Humanums vs VerifyMyWriting: what's the difference?

Both Humanums and VerifyMyWriting promise to certify that a human wrote something. Both issue a visual seal or badge. Both target writers who need proof of authorship. From the outside, they sound like the same product.

They are not. The difference is fundamental.

What VerifyMyWriting does

VerifyMyWriting is a post-hoc scanning service. You upload a finished manuscript, article, or script. The platform runs it through Pangram, a third-party AI text classifier, and returns a score. If the score hits 95 or above, you can download a “Certified Human Written” seal.

The tool is popular with book authors and screenwriters. It has a partnership with the International Screenwriters’ Association, and the seal is designed for use on covers, query letters, and marketing materials.

Pricing is per-word, scaling up to around $90 per manuscript, plus $10 to download the seal.

What Humanums does

Humanums does not scan finished text. It captures behavioral signals during writing: keystroke cadence, pause patterns, revision depth, paste ratio, session timing, and content-time correlation. Those signals are analyzed, scored across six dimensions, and packaged into a cryptographically signed certificate.

The output is a badge, a certificate, and a public verification page that anyone can inspect. The certificate is tamper-evident: the content is hashed at the time of certification, and the signature can be validated independently.

The core difference: output analysis vs process proof

This is the distinction that matters most. VerifyMyWriting looks at the artifact after it is done. Humanums looks at the act of creation while it happens.

That difference has consequences:

• Accuracy. AI text classifiers have documented reliability issues. Stanford researchers found that popular detectors disproportionately flag non-native English speakers. VerifyMyWriting depends entirely on the accuracy of Pangram. If the classifier is wrong, the certification is wrong.
• Gameability. If the only input is finished text, a motivated person can paraphrase AI-generated content until it passes the classifier. Process-based signals are much harder to fabricate, because they require actually producing the writing in a human-like way over real time.
• Verifiability. A VerifyMyWriting seal is a static image. There is no public URL where a reader, editor, or client can inspect the underlying data. A Humanums badge links to a verification page with the full signal breakdown.

What each approach assumes

VerifyMyWriting assumes that AI text classifiers are reliable enough to serve as the foundation for a trust credential. That assumption is under pressure. Writer Beware, a publishing industry watchdog, specifically questioned the reliability of detection-based certification services given the accuracy limits of the tools they depend on.

Humanums assumes that the writing process itself is the strongest signal of authorship. Instead of trying to reverse-engineer who wrote something from the finished words, it records the evidence in real time and makes it inspectable after the fact.

Pricing comparison

VerifyMyWriting charges per word, with costs reaching $90 per manuscript plus $10 for the seal. Each new piece of writing is a separate transaction.

Humanums uses a subscription model. The free tier includes 3 certifications per month. Creator Pro and Publisher plans provide higher limits and additional features like portfolio pages and team support. There is no per-word fee.

When to use which

VerifyMyWriting may be useful if you have already finished a manuscript and want a quick seal before submitting to an agent or publisher. It requires no change to your writing workflow.

Humanums is a better fit if you want proof that is verifiable, portable, and not dependent on the accuracy of a text classifier. Freelancers attaching proof to deliverables, journalists protecting bylines, students defending academic work, and publishers building reader trust all benefit from behavioral certification.

If you need a seal, VerifyMyWriting gives you one. If you need evidence, Humanums gives you that.

The short version

VerifyMyWriting scans your finished text with a third-party AI detector and issues a seal if the score is high enough. It is fast and requires no workflow change, but its accuracy depends on a classifier that has known limitations.

Humanums captures how you write, scores six behavioral signals, and issues a signed certificate with a public verification page. It requires writing in the Humanums editor or using the Chrome extension, but the resulting proof is independently verifiable and does not depend on detector accuracy.

One product asks “does this text look human?” The other asks “was a human observed writing this?” Those are different questions with different levels of certainty.

Create a free Humanums account and certify your next article with behavioral proof, not a detector score.