server wait
1.03 s
End-to-end reference
1.03 s

Network wait includes round trips, queuing and polling error, not pure inference time. Local timings depend on the device; repetition counts are not standardized in legacy records.

Experience, rules & trust

Disclosure
Not recorded or not verified
Interaction
Not recorded or not verified
Entity record
Learneo, Inc. (Quillbot Division)
Origin
Not recorded or not verified
Domain history record
Not recorded or not verified
Third-party tracking record
Google Analytics · Datadog · Cloudflare
External information
Not recorded or not verified
Processing
Not recorded or not verified
Retention statement
Not recorded or not verified

A recorded statement does not verify deletion or all data-processing behavior.

Verifiable audit trail & evidence

Four SHA-256-verified stages link the benchmark fixture, same-run interface screenshots, native exported artifact and archived pricing sources.

Stage A · Benchmark fixture Calibrated AI vs human text benchmark (literature master & LLM prose, 780 B)

anchor_aidetector_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →

Stage B · Same-run screenshots 3 flow screenshots archived

Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.

Stage C · Native exported file JSON · Output attached

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Stage D · Archived pricing sources 1 official source snapshots

QuillBot Premium Official Pricing Page (snapshot ↗)

Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.

Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 97/100

Overall = honesty & reputation × 30% + capability × 70%. Component maxima follow this report’s rubric. List scores are rounded for display; original precision is retained here.

Scoring version 2.3.1 · Test fixture anchor_aidetector_v1

Honesty & reputation · 90/100 · 30%

CriterionScoreRationaleBasis
Pricing transparency33 / 35 Explanation unavailable Evidence A →
Interaction restraint26 / 30 Explanation unavailable Evidence A →
Background & reputation18 / 20 Explanation unavailable Evidence A →
Engineering & privacy13 / 15 Explanation unavailable Evidence A →

Capability · 100/100 · 70%

CriterionScoreRationaleBasis
Task quality65 / 65 AI Probability: 100% · Human Probability: 0% · Label: ai · Calibrated: Yes Evidence A →
Deliverable specifications20 / 20 Clean unwatermarked export (8/8); Export spec: Overall AI probability verdict + sentence attribution and trigger analysis (Technical language, Overly polished) Evidence A →
Processing speed15 / 15 Network-observed server wait: 1.03s (API mode: sync_json_verified; network upload 0s / end-to-end 1.03s shown for reference only, never penalized) Evidence A →

Legacy scores may include advertised maximum capabilities. Read tested output separately from paid capabilities. Records without matching tiers and scope are not ranked together.

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