Acurio
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveChecks every citation in a thesis against the source PDFs and flags which ones the text doesn't actually support.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $24 once
- Billing
- One-time purchase
Free Quick Check without an account covers the bibliography and source checks for 15 citations. Paid packs are one-time credits, no subscription: Student $24 (500 credits), Pro $36 (1,600) and Lab $60 (3,200); one credit checks one citation occurrence, re-checks included.
Use tool ↗About Acurio
Acurio is a Swiss-built citation checker aimed at students and academic reviewers finishing a thesis. You upload the thesis alongside the PDFs it cites, and the system compares each reference against the source text, sorting citations into supported, partially supported, and unsupported, with a page number and a match score for each one. Paid tiers add a fuller review pass, generated defense questions, and a check against your program's formatting guidelines. Files are hosted in Germany under EU data rules. Pricing is sold as one-time credit packs rather than a subscription, sized to roughly how many theses you plan to check.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing section: Free Quick Check with source checks for 15 citations; Student USD 24 one-time (500 credits), Pro USD 36 (1,600), Lab USD 60 (3,200); no subscription (15 October 2026)acurio.ch ↗
- Legal notice: acurio.ch and the Acurio product are operated by TecMinds GmbH, Luzern, Switzerland, Lucerne commercial register (15 October 2026)acurio.ch ↗
- Home page states a Swiss company, files hosted in Germany and no model training on uploaded theses (15 October 2026)acurio.ch ↗
Is Acurio legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Dec 11, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- TecMinds GmbH, SwitzerlandOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Acurio
Acurio answers a narrow but real question, does this citation actually say what the thesis claims it says, by reading both documents rather than just checking formatting. It is built for a one-off thesis deadline, not ongoing research work, and the review quality depends on correctly matching quotes to the right page, which is worth spot-checking on a sample before trusting the full report.
Pros
- Matches citations against the actual source PDF text, not just bibliography formatting
- Gives a page number and match score per citation instead of a single pass or fail
- One-time credit pricing instead of a forced subscription
Cons
- Only useful once you already have finished source PDFs to upload
- Credits are spent per citation occurrence, so re-checking after edits costs more
- No public information on how the match score is calculated
Best for
- Students proofing citations before a thesis submission deadline
- Advisors who want a first pass on citation accuracy before a full read
- Anyone citing sources in Word, LaTeX, or PDF who wants a page-level match check
Not for
- Ongoing reference management across many projects
- Checking citation style formatting alone without content verification
Watch out: Run the free check first and read a few of the flagged citations yourself before buying credits, since automated match scoring can misjudge paraphrased quotes.
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