The plagiarism software trusted by UGC-CARE-listed journals, most state universities, IITs, and NITs across India. Indian repository databases, regional-language coverage, and the report format your committee already knows how to read.
…and 600+ other institutions across India. Not limited to the names above — if yours isn't listed, ask the desk and we'll confirm acceptance before you pay.
The UGC Promotion of Academic Integrity regulations (2018) require institutions to use software-based plagiarism detection for thesis submissions. Drillbit is among the recommended tools for Indian institutions and aligns with the four-band similarity classification (Level 0 ≤ 10% · Level 1 10–40% · Level 2 40–60% · Level 3 > 60%) used in those guidelines.
Illustration only. The figures, sources and similarity score shown above are a representative example — your own report is generated fresh by the Drillbit software against your specific document, so its layout and numbers will differ and continue to evolve until the check completes.
Drillbit checks against Shodhganga, INFLIBNET, IIT/NIT thesis repositories, and 600+ Indian institutional databases — sources international tools often miss. If you cited a 2017 M.Tech thesis from JNTU, we will find it.
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati. Quoted regional-language passages are detected and either excluded (if cited) or flagged accurately — not ignored as gibberish.
Your document is compared against the index, never added to it. You retain the right to submit the same draft to your university's own Drillbit check without self-similarity inflation.
One flat price, two reports: a Drillbit similarity (plagiarism) report and a separate AI-detection report. Submit your committee the originality evidence and the AI-content read in a single delivery — no second order, no extra fee.
| Comparison dimension | DrillbitThis page | Plagiarism CheckSimilarity report page |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Indian thesis · UGC compliance · most state universities | Journal pre-submission · international universities · MS/PhD abroad |
| Database strength | Strong on Indian repositories (Shodhganga, INFLIBNET, state-univ theses) | Strong on global publishers, English-language web, Crossref |
| Languages | English + 8 Indian languages | English-dominant; weak on regional Indian content |
| Turnaround | ~15 min | ~12 min |
| Pricing | ₹399 flat | from ₹69 · by page slab |
| UGC-band cert. | Yes, formatted ready for thesis annexure | Score only; we add a band note on request |
| Repository submit | No | No |
Drop your document, enter the page count, and submit. About a minute.
One flat price — ₹399 for any page count. No quotation wait: report services are priced upfront, so you pay and we begin straight away.
PDF report sent to the email on file — usually 8 to 18 minutes after submit — and kept in your My Account section (and the mobile app) to download any time.
Question on the score? Reply to the report email — a senior editor reads it and talks you through it, at no extra fee.
Score above the UGC-prescribed limit? The same desk handles manual rewriting at Paraphrasing & Editing — our editors rewrite the flagged spans for originality by hand, with citations preserved. Existing customers get the Drillbit fee credited toward the editing work.
My guide insisted on a Drillbit report — the university doesn't accept anything else for the synopsis defence. Got it back in twelve minutes, with the Annexure-I certificate already formatted. Submitted as-is.
Wrote my thesis chapter in Tamil with English abstracts. Other tools either ignored the Tamil or counted everything as plagiarism. Drillbit handled both languages cleanly — Tamil quotes flagged where uncited, ignored where cited. Genuinely impressed.
Cheaper than a standard plagiarism check and the report is what my supervisor at MDU is used to reading. He pointed at the UGC-band line on the cover and said 'good, Level 0' without even opening the PDF. That's the workflow.
I had cited three Shodhganga theses and was worried they'd flag. The bibliography was excluded correctly and the in-text citations matched at under 1%. The editor's read note told me which paragraph needed a paraphrase — fixed it in twenty minutes.
Asked for a re-run because I'd uploaded the wrong version with a 22% number stuck in the abstract. They re-ran it free, and pinged me on the desk while it was processing. No drama, no extra invoice.
We submit batch reports for the entire research wing every quarter. Two years now. The team handles 15 to 20 documents in a single window without errors. Recommended for any research office.
Almost certainly yes. Drillbit reports issued through us carry the standard Drillbit cover page, sources list, and UGC four-band classification — identical to the report a university would generate in-house. Over 600 Indian institutions accept these reports as the primary plagiarism evidence. If your university or guide has a specific format requirement, mention it at upload and we will match it.
A standard Plagiarism Check database is stronger on global publisher content and English-language web. Drillbit's database is stronger on Indian repositories — Shodhganga, INFLIBNET, IIT/NIT theses, state-university dissertations — and on regional Indian languages. For an Indian thesis or a state-university submission, Drillbit is usually the prescribed tool. For a journal pre-submission to Springer/Elsevier/Wiley, a standard Plagiarism Check or iThenticate is usually the right choice.
No. We submit your document for a check-only comparison; it is never added to the Drillbit repository. Your draft remains your draft. This means you can submit the same document to your university's own Drillbit check later without inflating the similarity score.
Yes. Drillbit supports English plus eight Indian languages — Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati. Mixed-language documents (English thesis with regional-language quotes, or vice versa) are handled correctly: cited regional-language passages are excluded, uncited passages are flagged with their source.
The UGC plagiarism regulations (2018) define four similarity bands for thesis submissions. Level 0 (≤10%) is acceptable; Level 1 (10–40%) requires revision and re-submission; Level 2 (40–60%) means the thesis must be withdrawn and resubmitted after a year; Level 3 (>60%) carries severe academic penalties including registration cancellation. The Drillbit cover page tells you which band your document falls in — your guide and committee read this number first.
You have two options. (1) Self-paraphrase the flagged paragraphs — the highlighted PDF shows you exactly which spans to rewrite. (2) Use our manual Paraphrasing & Editing service — 27 PhD editors rewrite the flagged spans by hand for originality, with citations preserved. Existing Drillbit customers get the report fee credited toward the editing work.
Average 15 minutes; most reports arrive between 8 and 18 minutes from submission. Documents over 150 pages or in heavy regional-language content can take up to 40 minutes. The moment we open your file, we email you the ETA — so you always know when to expect the PDF.
No catch. Drillbit's licensing model for Indian institutions is structured differently — the per-document cost is genuinely lower, and we pass that through. Same database integrity, same authentic report, same desk handling it. The only thing you trade off is international publisher coverage, which is not relevant for most Indian thesis submissions.
The Drillbit similarity report your guide expects, your committee accepts, and the UGC regulation references. Indian repository databases, regional-language coverage, no submission to public index. PDF in your inbox in fifteen minutes.
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