Turnitin and iThenticate Comparison

Turnitin and iThenticate are plagiarism prevention tools targeted at different groups of users.

The comparison table and user flowchart below show the differences between the two tools.

Please select the appropriate tool for your needs.

Comparison Table

	Turnitin	iThenticate
Users	For instructors to check students' work in a classroom setting.	For postgraduate students and academic staff/researchers to check their own work.
Access Compare submission methods	Two methods. Log in to: IVLE Files (Workbin) Use NUSNET ID Turnitin, including Quick Submit Use NUSNET ID (until Dec 2016) Use Turnitin account (after Dec 2016)	Log in to iThenticate iThenticate account required. Account request form. DO NOT sign up for an account on iThenticate's website.
Quick Start Guides	IVLE Files (Workbin) Submission Turnitin Quick Submit	iThenticate
Features	OriginalityCheck, PeerMark.	OriginalityCheck.
Submissions checked against	Web pages, other content, scholarly journals, student paper database. More information.	Web pages, other content, scholarly journals*, ProQuest. More information.
Submissions	(By default) added to student paper database. Lecturer can change this setting.	Not added to database.
Submission maximum length and size**	100 pages or less, 20 MB or less.	400 pages or less, 40 MB or less.
File types	MS Word, Word XML, WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF, HWP, plain text and MS PowerPoint.	MS Word, Word XML, WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF, HWP, plain text and OpenOffice (ODT).
Privacy	Privacy Pledge.	Privacy Pledge.

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Adapted from iThenticate > Resources > Academic (retrieved on 1 August 2014).