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Is it Fake? vs Originality.AI

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Is it Fake? starts at $10, Originality.AI at $14.95. Only Is it Fake? has a free tier. Only Originality.AI ships a public API.

Is it Fake?Pastes an article or YouTube link into an AI trust-score checker that cross-references claims against major outlets.Originality.AIAI-text and plagiarism detection built for publishers and agencies

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FactIs it Fake?Originality.AI
CategoryFact-checking & VerificationAI Detection & Humanizers
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starts at$10 month$14.95 month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, Chrome Ext, API
CompanyIs it Fake?Originality.AI
Launched—2022
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Is it Fake?

Is it Fake? gives a quick second opinion on a suspicious article or video by showing its work — which sources it checked and whether quotes hold up — rather than just returning a bare score. Like any AI-driven fact-checker, its verdict is only as good as the underlying model's ability to correctly interpret nuance, satire, or fast-moving news the reference outlets haven't covered yet.

Pros

  • No account needed for a basic check
  • Cross-references specific outlets rather than returning an unexplained score
  • Supports YouTube video verification, not just article text
  • Shareable report links for sending results to someone else

Cons

  • Free tier is capped at 2 verifications a month
  • Trust score is a model estimate, not a human-reviewed fact-check

Originality.AI

The detector to pick if you are a publisher or agency policing freelance output at volume, because the team history and writing replay matter more than the raw score. Do not use it to accuse a student; no detector is accurate enough to carry that weight.

Pros

  • Credit model is legible: 100 words per credit, no hidden weighting
  • API on the higher tier makes batch pipelines possible
  • Chrome extension works inside Google Docs, where the writing actually happens
  • Writing replay from revision history is process evidence, not just a score

Cons

  • Monthly subscription credits expire, so a light month is wasted spend
  • The jump from $14.95 to $179 a month is a steep single step
  • False positives on heavily edited or non-native English writing are a documented hazard across every detector
  • Accuracy benchmarks are largely vendor-run

Which one fits

Choose Is it Fake? if you need

  • people who want a fast credibility check on an article before sharing it
  • anyone verifying whether a YouTube video's claims hold up
  • casual fact-checking without signing up for an account

Choose Originality.AI if you need

  • Content agencies auditing freelance submissions before they pay for them
  • Publishers sweeping large archives for machine-written pages
  • SEO teams screening acquired, syndicated or outsourced content

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