Similarity + AI-detection screening with industry-standard tools, paraphrasing, and formatting in APA · Harvard · MLA · Chicago. Available standalone or bundled.
Direct answer: Screen the draft you already wrote with industry-standard similarity and AI-detection tools, then read the report match by match rather than trusting the headline percentage. MAAS EdTech runs the screening, shows you which matches are genuine citation problems, and coaches the paraphrasing and referencing that resolve them.
What is a MAAS Academic Integrity Check?
A MAAS Academic Integrity Check is an auxiliary add-on that audits one deliverable against originality, AI-detection, and formatting standards, either on your own work before submission or bundled onto any MAAS deliverable.
This is an Auxiliary Add-on: no grade warranty applies because we are not authoring or restructuring your work, only auditing it.
Who is the integrity check for?
The integrity check suits students auditing their own assignment before submission, researchers preparing for institutional plagiarism review, MAAS customers wanting an Advanced-tier audit added on, and anyone formatting a draft into a citation style.
- Students who wrote their own assignment and want a pre-submission audit
- Researchers preparing for institutional plagiarism review
- MAAS customers on Standard or Premium who want the Advanced-tier integrity audit as an add-on
- Anyone formatting an existing draft into a specific citation style
Does any of this sound like where you are?
- You wrote it yourself and a detector has flagged it as AI-generated, and you do not know how to respond to that.
- You want a similarity report but you are worried the file will be stored somewhere afterwards.
- You have a number and no idea whether it is a problem; nobody has explained what the flags actually are.
- Your institution has opened a query and you need to understand your own draft before you answer it.
- You have a finished draft and want it checked once before you submit, not rewritten.
This is not for you if you want to rent or borrow a detection-tool account. MAAS does not provide that, and using someone else's account breaches the tool's own terms.
What's included in an integrity check?
An integrity check includes a similarity report, an AI-detection scan, an optional paraphrasing service, and a formatting and proofreading pass across APA 7th, Harvard, MLA 9th, Chicago, and Vancouver referencing styles.
Similarity Report
- Full plagiarism scan against a global academic database using industry-standard similarity tools
- Highlighted overlap with sources and citation suggestions
- Score interpretation, what's acceptable, what needs reworking
AI Detection
- Scan for AI-generated content patterns
- Section-by-section AI probability breakdown
- Guidance on humanising AI-assisted sections without rewriting from scratch
Paraphrasing Service (optional)
- Discipline-aware rewriting of flagged sections
- Original voice preservation
- Citation reattachment where source rephrasing is needed
Formatting & Proofreading Service
- APA 7th, Harvard, MLA 9th, Chicago, Vancouver
- In-text citation cleanup and reference list standardisation
- Heading hierarchy, table/figure captions, appendix structure
- Proofreading, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and academic-English polish on your own draft (your meaning, sharper, not a rewrite)
Feedback & Grading (optional)
- You wrote it, an expert reviews your draft against the rubric and estimates your band
- Strengths, gaps, and a prioritised list of what to improve before you submit
- Developmental comments only, with the guidance of a MAAS expert, the work stays entirely yours
What do you get with an integrity check?
An integrity check hands you a plain-language interpretation of every flag in your similarity and AI report, together with an action checklist of what to fix, optional follow-up paraphrasing, and a formatting pass matched to your institution's style guide.
- Plain-language interpretation of every flag in the similarity and AI report
- Action checklist, what to fix, what's already fine
- Optional follow-up: paraphrasing of flagged sections (separate add-on)
- Formatting pass against your institution's specific style guide
How it works
MAAS runs the integrity check in four steps: you submit the deliverable and rubric, MAAS scans and audits it with industry-standard similarity and AI-detection tools within about 24 hours, then delivers an annotated action report.
Submit the deliverable
Your draft or final, plus the rubric / style guide.
Scan and audit
Similarity + AI detection with industry-standard tools (~24 hours).
Action report
Annotated PDF with every flag and recommendation.
Optional paraphrasing / formatting
If you commission the follow-up.
Can you bundle this with other MAAS services?
You can bundle the integrity check for free with the Premium tier of Academic Support, receive it included in the Advanced tier, or commission it as a stand-alone service for any deliverable.
- Free with Premium tier of Academic Support
- Included with Advanced tier (plus integrity audit)
- Available as a stand-alone for any deliverable
How does MAAS scope your order before starting the check?
MAAS confirms the brief against your actual documents before scanning begins: academic level, country and institution, referencing style, the rubric or style guide, and the deadline, plus interim runway for revisions if flags come back.
- Academic level, country, institution, and the referencing style your university requires
- The rubric or style guide itself, not your summary of it
- Word count, required format, and any special requirement
- Deadline, and whether there is enough runway left for a revise-and-recheck round
An unusually tight runway, an ambiguous rubric, or a brief too thin to scope are flagged before the check starts rather than discovered midway. Your personal details and your supervisor's details are masked before anything reaches an expert.
What happens step by step during the originality check?
MAAS runs a fixed sequence on your own draft: generate the report, classify every match, read the AI signal against your writing voice, then hand you feedback to act on yourself rather than a rewritten passage.
- Your own draft is submitted, exactly as you wrote it
- A similarity and AI report is generated using industry-standard tools on MAAS's licensed account
- Each match in the similarity report is classified as a properly cited quotation, common reference material, or something genuinely missing a citation
- The AI report is read against your own writing voice, not treated as a verdict on its own
- Feedback is written for you to act on, showing where a citation needs fixing, where a passage needs re-expressing in your own understanding
- You revise, and the work is re-checked if needed
A high similarity score is not automatically a problem: a subject heavy in standard terminology, or a university's own template sections, will legitimately score higher. The number is a starting point for a conversation, never a verdict on its own.
What decides your quote?
Three things move the number.
- Length of the document being screened.
- Which parts you want. A similarity and AI screening with a plain-language reading of the flags is the base. Paraphrasing of flagged sections, formatting to a citation style, and a rubric-based feedback read are each priced separately, and only if you ask.
- Turnaround. The standard screening runs in about twenty-four hours, and faster than that is quoted as a rush.
This service carries no grade warranty, and the price reflects that: MAAS is auditing work you wrote, not authoring or restructuring it.
No two cases price the same, so MAAS quotes per case. Send the details and you get a figure back; you do not need to commit to anything to see one.
What has an integrity check actually looked like?
A student who wrote their own work and wanted to know how a detector would read it (Swinburne University of Technology). That request is more common than it looks, and the anxiety behind it is real: AI detectors measure statistical patterns rather than proof, and they flag honest non-native English writing at meaningful rates. The student did not need rewriting. They needed to know what a report on their own draft would say, and what to do if it said something alarming. We ran the screening, then did the part that matters more than the score: reading each flag for what it actually is. A cited quotation, a standard method sentence, and a genuinely uncited paraphrase all raise the number, and only one of them is a problem. Where it stands: the student went into submission understanding their own report rather than reacting to a percentage.
Read this and the other engagements in full on our success stories.
Who will actually work with you?
Interpretation is done by someone who marks in your discipline, because a similarity match means different things in law, in engineering and in public health. The reviewer reads what each flag actually is, whether a cited quotation, a standard method sentence or a genuine uncited paraphrase, rather than reacting to the percentage.
See the anonymised expert roster on our experts page.
What will MAAS never do with your report?
MAAS states its limits openly rather than leaving them implied: no evasion of a detection tool, no screening of MAAS-produced work for submission, and no quiet continuation if a draft turns out not to be genuinely your own.
- MAAS will not rewrite work to drive a similarity or AI score toward zero so it "passes the machine", because evading a detection tool is out of scope
- MAAS will not screen or optimise work that MAAS itself produced, for you to submit
- If a draft turns out not to be your own work, the check stops and the matter is escalated rather than quietly completed
Is an integrity check allowed by my university?
MAAS takes no position on any specific university's policy. An Academic Integrity Check is a self-review you commission before submission, and the report exists to help you understand and remediate originality concerns while you stay responsible for submission decisions and policy compliance.
Need a pre-submission audit? support@maasedtech.com or +84 979 422 393 (Zalo / WhatsApp).
Not ready to book a call? That is a normal place to be. Send the brief on Zalo or Messenger and ask for a figure, no call, no form, no commitment. If the answer is that MAAS is not right for your case, you will be told that too.
Frequently asked questions
An Academic Integrity Check includes a similarity report, an AI-detection scan, optional paraphrasing, and formatting review, and it carries no grade warranty because MAAS is auditing your work rather than authoring it.
What does the integrity check include?
Similarity and AI-detection reports, plain-language interpretation, optional paraphrasing and proofreading, and APA, Harvard, or MLA formatting review.
What is Feedback and Grading?
You wrote the work yourself; an expert reviews your draft against the marking rubric and estimates your likely band. It is feedback, not a rewrite.
Is this a standalone or an add-on service?
Both. Use it on your own work before submission, or bundle it on top of any MAAS deliverable as an extra QA layer.
Does a grade warranty apply?
No. This is an auxiliary add-on. Because MAAS only audits work rather than authoring it, no grade warranty applies.
What similarity score is safe to submit?
There is no universal "safe" percentage, context matters more than the number. A 25% score made of cited quotes can be fine, while a 10% score with one uncited paraphrase is a real problem. We interpret each match in your report rather than chasing a figure. See our full guide on reading your similarity report.
Why was my own writing flagged as AI-generated?
AI detectors measure statistical patterns, not proof, and they flag honest non-native English writing at meaningful rates. If you have been flagged on your own work, we help you interpret the report and assemble your draft-history evidence. See why original writing gets flagged as AI.
How do I read a similarity report?
Reading a similarity report means judging context over the headline percentage, because a 25% score of cited quotes can be fine, while a 10% score with one uncited paraphrase is a real problem, as the guides below explain.
- What similarity score is too high, and is 18% bad?: read a similarity report match by match
- Why your own writing gets flagged as AI-generated: AI-detection false positives and how to respond
- Using AI ethically in a literature review: where AI assistance is legitimate