One review, not ten tools.
Generic AI guesses. Single-purpose tools each surface one signal, in their own login. Octym brings every expert lens into one review. Consolidated, evidence-first, and yours to question.
Today, every check lives in a different tool.
A tool for images, another for references, another for statistics, each returning one isolated signal, in its own report, with no shared context. The problems that cause rejections and retractions surface late, and never in one place.
Six tools, six signals. Collapsed into one review, every finding traced to source
Not just consolidated: interpreted.
Bringing every lens together is the start. The difference is what Octym does with them: read in context, weighed against each other, and explained.
Every lens, one review
Consolidated, de-duplicated, and prioritized, not ten tools and ten logins.
Evidence, not a verdict
Every finding is traced to its source, with the audit trail behind it. Signals, not verdicts. A person decides.
Validated image integrity
Depth that extends to graphs, charts, diagrams and plots. Powered by Proofig.
A review you can talk to
Ask the agent why anything was flagged, grounded in the manuscript. Only on Octym.
Shaped to you, by your Octym team
Your journals, your funders, your focus. Your Octym team configures the review around them, and changes it when you ask.
What each approach actually gives you.
Generic AI is fast. Point tools are deep in their one slice. Here's where each one stops, and where Octym keeps going.
| Generic AI | Point tools | Octym | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | |||
| Sees every problem type | Text patterns only | One slice each | Every lens, one review |
| Image & figure integrity | Can't | Maybe one tool | Validated. Powered by Proofig |
| Trust | |||
| Evidence behind a finding | Asserts, no proof | Partial | Traced to its source |
| References vs. the record | Hallucinates | Partial | Retractions, DOIs, claim support |
| Workflow | |||
| One consolidated review | One chat, no rigor | Ten reports | De-duped & prioritized |
| Ask “why was this flagged?” | Yes, but ungrounded | No | Grounded in the manuscript |
| In a word | Fast, but guesses | Real signals, scattered | Every lens, evidence-first |
Coverage
Sees every problem type
- Generic AI
- Text patterns only
- Point tools
- One slice each
- Octym
- Every lens, one review
Image & figure integrity
- Generic AI
- Can't
- Point tools
- Maybe one tool
- Octym
- Validated. Powered by Proofig
Trust
Evidence behind a finding
- Generic AI
- Asserts, no proof
- Point tools
- Partial
- Octym
- Traced to its source
References vs. the record
- Generic AI
- Hallucinates
- Point tools
- Partial
- Octym
- Retractions, DOIs, claim support
Workflow
One consolidated review
- Generic AI
- One chat, no rigor
- Point tools
- Ten reports
- Octym
- De-duped & prioritized
Ask “why was this flagged?”
- Generic AI
- Yes, but ungrounded
- Point tools
- No
- Octym
- Grounded in the manuscript
In a word
- Generic AI
- Fast, but guesses
- Point tools
- Real signals, scattered
- Octym
- Every lens, evidence-first
The hardest dimension to get right is the one we already lead.
Image and figure integrity is the toughest part of any review to get right. It's also where this team has already earned trust. Octym's image checks are powered by Proofig.
Adopted by Science
The Science family of journals uses Proofig to screen images across all six of its titles.
Trusted across research
Relied on by the world's top researchers, publishers, and research institutions.
The largest image-plagiarism database
Every figure checked by Proofig for manipulation, duplication, plagiarism, and AI generation.
Image & figure integrity, powered by Proofig