Pangram
Pangram is an AI-text detector with a dedicated recruiter workflow for resumes, cover letters, and application essays.
From $20/mo Free tier API
Bottom line
AI-content detector for text and images. Free plan covers 2,000 words per day. Individual is $20/mo.
Stands out for: Third-party-tested detector with a free daily cap, image scans, and a self-serve developer API.
Watch out for: Individual is 300,000 words per month. API credits start at $0.05 per 100 words on Pangram 4, billed separately from the $20 seat.
Overview
Pangram detects AI-generated and AI-assisted text and images. The free plan scans 2,000 words per day and three images per day, with no payment method, plus a browser extension and Google Docs add-on. It flags ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Llama-style writing across 20-plus languages and shows which spans look generated. Paid Individual, Professional, Team, institution, and enterprise tiers raise word and image caps and add plagiarism checks.
Education, publishing, and hiring teams pick Pangram for a detector with a real free tier and published API rates. Individual is $20 per month for 300,000 words and 100 image scans, or $60 off on annual. Professional is $65 per month for 1.5 million words, 500 image scans, and $200 of monthly API usage. Team is $20 per seat per month from two seats. Developer API is $0.05 per 100 words on Pangram 4, with bulk at 20 percent off.
Who it's for
Best for
- Teachers checking essays for AI writing
- Publishers and trust-and-safety reviewers
- Recruiters screening written applications
- Developers embedding AI detection via API
Not ideal for
- Schools that need LMS-wide unlimited seats only
- Teams that want a detector with no free cap
Key features
Resume and cover-letter detection. Scores application text for AI generation with sentence-level highlights.
ATS API and SDK. Tags candidate records through a documented API or Python SDK.
Low false-positive rate. Publishes its own accuracy figures; still a probability, not a verdict.
Recruiter workflow. A dedicated flow for screening batches of applications.
AI features
| What the AI does | Plan |
|---|---|
| Detects AI-generated and AI-assisted text and images | Included |
Only features named in the vendor's own documentation. Anything sold separately is marked as an add-on.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 2,000 words/day, 3 image scans/day |
| Individual | $20/mo | 300,000 words, 100 image scans |
| Professional | $65/mo | |
| Team | $20/seat/mo | From 2 seats |
Free plan is 2,000 words/day and 3 image scans/day with no payment method. Individual is $20/mo for 300,000 words and 100 image scans (annual saves $60). Professional is $65/mo. Team is $20/seat/mo from 2 seats. Pangram 4 API is $0.05 per 100 words. Institution and Enterprise are quoted. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 19 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Pangram expensive?
Pangram starts at $20/mo. We list 32 candidate fraud & AI detection tools in total. 6 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $99 a month.
- 13 quote-based
- 6 free tier
- 15 public price
Worked out automatically from every candidate fraud & AI detection listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Free 2,000 words per day
- Individual from $20/mo
- Self-serve detection API
Cons
- Free plan stops at 2,000 words/day
- API usage billed on top of seats
- LMS unlimited is institution-only
Integrations
Google Docs Canvas Brightspace Moodle Google Classroom Gmail
What's new at Pangram
See all 2 Pangram updates, taken from Pangram's own announcements and our price checks.
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How Pangram compares
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| Tool | Free tier | From | MCP | API | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ✓ | $20/mo | – | ✓ | |
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| | – | Sales-quoted | – | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | $0.80/check | – | ✓ | Compare |
Polygraf AISales-quoted API
Authenticity checks aimed at interviews and hiring fraud.
Sales-quoted API
Identity verification when the risk is fake people, not AI text.
$0.80/check API
ID document checks when candidate fraud is about identity, not essays.
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