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Compilatio: cost, fit and limits
Compilatio is a plagiarism and AI detection platform made by COMPILATIO, SAS in France for schools and universities, with a free student account called Studium, a teacher product called Magister and a separate assessment tool called Gingo.
What to know first
Compilatio sells to institutions and publishes no prices on the pages read. Teachers use the Magister product, which pairs similarity checks with an AI detector and plugs into five named learning platforms plus API and SSO. Students can open a free Studium account and get one free analysis. The GDPR page states European hosting, and the company seat is in France, so data location questions have a documented starting point.
Compilatio at a glance
| Maker | COMPILATIO, SAS, France |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Free trial only |
| Entry price | Quote only |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI Plagiarism Checkers in 2026, rank 8 of 13 |
| Website | compilatio.net |
Who Compilatio is best for
French and European universities
Magister supports five named LMS platforms plus API and SSO, so an institution can fit it into existing course systems without asking teachers to upload files by hand each time.
Teachers who check student work
Magister gives teachers plagiarism and AI detection reports, with a separate evaluation tool in Gingo for creating and tracking assessments.
Students who want a pre-submission check
A free Studium account with one free analysis lets a student see the biggest overlaps before handing in the paper.
Institutions with data-location rules
The GDPR page says data is hosted and protected in Europe and names ISO 9001 and AGID certifications, which gives a procurement team something concrete to check.
Compilatio plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Compilatio Studium | Free account | Students create an account at no cost, and their first analysis is free, giving a short view of where the document's main overlaps come from. |
| Compilatio Magister | Not published (request a demo) | Similarity and AI checks for teachers and institutions, with LMS integration, an API and SSO options listed under Integrations. |
| Gingo | Not published (request a demo) | A separate evaluation tool for creating and tracking assessments for teachers, listed as its own product and not as the plagiarism checker. |
Checked November 2026.
What Compilatio does
- Plagiarism detection at scale
- The product describes detection against billions of sources, though the pages read do not publish an accuracy rate, a source list or a statement of which databases count as sources.
- AI content detector
- A Detecteur d'IA sits in the Detection menu of Magister and Studium and flags text likely to be AI-generated, according to the site navigation, though no accuracy figure is given.
- Altered-text detector
- A separate detector targets texts that have been altered to avoid matching, which is aimed at paraphrased, reworded or otherwise disguised copying that a plain matching scan can miss.
- LMS integrations
- Connections are listed for Blackboard, Brightspace, Canvas, Moodle and Microsoft Teams, and a custom integration for Cineca is available on request, which shows the vendor will build to an institution's system.
- API and SSO
- API integration and SSO are listed under Integrations, which lets an institution log users in through its own identity system and embed checks in its own tools without a separate login.
How Compilatio handles your data
The GDPR page says data is hosted and protected in Europe and names ISO 9001 and AGID certifications. It says documents are kept under strict rules but gives no retention period. The legal notice names COMPILATIO, SAS with its seat at Chavanod, France. The pages read do not say whether customer documents train any model, so the vendor's policy was not checked for that point. Institutions should ask for the data processing terms during the demo.
Where Compilatio falls short in practice
- No public pricing. Magister is quoted after a demo, so an institution cannot compare Compilatio with a rival on cost without asking sales first and waiting for a quotation.
- Student account is limited. Studium is free to create and the first analysis is free, but it is a student product and does not serve an institution's workflow, which needs the Magister licence and its quote.
- French-first site. Menus such as Detecteur d'IA and the legal notice are in French, so an English-speaking department should check documentation availability and support language before signing a contract.
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Compilatio: common questions
Does Compilatio publish prices?
No prices appear on the pages read. Studium, the student account, is free to create and the first analysis is free. Magister for teachers and institutions asks for a demo, and Gingo, the evaluation tool, does the same. Ask for a written quote with the number of users.
Which learning platforms does Compilatio connect to?
The product page lists Blackboard, Brightspace, Canvas, Moodle and Microsoft Teams. Cineca is a custom integration available on request, and API integration and SSO are listed under Integrations. Check which version of your LMS the connector supports before you buy.
Where is Compilatio data hosted?
The GDPR page says data is hosted and protected in Europe, and it names ISO 9001 and AGID certifications. The company seat is in Chavanod, France. No retention period was stated on the pages read, so ask for it in the data processing terms.
Can students use Compilatio on their own?
Yes, through Studium. A student can create a free account and run a first analysis at no charge. The report shows the three biggest sources of overlap. It does not replace the institutional Magister product that teachers use, so a student's result may differ from the teacher's report.
Does Compilatio detect AI-written text?
Yes. A Detecteur d'IA is listed under the Detection menu of Magister and Studium, alongside an altered-text detector. The pages read do not publish accuracy rates, so ask for evaluation data and treat results as a prompt for teacher review.