Prices & Turnaround

Professional Proofreading and Light Editing

Prices are based on the word count of your document and the service you select. Turnaround times are based solely on the word count. Try the calculator or see the Prices and Turnaround Table below.

Standard Price and Turnaround Calculator

Enter the total word count of your order and the service desired. The calculator will show the price, turnaround, and page count at 250 words per page.

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Pricing Options

Standard Price

  • One or more documents per order

  • Price based on the total word count of your order and the service you select

Pre-order for Volume Discount

Our prices are graduated—the more service you purchase, the lower the price per page. You can lower your prices by purchasing additional service ahead of time.

  • Choose a pre-order option (see the bottom of this page).
  • Use purchased service as desired.
  • There is no minimum or maximum page limit on orders submitted using credit. There is, however, a limit of five orders in a 24-hour period that can be placed using credit. See Multiple Documents below.
Turnaround

The turnaround time—the time it takes us to complete your order—is based solely on the total word count of your order.

Minimums

  • $15.00 minimum charge
  • 4-hour minimum turnaround
  • $15.00 minimum additional charge for overall document formatting and style checking according to APA, MLA, Chicago, or institutional guidelines—no additional charge for references and citations only
Prices and Turnaround Table

Prices are based on the word count and service you select. Turnaround times are based solely on the word count. For convenience, the table shows pages instead of words.

1 page = 250 words"min" = minimum
  Pages Proofreading Light Editing Turnaround  
   1 $15.00 (min) $15.00 (min) 4 hrs (min)  
   2—4 $11.00/page $12.00/page 4 hrs (min)  
   4—15 $11.00/page $12.00/page 1 hour/page  
  16—20 $9.00/page $10.00/page 1 hour/page  
  21—24 $8.00/page $9.00/page 1 hour/page  
  25 $8.00/page $9.00/page 24 hours  
  26—29 $8.00/page $8.75/page 24 hours  
  30—44 $8.00/page $8.75/page 48 minutes/page  
  45—50 $8.00/page $8.75/page 36 hours  
  51—59 $8.00/page $8.75/page 48 minutes/page  
  60—75 $8.00/page $8.75/page 48 hours  
  76—80 $8.00/page $8.50/page 48 hours  
  81—100 $8.00/page $8.50/page 36 minutes/page  
  101—120 $7.50/page $8.00/page 36 minutes/page  
  121—140 $7.50/page $8.00/page 72 hours  
  141—144 $7.50/page $8.00/page 72 hours  
  145—250 $6.00/page $6.50/page 30 minutes/page  
  251—399 $5.75/page $6.00/page 30 minutes/page  
  400 & up $5.25/page $5.50/page 30 minutes/page  
Academic Style Checking – APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian

Academic style checking of references and citations is optional at no additional charge. Formatting and style checking your overall document is an additional $1.50 per page (0.6¢ per word) with a minimum charge of $15.00. Overall academic style checking automatically adds 15 minutes per page to the turnaround time and increases the minimum turnaround to 8 hours. A further additional charge or further additional turnaround time may be required in some cases.

Note that if you select academic style checking of your overall document, the additional charge cannot be paid using our prepurchased credit (see Volume Discounts below).

Multiple Documents
  • Standard Price Option

    • One Order – Multiple documents in one order usually lowers the price and lengthens the turnaround.

    • Separate Orders – Multiple documents in separate orders usually raises the price and shortens the turnaround.

  • Pre-order/Volume Discount Option

    • No Page Limit – There is no minimum or maximum limit to the number of words or pages submitted per day or per order using credit.

    • Five-Order Credit Limit Per 24 Hours – Credit will be applied to a maximum of five orders in a 24-hour period. The standard price will be charged for additional orders within a 24-hour period.

    • Example: If you submit five 200-page orders in one day, your credit will be applied to these orders automatically (assuming that you have enough credit). But if you submit 1000 one-page orders in one day, your credit will be applied only to the first five orders.

    • Note: If you or your organization wants to submit more than five orders in a 24-hour period using credit, please contact Customer Service.

Volume Discount/Pre-order Options

Example: For $400.00, you can pre-order up to 50 pages of proofreading or up to 45 pages of light editing. You can apply this credit as desired. For example, half of this credit could be applied to a 25-page order for proofreading. You would then have half of your credit remaining, that is, up to 25 pages of proofreading or up to 22.5 pages of light editing.

1 page = 250 words

  Proofreading Light Editing Price
  up to 50 pages OR up to 45 pages $400.00
  up to 54 pages OR up to 50 pages $437.50
  up to 100 pages OR up to 94 pages $800.00
  up to 113 pages OR up to 100 pages $850.00
  up to 250 pages OR up to 230 pages $1,500.00
  up to 282 pages OR up to 250 pages $1,625.00

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