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Education Proofreading And Editing Services

Clear, error-free writing made simple

Proofreading For Precision

Communication skills are vital for a career in education. So, whether you’re a teacher or studying education, you’ll need to write clearly and concisely. And you’ll need your written documents to be error free, setting a great example for your students.

But every writer makes mistakes sometimes. And that’s why we offer specialised education proofreading services, helping you to ensure your writing is always the best it can be.

Proofreading Tailored For Educators

As an educator, you may have to adapt your language depending on who you’re writing for. A school report, for example, may be more formal than feedback on students’ work. And as such, you need a proofreading service that is equally adaptable.

The good news is that our expert editors know how to prepare documents for different kinds of readers, ranging from school pupils to education professionals. And since we operate with a strict privacy policy , you can trust us to produce great results with complete professionalism every time.

Make sure your writing is the best it can be with our expert English proofreading and editing.

A dedicated team of expert editors working 24/7, 365 days a year

We pair your document with the perfect editor based on the level of your work and the subject matter to ensure that you’re always matched with the proofreader most suited to you.

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Education Proofreading Services

When you submit a document to our site, one of our expert proofreaders will:

• Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors
• Make sure all terminology is clear and consistent
• Ensure the tone of the document is suitable for the audience
• Fix issues with sentence structure and readability
• Provide feedback on writing style and vocabulary

With most documents, we also provide an MS Word Track Changes  copy of your work when we’re finished. This will highlight every single edit we’ve made, allowing you to review our work for complete control over the final draft.

And if you’re using a file format that doesn’t support Track Changes, we can adapt our process to match. See our supported formats page for more information.

Education Editing Services For Students

Our student proofreading service  is designed to follow academic plagiarism guidelines . Consequently, you’ll want to use this service if you’re studying education or training as a teacher.

However, we also offer a full editing service . So if you’re an educator or school representative looking for someone who can:

• Ensure all documentation is clear and correct
• Assist with preparing communications and marketing material
• Work to (or even help you develop) an in-house style guide

Then contact Proofed  today to find out how we can help.

How We Work

Lightning-fast delivery.

You’ll never miss a deadline with our speedy services: our Next-Day Guarantee means we’ll return any document up to 8,000 words long within 24 hours.

And if you need a faster turnaround, simply select your desired delivery speed when you submit your document. We have three options:

We can also meet custom deadlines! Just let us know what you need. 

* For documents up to 8,000 words

** For documents up to 3,000 words

Great Pricing

Our pricing is affordable and transparent – the cost is based on the exact length of your document. Check out our pricing calculator for an instant quote, and rest assured that you’ll receive the highest quality proofreading and editing for the best value on the market.

All Major Formats

Our system supports over 15 document formats, making it easy to submit content for proofreading and editing. Click the link below to find out more about how we’ll work with your document.

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Subject-Matter Experts

Our team of over 750 professional editors includes experts on thousands of topics. As a result, we can pair you with the perfect proofreader for your writing, no matter the subject.

24-Hour Support

Our support team is available around the clock to address any concerns or questions you have about your order. This means you’ll never be left in the dark, no matter where you are or what time it is.

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Proofreading Services

Professional editing and proofreading services.

Submit your work with confidence, knowing it’s free of language errors and flows well from beginning to end.

• Ensure your arguments are judged on merit
• Lift the quality of your paper as a whole
• Make you stand out from your peers

• Proofreading & Editing

Native editors

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Stand out from your peers with an error-free thesis that flows well from beginning to end.

• PhD dissertations

Impress your supervisor and graduate with a flawless dissertation.

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Research & term papers

Boost your grade with a well-structured, clear, and error-free paper.

» Paper editing

Manuscripts & academic articles

Improve your chances of publication with a polished manuscript.

» Academic editing

• Capstone projects

Demonstrate your expertise and obtain your degree with a perfect capstone project.

Secure funding or approval from supervisors with a well-written proposal.

English documents

Sound like a native English speaker and communicate your thoughts clearly.

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Literature reviews

Set the foundation for a great piece of academic writing with a well-written literature review.

Professional documents

Boost your career with an outstanding resume, personal statement, or cover letter. » Professional proofreading

Business documents

Ensure that your business documents, including reports, presentations, and web content, are professional in tone. » Business proofreading

Online Proofreader

Write your paper, thesis, or dissertation stress-free. Fix all your grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes instantly with 1 click.

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Free AI Writing Resources

Improve your academic performance and write like a pro. Get access to free AI writing tools, useful ChatGPT prompts, the latest articles about AI, and more.

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The Scribbr editing service

This is how we improve your document.

Standard Proofreading & Editing is perfect if you’re confident about your writing but need a second pair of eyes to catch:

• Spelling and grammar errors
• Inconsistencies in dialect
• Overuse of passive voice
• Subjective or inflated language

For a more comprehensive edit, you can add one or multiple add-on editing services that fit your needs.

Add-on services

Customize your editing package to get the help you need, structure check, clarity check, paper formatting, citation editing.

Ensures sections and chapters are structured and focused and your writing is free of redundancies.

• Through in-text feedback, your editor will help:
• Organize and focus individual chapters and sections
• Eliminate repetitive and redundant information
• Perfect transitions between sentences and paragraphs
• Align titles and headings with the section’s content

You’ll also receive a personalized Structure Check Report meant to help you identify missing elements in each chapter or section and prioritize improvements.

Ensures ideas are presented clearly, your arguments are consistent, and your audience can follow along.

Through in-text comments and checklists, your editor will:

• Make sure your text tells a clear and logical story
• Check that you’ve clearly presented concepts, ideas, and key terms
• Make sure your key takeaways and conclusions are front and center
• Highlight contradictions within the text
• Ensure you’re keeping your audience’s needs in mind

Ensures a professional look for your document that meets your formatting requirements.

Your formatting expert will ensure consistency for the following:

• Margins, spacing, and indentation
• Body text and headings
• Page numbers
• Abstract and keywords
• Explanatory footnotes

Choose our Paper Formatting service for a professional finish or our APA Editing Service for the most up-to-date APA formatting.

Citation Editing ensures your citations and references are consistent and meet your style guide’s requirements.

After you provide your document with a reference list, your citation expert will:

• Format the layout of your reference page (margins, indents, spacing)
• Ensure that your chosen citation style is applied consistently according to the guidelines
• Cross-check citations with reference entries
• Provide feedback on reference list entries that you need to complete due to missing information

Your expert is familiar with all common citation styles. Find more information about the service and our requirements in our FAQs .

Native academic editors

You'll only get matched with best editors.

At Scribbr, you can rest assured that only the best editors will work on your paper.

All our 800+ editors have passed the challenging Scribbr Academy, which has a passing rate of only 2%. To put that in perspective, Harvard has an acceptance rate of 3%.

We handpick your editor on several criteria, including field of study and document type. And we’ll even expand your team with citation and formatting experts if needed.

I have a doctorate in biology and studied a range of life science subjects. I specialize in editing academic texts.

I researched at Harvard, taught English with a Fulbright in Peru, and earned a master's from Johns Hopkins.

I am an academic editor and book reviewer. I am familiar with many style guides and have edited over 6 million words.

I have a bachelor's in electrical engineering and a master's in psychology and am pursuing a PhD in neuroscience.

I am an ESL teacher and academic editor with a research background in the humanities, arts, and culture.

Improve your writing with professional proofreading and editing services

Same day delivery

This deadline works automatically for the following document sizes:

• 3 hours: less than 3,000 words
• 6 hours: less than 6,000 words
• 12 hours: less than 12,000 words

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“Always feel empowered after the proofreading”

This is my third time using Scribbr. I find the proofreading and comments very helpful and caring. I always feel empowered after the corrections.

How it works

This is what you can expect from our proofreading service, upload any time.

Upload your document and easily select the pages that need editing. Next, choose your turnaround time and services, and explain your situation and needs to the editor.

Stay in the loop

After placing your order you can keep track of our progress. From finding your perfect editor to potential hand-overs to formatting or citation experts.

Revise and submit

You’ll receive your document back with tracked changes and feedback, as well as a personal letter from your editor. The last step is submitting your work with confidence!

Scribbr & academic integrity

Scribbr is committed to protecting academic integrity. Our proofreading service, our AI writing tools ( plagiarism checker , paraphrasing tool , grammar checker , summarizer,  Citation Generator ) as well as our free Knowledge Base content are designed to help students produce quality academic papers.

We make every effort to prevent our software from being used for fraudulent or manipulative purposes.

Your questions, answered.

Scribbr specializes in editing study-related documents . We proofread:

• Research proposals
• Personal statements
• Admission essays
• Motivation letters
• Reflection papers
• Journal articles

The fastest turnaround time is 12 hours.

You can upload your document at any time and choose between four deadlines:

At Scribbr, we promise to make every customer 100% happy with the service we offer. Our philosophy: Your complaint is always justified – no denial, no doubts.

Our customer support team is here to find the solution that helps you the most, whether that’s a free new edit or a refund for the service.

Yes, if your document is longer than 20,000 words, you will get a sample of approximately 2,000 words. This sample edit gives you a first impression of the editor’s editing style and a chance to ask questions and give feedback.

How does the sample edit work?

You will receive the sample edit within 12 hours after placing your order. You then have 24 hours to let us know if you’re happy with the sample or if there’s something you would like the editor to do differently.

Read more about how the sample edit works

Yes, in the order process you can indicate your preference for American, British, or Australian English .

If you don’t choose one, your editor will follow the style of English you currently use. If your editor has any questions about this, we will contact you.

Yes, regardless of the deadline you choose, our editors can proofread your document during weekends and holidays.

Example: If you select the 12-hour service on Saturday, you will receive your edited document back within 12 hours on Sunday.

Our APA experts default to APA 7 for editing and formatting. For the Citation Editing Service you are able to choose between APA 6 and 7.

Every Scribbr order comes with our award-winning Proofreading & Editing service , which combines two important stages of the revision process.

For a more comprehensive edit, you can add a Structure Check or Clarity Check to your order. With these building blocks, you can customize the kind of feedback you receive.

You might be familiar with a different set of editing terms. To help you understand what you can expect at Scribbr, we created this table:

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11 Best Editing and Proofreading Services in 2024

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As a writer, it's not always easy to find typos or spelling errors in your own work. 

However, online editing services make error-free writing easy so you can focus on writing, not editing.

Below, we've listed the top 11 best editing and proofreading services for 2024 while considering years of experience, turnaround times, pricing, and quality. 

What Is the Difference Between Editing and Proofreading? 

Many people will hire a proofreader when they are really looking for an editor, and vice versa. However, editing and proofreading have different functions, and you will need one or the other depending on the requirements of your document. 

With editing services , your editor will: 

• Focus on improving the flow of language
• Check the overall readability
• Verify the accuracy of language
• Ensure the content follows a logical order
• Make sure your transitions are clear
• Verify that every paragraph is relevant to the overall argument
• Determine whether the tone fits the audience
• Ensure gendered language is used properly

With proofreading services , your proofreader will: 

• Check for grammatical errors
• Point out mechanical mistakes, such as misspelled words
• Correct missing or incorrect punctuation
• Verify correct and consistent capitalization 
• Fix sentence structure errors, such as run-on sentences or fragments

If you want in-depth feedback and revisions to improve your writing, editing is what you need.

If you need a final check to ensure your document is error free, proofreading is what you need.

What to Look for When Hiring an Editing or Proofreading Service

When hiring an editing or proofreading service, there are a few things to keep in mind!

Editor Qualifications

Experience and education play a large role in selecting the right editor or proofreader. You want to work with someone who is qualified, who has expertise doing the type of editing you're looking for, and who has had satisfied customers in the past. 

Check each service's ratings on review sites to ensure their customer satisfaction levels match what the service promises.

An editing or proofreading sample can give you an excellent idea of what to expect from your editor. Samples may be free or paid and allow you to evaluate the quality of an editing or proofreading service.

Communication

Good communication is also crucial. Will you be able to ask your editor questions during or after the process? 

The goal of any editor is to help you develop your best work, so clear communication throughout the process is key.

You might be wondering what is a fair price to pay for proofreading. Professional proofreading rates vary, and so does quality. To get the best-value proofreading, you will need to find a reputable proofreading company.

11 Best Editing and Proofreading Services for 2024

1. scribendi.

Since 1997, Scribendi has been providing high-quality editing and proofreading services to students, academics, and authors from around the world. 

An ISO-certified industry leader in editing and proofreading services, Scribendi has a global team of hand-picked editors, many of whom hold master's degrees and PhDs. The onboarding process for new editors at Scribendi is intentionally rigorous so that only the highest-quality editors are selected—around 5% of all applicants. 

With Scribendi, you can expect affordable services and turnarounds in as little as 2 hours. The type of content Scribendi edits ranges from websites and blogs to essays and personal documents, with many other document types in between. Scribendi offers extensive feedback to its clients to help them develop their best work.

On the Scribendi website, you can also find case studies and reviews , along with a breakdown of how Scribendi customizes each service to specific clients. 

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: 2 hours

Number of years in business: 25+

Free sample: Yes, 1,000-word free sample for editing or proofreading

ISO certified: Yes

Account deposit feature: Yes

Competitive Advantages

When it comes to fast turnaround times, affordable services, and professional, high-quality revisions, Scribendi has a competitive advantage over many other editing services.

With 25+ years' experience, their 480+ editors are available to proofread academic essays, novels, business materials, personal documents, or student essays 24/7, 365 days a year. 

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2. proof-reading-service.com.

Proof-Reading-Service.com offers high-quality English editing and proofreading services exclusively for professionals in science and academia. 

An England-based company, the proofreaders at Proof-Reading-Service.com are native English speakers with experience in various academic disciplines. Each proofreader on their team is personally selected and holds at least a master's degree, so their academic clients are fully supported.

The types of editing they help with range from journal and scientific editing to PhD thesis and manuscript editing. Since their specialty is in science and academia, this service would be most helpful to professors, lecturers, post-doctoral researchers, and research students.

Proof-Reading-Service.com offers a flat rate per 1,000 words. This rate does not change based on the type of content, so you always know how much proofreading will cost you.  

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: No instant quote

Number of years in business: 16

Free sample: No

ISO certified: No

An affordable option for academics and scientists, Proof-Reading-Services.com offers highly educated editors with expertise in many fields. 

Fiverr is a marketplace for digital services that allows buyers and sellers to work with each other through Fiverr's transactional platform. 

Through Fiverr, many freelance proofreaders offer their services at different rates and turnaround times. Within the platform, editing services can be filtered by budget, delivery time, and content type.

You can also sift through the profiles of freelance editors, read their reviews, and learn about their history with editing and with Fiverr itself. Each editor offers different rates depending on their experience and turnaround time.

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: N/A

Number of years in business: 12

Account deposit feature: Yes (for Fiverr Business users)

With Fiverr, you have the flexibility to choose a specific editor, and many niche options are available. The process is simple and easy, and each transaction is made through the Fiverr platform.

4. True Editors

True Editors offers professional editing services for academics, business owners, authors, and job applicants.

Their editing team is composed of engineers, research scholars, postgraduates, physicians, and even journal peer reviewers. Each editor on the True Editors team receives specialized training in academic editing and must take a language proficiency exam to qualify for their editing team.

To use True Editors' services, you can upload a file or enter your word count and choose your turnaround time. Their pricing varies by word count, and their website provides editing samples so you can get a feel for their editing style. If you're ever unhappy with their work, they also offer a free revision of your document.   

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: 4 hours

Number of years in business: 10+

Free sample: 300 words or less for editing

True Editors has editors with specific subject-matter expertise.

5. ProofreadingPal

Operating out of Iowa City, IA, ProofreadingPal is an editing service that utilizes a two-proofreader model. This means that two proofreaders work on every piece of content ordered through their service.

ProofreadingPal offers editing services for students, professionals, and authors, including academic editing for writing styles such as APA, Chicago, MLA, or CSE. Their services are available 24/7, 365 days per year, with turnaround times ranging from 30 minutes to 7 days.

What also makes this service unique is that they accept orders both online and by phone, and their customer service team is available every day from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT. They offer free sample edits of up to 400 words, and they don't have a minimum word requirement if you'd like to submit a small document for review.  

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: 1.5 hours

Free sample: 400 words or less for editing

With ProofreadingPal, you get two proofreaders reviewing every submission instead of one and quick turnaround times. 

6. PaperTrue

PaperTrue started in 2014 as an editing service but has since expanded its services to include essay writing, formatting, and plagiarism checking for students, as well as cover design, typesetting, and online distribution for authors.

Operating with the belief that language shouldn't be a barrier to success, PaperTrue helps a global audience of businesses, authors, and researchers edit their writing so they're able to reach their full potential. To date, they've served over 52,000 clients and have 4.5+ stars on review sites, including Google Reviews and Sitejabber. 

PaperTrue also offers a three-step quality checking process and hand-picked, qualified editors for each document reviewed. With locations in the US, Singapore, the UK, and India, they offer round-the-clock editing services with a turnaround time of 12 hours for documents up to 6,000 words. 

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: 12 hours

Number of years in business: 8

With PaperTrue, you get not only editing and proofreading services but publication services as well, including typesetting, cover design, and online distribution.

Proofed is an editing and formatting service that helps students, businesses, authors, academics, researchers, and other professionals communicate effectively. Its mission is to provide the highest quality proofreading and editing services in the world.

With a diverse group of editors, the team at Proofed offers extensive knowledge on nearly every subject. All editors have undergone Proofreading Academy training, a course developed by Proofed, to ensure the highest standard of editing possible. 

Proofed offers speedy delivery (up to 10,000 edited words within 24 hours), with express and rapid turnaround times that range from 2 to 12 hours for select word counts. Their system supports over 15 different document formats, which makes the submission process easy, and their team offers 24-hour support.

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: 2 hours  

Free sample: 500 words for proofreading only

ISO certified: Yes 

Account deposit feature: No

Proofed offers proofreading expertise in many fields, as well as formatting services.

Enago provides 24/7 editing services for the global research community. More than just a team of editors, Enago works with researchers in over 125 countries to help them publish their work in international journals. 

With end-to-end publication support services, such as pre-submission peer review, journal selection, and post-submission review, Enago also offers competitive quality assurance with unlimited edits and a money-back guarantee for manuscripts that are rejected due to language issues.  

Enago's editors all hold a PhD or master's degree, and they have an average of 19.4 years of academic editing experience. Each manuscript is assigned to an editor with similar subject area expertise, assuring high-level accuracy. 

Like ProofreadingPal, Enago also operates on a two-editor model, where all manuscripts are reviewed by no fewer than two native English-speaking editors. 

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: 24 hours

Number of years in business: 17

Enago offers highly educated editors in the fields of science, academia, and business, along with help and support during the academic publication process. 

American Journal Experts (AJE) offers in-depth scientific and academic editing services, in addition to translation and manuscript formatting services, to help researchers publish their best work. Its mission is to improve the exchange of discoveries in the international research community by identifying opportunities to improve the research, publishing, and discovery cycle.  

In addition to providing quality editing services, their team of PhDs supports researchers when they have questions regarding manuscript submission and publishing. AJE also matches each manuscript with an editor who is a subject-matter expert. 

Prices and turnaround times, as well as more in-depth information regarding the details of each type of editing offered (standard, advanced, or premium), can be found on the AJE website. 

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: 48 hours  

Number of years in business: 18

Free sample: Editing of up to 500 words for an abstract

AJE's editors have subject-matter expertise, and the service also offers translation and formatting services. 

10. Editage

Editage partners with researchers to offer advanced and premium editing as well as publication support and translation services. Their goal is to assure the publication success of hopeful researchers, scholars, and students. 

Each document submitted to Editage is assigned to an editor who best matches the content subject matter. Editage even offers the option to select your expert, price, deadline, and style, so researchers have full control of the service they receive. Researchers can also collaborate with their editing expert to ensure the paper follows their vision. 

Editage also has local language support, turnaround times of as little as eight hours, and a two-step revision process for quality. Their team of over 2,000 native English editors has publication expertise and covers over 1,000 subjects.  

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: 8 hours

Number of years in business: 20

At Editage, two editors review every submission. They also offer client-to-editor Q&A interaction and translation services.

LetPub offers editorial services for researchers in the scholarly publishing community. In addition to editing, LetPub offers scientific illustration services, plain language summaries, and graphic and video abstracts. 

The LetPub team is composed of experts and senior editors who come from a wide range of disciplines, each one a native English speaker with experience editing both scientific and technical documents. The types of editing included in LetPub's services range from grant and language editing to response letter and scientific editing. 

Because many of LetPub's editors and staff have research backgrounds, they're familiar with the level of effort it takes to write a paper for publication, and they will reedit a paper at no cost if it is rejected for language reasons.

Fastest turnaround time for 1,000 words: 48 hours

ISO certified: Yes (for translation services)

Competitive Advantages 

LetPub offers expertise in science for scientists and academics, as well as translation and formatting services. 

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There's a lot to consider when choosing an editing service. Save our table as a quick reference for your next document.

As long as you understand the important factors that go into choosing a great editing service, like experience, customer satisfaction, and quality, you'll be well equipped to choose the right one for you.

About the Author

Scribendi's in-house editors work with writers from all over the globe to perfect their writing. They know that no piece of writing is complete without a professional edit, and they love to see a good piece of writing turn into a great one after the editing process. Scribendi's in-house editors are unrivaled in both experience and education, having collectively edited millions of words and obtained nearly 20 degrees collectively. They love consuming caffeinated beverages, reading books of various genres, and relaxing in quiet, dimly lit spaces.

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The 5 Best Academic Proofreading Services of 2024

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With so many academic proofreading services on the market, how do you know which will best meet your needs? Finding the answer to this question would take hours of research. Luckily, I’ve done all the research for you!

I’m a trained proofreader who has thoroughly researched over 70 online proofreading and editing services and narrowed them down to five highly rated, reputable businesses that stand above the rest for polishing academic texts.

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The Best Academic Proofreading Services

Here are the top five academic proofreading companies.

Best Academic Proofreading Services

Although many well-known businesses do a great job of proofreading a wide variety of texts, few focus solely (or primarily) on academic documents.

Scribbr and Edit My Paper are the first two companies on this list because they specialize in academic proofreading. (I have a discount code for Edit My Paper.)

Cambridge Proofreading , Editage , and PaperTrue don’t specialize in academic documents, but they’re popular companies.

To be included in this article, a company had to meet the following criteria:

• specialize in academic writing or be highly rated on Trustpilot
• provide an instant price quote (no waiting for an email)
• offer a turnaround time (TAT) of 24 hours or less

Top-Notch Tip: If you need your document back ASAP, say so. Most companies are happy to negotiate a faster turnaround time for you.

What Proofreading and Editing Companies Offer

Many proofreading and editing businesses combine proofreading, copyediting, and editing into one service, which I’ll refer to as “combined proofreading and editing.”

Some companies combine proofreading and copyediting.

And a few businesses offer proofreading, copyediting, and editing as separate services.

If you have doubts about what occurs during each editorial stage (developmental editing, line editing, etc.), please see the first frequently asked question toward the end of this article: “What’s the difference between proofreading and editing?”

Furthermore, I wrote a post about academic proofreading if you’d like to know everything it entails.

Note: These businesses have rules about how much they can intervene in academic texts. If you’re a college student, none of these proofreading services will write any portion of your paper for you since this violates universities’ academic policies.

Each Service Has a Unique Selling Point

To help you choose the best option, see if you have any specific needs listed below.

The Unique Offerings of Each Business

Now let’s see the details for each company.

1)  Scribbr

Scribbr offers a combined proofreading and copyediting service.

They specialize in proofreading and editing academic documents written in English, Spanish, French, and German. They also take on business texts.

Based Where: Netherlands

Trustpilot Rating :  4.6 (excellent) out of 13,545 reviews

Fastest TAT Available:  12 hours

Free Sample Edit:  If your text is over 20,000 words, you’ll receive a sample edit of about 2,000 words within 12 hours of placing your order.

Examples of the Academic Documents They Work On:

• Academic articles
• Admission essays
• Capstone projects
• Dissertations
• Literature reviews
• Manuscripts
• Motivation letters
• Personal statements
• Research papers
• Term papers

Their Hiring Process: Scribbr editors must pass a challenging quiz, make it through the application process, and successfully complete their rigorous in-house training program.

About the Editors: Their editors have passed the Scribbr Academy, which has a pass rate of just 2%.

How It Works: Scribbr will assign you an editor based on your document type and field of study.

Services Offered: Combined Proofreading and Copyediting (add-on services available)

Combined Proofreading and Copyediting : They check for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, word usage, consistency, clarity, syntax (sentence structure), style, and tone.

If you want combined proofreading and editing (not just proofreading and copyediting), you’ll need to purchase the structure check and clarity check mentioned below.

Scribbr offers the following services for an additional cost:

• Structure Check : Ensures your writing is well organized and free of redundancies (does not involve heavy rewriting or restructuring)
• Clarity Check : Makes sure you’ve communicated your ideas clearly and used sound logic
• Formatting : Customizes your paper’s formatting according to your requirements
• Citation Editing : Verifies that your in-text citations and reference list adhere to the relevant style guide

Factors that Influence Price:

• Turnaround time
• Add-on services chosen (if any)

To give you an idea of rates, the table below shows the cost for a 1,000-word text depending on the TAT.

Price for Proofreading and Copyediting a 1,000-Word Document

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2)  Edit My Paper

Edit My Paper specializes in proofreading and editing academic texts. They also work with business documents.

Based Where: Canada

Trustpilot Rating :  4.6 (excellent) out of 20 reviews

Fastest TAT Available:  90 minutes (1,300 words or fewer)

Note :  The 3-hour TAT is for texts with 2,275 words or fewer.

Free Sample Edit:  No

• Application essays
• Journal articles
• Research projects

Their Hiring Process: To become an editor for Edit My Paper, applicants must pass rigorous editing tests. Editors are internally audited and reviewed by clients to ensure they produce top-quality work.

About the Editors:  They are native English speakers with extensive experience editing academic texts, and they’ve studied at excellent universities in North America or Europe.

How It Works: They will assign you an editor who is a good fit for your document.

Edit My Paper offers four service levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Pro), which they refer to as editing tiers.

The tier you choose determines the depth of editing and the amount of experience your editor has with projects like yours.

These tiers also determine your editor’s level of education. Education levels range from college students from a top 10 university with high GPAs to editors with a PhD.

Level of Education according to Editing Tier

Services Offered: Combined Proofreading and Editing

Combined Proofreading and Editing : They check for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, word choice, style, consistency, concision, clarity, and flow.

Editors also provide comments about your document’s structure and give you suggestions for improvement.

They offer the following services for an additional cost:

• Citation correction
• Extra editing/ESL service
• Extra comments
• Service level

Price for Proofreading and Editing a 1,000-Word Document

Get a price quote from Edit My Paper . To get a discount, use the code OMSAVEPROOF in step 4 when checking out.

The discount you receive depends on your document’s word count. Here’s a breakdown of the savings:

3) Cambridge Proofreading

Cambridge Proofreading offers a combined proofreading and editing service for academic and business documents.

Based Where: United States (founded in England)

Trustpilot Rating :  4.9 (excellent) out of 3,138 reviews

Free Sample Edit: No

• Applications
• Assignments

Their Hiring Process: Cambridge has a rigorous recruitment process; they accept less than 1% of the editors who apply to work for them.

About the Editors: Their experienced editors have advanced degrees from top universities worldwide.

How It Works: They choose an editor whose qualifications and experience best match your text’s topic.

Services Offered:  Combined Proofreading and Editing

Combined Proofreading and Editing : They check for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, word choice, style, tone, concision, clarity, and logic.

Editors also give you feedback and advice on the composition of your writing. An Editor’s Summary Report is provided for documents over 3,000 words.

They offer two levels of service:

• One-Editor Premium Service
• Two-Editor Advanced Service*

*The two-editor advanced service, done by two senior editors, offers an even more in-depth and accurate edit.

Factors   that Influence Price:

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Editage (a division of Cactus Communications) provides a combined proofreading and editing service for all kinds of documents. They handle all types of journal manuscripts.

Based Where: They have offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Japan, China, Singapore, and South Korea, as well as representatives in Turkey and Brazil.

Trustpilot Rating :  4.8 (excellent) out of 186 reviews

Fastest TAT Available:  8 hours (must call them for a quote)

Free Sample Edit:  Yes (500–600 words)

• Case reports
• Journal manuscripts ( of all kinds )

Their Hiring Process: They hire subject-matter experts with advanced degrees and considerable experience in research and scientific editing. These experts undergo a rigorous language training program.

About the Editors:  They’re typically native English speakers, and their team includes PhDs, MDs, postgraduates, engineers, and even journal peer reviewers. 

How It Works: They assign you two editors who meet your editing preferences and are experts in your paper’s subject.

Combined Proofreading and Editing : The elements they check depend on the service level selected.

Please see their web page for details of everything offered with each service level.

They offer three levels of service:

1) Advanced Editing : Two editors check for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, formatting (including citations and references) , word choice, syntax, tone, and consistency in style and terminology.

2) Premium Editing : Two editors check for everything offered in the advanced editing service and improve presentation style, structure, flow, logic, and clarity. They leave feedback on how to make your paper better.

3) Scientific Editing : A peer reviewer from an esteemed journal, a science editor with 20+ years of experience, and a managing editor will do everything offered in the first two service levels and perform an in-depth edit and review of your manuscript. You’ll receive a paper that has a good chance of being accepted by a journal.

Price for Proofreading and Editing a 1,000-Word Document

**To get a quote for the 8-hour express delivery, please call Editage. They take calls 24-7.

To obtain a price quote for Scientific Editing , you need to upload your document to their website.

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5) PaperTrue

PaperTrue offers combined proofreading and copyediting for all kinds of writing.

Based Where: They have locations in the United States, India, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

Trustpilot Rating :  4.5 (excellent) out of 524 reviews

Free Sample Edit:  Yes (up to 300 words)

Their Hiring Process: Their editors must pass a comprehensive editing and language proficiency test. They prefer editors with a bachelor’s or master’s degree.

About the Editors:  They are native English speakers and language experts.

How It Works: You’ll be assigned an editor who is knowledgeable about your document’s subject matter. After the editor has worked on your text, a senior editor will review your writing to ensure it’s been polished to a high standard.

Services Offered:  Combined Proofreading and Copyediting

Combined Proofreading and Copyediting : They check for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, formatting ( including references ), word choice, and sentence structure. They also improve style, clarity, consistency, concision, and coherence.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the difference between proofreading and editing.

Although we sometimes use the terms proofreading and editing synonymously, they’re far from synonymous.

I’ve created a table (you’ll see it soon) that briefly explains all four stages of the editorial process.

The stages are in order. The editing process starts with developmental editing and ends with proofreading .

Developmental editing is the most in-depth (and most expensive) editing stage. Each subsequent stage becomes cheaper, with proofreading being the fastest and least costly.

The stages overlap with each other to some degree. For example, copyediting includes proofreading, but copyediting has a broader scope. Proofreading is the last editing step; it’s meant to find errors that were missed or unintentionally introduced in prior editing phases.

The Four-Step Editorial Process

Is academic proofreading considered cheating?

You should check your university’s proofreading policy to determine whether academic proofreading is considered cheating. This information is usually in your college’s academic policies and procedures manual.

Academic misconduct is a serious offense, so knowing the answer to this question is crucial!

Generally speaking, universities encourage (and often require) graduate students to use a third-party proofreading service before submitting a thesis or dissertation. Some colleges even specify which proofreading service students should use.  

However, at the undergraduate level, it can vary.

For example, suppose you’re taking an ESL course, an English composition course, or any other class where your professor will evaluate your writing skills. In that case, using an outside proofreading service may be considered cheating.

Furthermore, some universities prohibit students from using proofreading services for any courses at the undergraduate level.

Bottom Line : Be sure to check your university’s proofreading policy before submitting your writing to a proofreading service.

Which proofreading service is best?

The best proofreading service is the one that effectively meets your needs. With numerous competent proofreading companies on the market, choosing one “best” service is challenging. However, you can look to reputable consumer review websites like Trustpilot to see how proofreading businesses perform.

Here are two of my top choices that aren’t mentioned in this article.

Best Company Providing Proofreading Only (Not Proofreading + Editing): ProofreadNOW.com

If you’re looking for a company that provides stand-alone proofreading (not a combined proofreading and editing service), ProofreadNOW.com is an excellent option. It’s highly rated on Trustpilot and offers great prices. It also provides stand-alone copyediting if your paper needs more than proofreading.

The only downside is that if you need a price quote, you have to wait for a reply via email.

ProofreadNOW works on all types of documents.

Best Service if You Have an Exceptionally Tight Turnaround Time: ProofreadingPal

Often, people need a text proofread fast! If you need your writing back lickety-split, ProofreadingPal is a prime pick. It’s listed as the number one business in my post about the fastest proofreading and editing companies .

ProofreadingPal has an excellent Trustpilot rating, provides an instantaneous price quote, handles all genres of writing, and offers lightning-fast turnaround times.

How much does proofreading cost for a 1,000-word document?

Typically, proofreading costs about $30–$60 for a 1,000-word document if you hire a proofreading service. This calculation is based on a rate of 3–6 cents per word.

Hiring a freelance proofreader costs roughly $10–$30 (1–3 cents per word) for a 1000-word text. However, the price depends on the document’s technicality, quality of writing, and turnaround time.

If you’d like more information about how much proofreading costs and the pros and cons of hiring a freelance proofreader versus an online proofreading company, check out this article on Om Proofreading .

I hope this post has given you all the information you need to decide on the academic proofreading service that’s right for you.

Good luck with your academic endeavors!

Best wishes to you!

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer

Lindsay Babcock

Lindsay is the creator of Om Proofreading. She has a BA in psychology and earned a certificate in proofreading by passing the final exam in Proofread Anywhere’s general proofreading course. She shares what she’s learning in the field and through research to inform and inspire her readers.

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