Does Sapling’s AI Detector Work?

The world of AI writing requires two fields of knowledge: AI-generated text and AI detection tools. Having gushed over StealthGPT as the best AI in the undetectable space, I now have to put our tech to the test against today’s leading AI content detectors.

Today’s review is not for testing against one of those leading AI content detectors like Turnitin, though. It’s for the free version of Sapling.AI, which is not just an AI content detector but an AI writing assistant too. So, if Sapling can't detect it, at least it can proofread your work with a grammar checker and autocomplete feature to boot.

Table of Contents

• My Grading System

• A First Glance At Sapling AI

• Testing Against ChatGPT

• Testing Against StealthGPT

• Testing Against Human Writing

• Conclusion

• FAQ

My Grading System

Since Detectors are used by professors and students, I'm going to use an academic model: A,B,C,D,F.

I'm also going to grade for three different categories: Functionality, User Experience, and Pricing. Once I arrive at a letter-grade for each, I'll take the average as the overall grade.

A First Glance At Sapling AI

Reviewers and academics alike use free detectors when they need a quick fix to rule whether the text in question is legit. Let's see if this Sapling AI Detector fixes anything though.

Mmmmkay....First thing I notice is the rather plain and flat website. It gives me the impression the software is a bit janky but only a test run will tell. At the top, the site goes over the basics of AI writing and AI detection tools. Then scrolling down we see the instructions at the bottom:

What distinguishes Sapling.ai’s free version from the paid version seems to be character limits. The free version allows for only 2,000 characters, but if you sign up for a free trial, you can get the Pro Plan for 30 days. Here’s a screenshot of their pricing if you’re interested:

The pro plan also includes more advanced edits and autocomplete, which is basically proofreading software that autocompletes sentences and acts as a grammar checker. You have to input snippets and mappings for the software to handle the text to your liking which is a very complex process that seems to inhibit free writing for me, rather than enhance it.

The transparency of the site is refreshing though. They aren’t trying to hide that AI detectors come up with false positives and aren’t a perfect method to judge whether any text is AI-generated. Let's see if those warnings are there just to prepare you for their results.

Now that I’m in my account, having set up the free trial of their pro plan, the user interface doesn’t seem too friendly or convenient. I watched their tutorial about using their AI writing assistant, but have no direction where to find their AI detector from my account.

Testing Against ChatGPT

Does ChatGPT’s language model have what it takes to write an essay that can bypass Sapling.AI?

At first, the AI detector tool didn’t make it clear if I could simply copy and paste my AI-generated text into the dialogue box. I gave it a go anyway, hoping I wouldn’t have to upload a file and it worked. Sadly, it still gave me an error. As you can see here:

So, off to upload our ChatGPT essay, we go:

Ladies and gentlemen, we got detected. 100% too! That’s pretty impressive. It may not be the most convenient interface but Sapling.AI gets points in basic functionality.

Testing Against StealthGPT

First, let's humanize ChatGPT's text with StealthGPT’s AI Humanizer:

Now, lets try Sapling.AI against our Undetectable AI writing tool:

Damn, only 5.7% fake. Sapling.AI just got WRECKED! Unbelievable. I bet it doesn’t fair well against other undetectable AI writing tools either.

Here's text humanized Undetectable. AI in the first screenshot then in the 2nd screenshot, we see the outcome of that text going up against Sapling.AI:

Wow. 100% fake. I love Sapling.AI! If you're using Undetectable.ai, you might as well be using ChatGPT. Same result.

If you want to learn more about How to Bypass AI Detectors, our guide is essential reading.

Testing Against Human Writing

Lastly, I want to test Sapling.AI against my own human writing. I swear if my text gets a higher fakeness score than StealthGPT’s I'm gonna send a scathing email.

Here’s a reading of my last blog post entitled Can I Get Free Unlimited Undetectable AI? The answer to which is yes and I can guarantee our free version is has more functionality than Sapling.AI’s. Okay, here goes nothing:

Well, I guess I prefer an error to being called fake.

Final Grade

Functionality: It was able to detect ChatGPT and Undetectable.AI by 100%. On the other hand, I got error messages so frequently that after reading 'unexpected error. Contact support.' on the website numerous times, I just need to warn you, that you can expect errors. It also couldn't detect StealthGPT, so I'm going to give the functionality grade a C.

User Experience: The Website is flat and difficult to navigate. if you sign up for the pro plan you kinda have no idea what to do next from the account page. There isn't a tab or anything to use the detector, I had to go back and google it. F.

Price: Free version that allows a 5,000 character limit and a thirty-day free trial? That's pretty snazzy. I wouldn't use it myself but it's free so who cares if it does anything well? B!

Overall Grade: C-

Conclusion

Does Sapling.AI work? Eh, kinda. The user interface is clunky. The dual AI detection service and AI writing assistant tool makes things more confusing, especially if you just want the detector.

If you actually want an AI writing assistant, and your phone’s autocorrect doesn’t cause enough of a headache for you, then perhaps the grammar checker and autocomplete features here are for you. Having built in Chrome extensions for the AI detector and writing assistant might prove to be useful in some cases though.

Overall, If I had to grade my customer satisfaction with Sapling intelligence, I’d give it a C-. Maybe there’s potential there. It did flag ChatGPT and Undetectable.AI, after all. There were so many errors both while copy and pasting as well as uploading Microsoft Word docs, that if I went ahead and contacted customer support, I’d be writing essay-length complaints.

Or maybe I’ll just have StealthGPT write those emails, it’s not like Sapling.AI would know, right?

FAQ

What Are AI Detection Tools?

AI Detection tools analyze any piece of text for the watermarks of AI-generated content which may include imagined facts and references and over-simplified word choice and sentences. Some popular AI Detection Tools include Turnitin, GPT4, GPTZero, Copyleaks, Originality.AI, and more.

What is Undetectable AI?

Undetectable AI services humanize AI-generated text using a natural language processor that allows it to give any writing a human touch. It makes the word choice and sentence structure more random, like the way human’s naturally write.

Is Using ChatGPT Plagiarism?

No. ChatGPT, or any AI writing tools create original text. Plagiarism is the theft of someone else’s words or ideas without credit. If you use a text written by ChatGPT to hand in an essay, that’s not traditional plagiarism but what is now known as "AI plagiarism". You can read our breakdown on plagiarism and the ethics of artificial intelligence in academia here.

What Is The Best AI Detector to Use?

Turnitin is certainly the most popular. Their recent update thwarted the bypass efforts of all of StealthGPT’s competition. Our service was prepared though, and is still able to fly undetected by Turnitin. You can read all about Turnitin’s recent update as well as StealthGPT’s update on our blog.

What Is the Best AI to Generate Undetectable Text?

StealthGPT. Hands down. Disagree? Ask Sapling.AI which undetectable text just got flagged as 5% fake after they reviewed our work.

If you need undetectable AI-generated text for essays, articles, social media, content creation and more, look no further than StealthGPT. Our software is available in English but we also have language models for every major language around the world.