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Free tier and price, tool by tool
Each tool’s free tier and its cheapest paid plan, as stated on its own pages on 18 October 2026. writeupsc is listed first because this is its site; its gaps are on the same pages.
| Tool | Free | Cheapest paid |
|---|---|---|
| writeupsc | 1 evaluation per Google account, no card. | ₹39 for 5 evaluations (₹49 after 30 Oct 2026, once per account). |
| UPSC AI | 1 Mains evaluation a month on its pricing page, no payment details; another of its pages says 2 free uploads. | Basic ₹699 a month (10 Mains evaluations, plus AI queries and MCQs). |
| UPSC Answer Check | 5 Mains evaluations a month with an account (Google), no card; any paper, English or Hindi, with model answers. | ₹299 a month or ₹2,999 a year, unlimited Mains evaluations. No auto-renewal. |
| Likhit | 3 evaluations a month, answers up to 250 words, no card: the score with a four-part breakdown, no margin notes. | Pro ₹299 a month (fair use, answers up to 1,000 words, line-level margin notes, rewrite suggestions), renews automatically. |
| ExamDay (formerly Dalvoy) | 2 Mains evaluations a day. | Quarterly ₹499, half-yearly ₹799 or yearly ₹999. |
| SuperKalam | Up to 3 Mains copies a month. | Part of its full preparation subscription, not sold separately: ₹1,199 a month, ₹5,499 for 6 months or ₹7,499 for access until Mains 2027. No refunds on paid plans. |
| Acme AI | 20 free credits (one credit is one page), no card. | ₹599 a month for 400 credits, ₹1,199 a quarter for 1,000 credits, or ₹4,499 for 4,000 credits plus tests until August 2027. |
| Prayas AI | Not stated on its pages today. | Its pricing page says new subscriptions are unavailable. |
| CollectorBabu | Not stated: its pages say “Start for free” with no number, and offer a free 30-minute mentorship session. | Zenith Mentorship + Evaluation ₹39,999 (GS and Essay) or ₹44,999 (with Optional), valid till the next Mains, with unlimited GS and Essay evaluation in 24 hours. All sales final, no refunds. |
| PrepAiro | No free evaluations stated; the free plan has 50 MCQs a day and current affairs. | ₹999 a month, ₹3,999 a year (valid till August 2027) or ₹7,999 (valid till August 2028), each including Mains evaluation. Renews automatically unless cancelled. |
| PadhAI | No free evaluations stated; its daily news and quiz battles are free. | Pro ₹349 a month (listed down from ₹400) with unlimited evaluations. Renews automatically. |
| Ease My Prep | 2 AI answer checks, free for ever, no card; and a one-time 24-hour Pro trial. | A ₹49 trial copy (up to 20 answers, once per account). |
| Convert IAS | 2 answers evaluated free. | One month ₹2,299 (60 GS questions and 4 essays). |
| Vaidra | Free Explorer plan: 2 Mains answer evaluations a day and 5 UPSC GPT queries a day. | Achiever ₹399 a month or ₹4,199 a year (unlimited Mains evaluations). |
| Dharoha | First evaluation free; its dashboard shows 1 free evaluation a day that resets at midnight. | Pay as you go, no subscription, credits never expire: ₹10 for 1 evaluation, ₹50 for 6, ₹100 for 13, ₹150 for 20. All its notes and practice are free. |
| Rank Sheet | 1 question, one-time, no payment; its evaluator page also says “Launch week - 5 free full evaluations a day”. | Its pages disagree. The home page lists Plus ₹49 and Pro ₹99 for 30 days (“Reverts to ₹199 soon”), with photo and PDF upload on Pro. The evaluator page lists Monthly ₹199 and ₹299 together for 30 days and Yearly ₹2,500. Refund terms not stated. |
| AI Mentor | First three evaluations free, no card. | Monthly ₹599 (listed ₹699) for 250 credits, 30 days. |
| MedhaviAI | 3 free credits to start; 1 credit is one answer evaluated on all 6 dimensions. | Single ₹60 for 1 credit. |
| AnswerWriting.com | 3 answer or essay evaluations, once (lifetime). | ₹499 a month, ₹1,199 a quarter, ₹1,999 a half-year or ₹2,999 a year, all with unlimited evaluations. |
Which one should you use?
- You want the most free checks: compare the free column above; volume differs by ten times between tools.
- You want to see what a scoring answer did that yours did not: writeupsc puts your handwritten answer beside the closest of 5,901 real topper answers and links each to its booklet page.
- You write in Hindi: check that the tool reads Devanagari handwriting; writeupsc does, and the changes come back in Hindi.
- You want a person, not a model: a test series or a mentor costs more and takes days, but someone reads every line. The versus pages below set out the trade.
The rest of this page links to every comparison on the site: a best-of page per search, an alternative page per tool, and writeupsc against the other ways aspirants get answers checked.
Best and free
Best AI UPSC answer evaluation tools (2026)
Free UPSC answer checker: what each free tier includes
Handwritten UPSC answer checker: tools that read the photo
Free daily answer writing, compared
Prelims PYQ practice apps
UPSC Telegram for answer writing
Alternatives
UPSC AI alternative
UPSC Answer Check alternative
Likhit alternative
ExamDay (formerly Dalvoy) alternative
SuperKalam alternative
Acme AI alternative
Prayas AI alternative
CollectorBabu alternative
PrepAiro alternative
PadhAI alternative
Ease My Prep alternative
Convert IAS alternative
Vaidra alternative
Dharoha alternative
Rank Sheet alternative
AI Mentor alternative
MedhaviAI alternative
AnswerWriting.com alternative
Insights SECURE alternative
IASbaba TLP alternative
Drishti Mains Marathon alternative
ForumIAS Mains Marathon alternative
Testbook UPSC PYQ alternative
Unacademy UPSC PYQ alternative
Versus
writeupsc vs a test series
writeupsc vs a mentor for UPSC answer writing
writeupsc vs ChatGPT for checking UPSC answers
Handwritten vs typed answer evaluation for UPSC Mains
Self-evaluation vs writeupsc
CollectorBabu vs Convert IAS
Questions
How to get UPSC Mains answers evaluated for free
How to check answer writing without a test series
Is writeupsc worth it? An honest answer from its makers
Questions
What is the best AI tool for UPSC answer evaluation?
It depends on what you need checked. For a comparison with real topper answers to the same kind of question, writeupsc is the only one of the 18 tools here that does it. For the most free evaluations, see the free column in the table above.
Are these comparisons sponsored?
No. Nobody paid to be listed or ranked. Facts about other tools are taken from their own public pages and dated; if one has changed, write to us and the page is corrected.
Is writeupsc free?
1 evaluation per Google account, no card. After that, ₹39 for 5 evaluations (₹49 after 30 Oct 2026, once per account).
See how your own answer compares.
Photograph the sheet the way you wrote it. 1 free evaluation with a Google account, no card.
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