Choose the setup that fits how you grade
Start on your own with the free Personal plan, run team marking in the cloud, or keep everything inside your own university environment.
Personal
For verified academic instructors
Free for verified academic instructors
Create an account, pair the local agent, and mark from your own machine. Good fit if you handle the course yourself and want the source PDFs to stay local.
- ✓ Runs on Windows and macOS
- ✓ Local agent keeps source PDFs on your machine
- ✓ Draft marks and annotated PDF feedback
- ✓ Marking scheme builder
- ✓ Free AEMS account, no payment required
- ✓ Source PDFs stored locally via paired AEMS Agent
Department
For teaching teams and courses
For courses with TAs or multiple examiners. One hosted workspace, shared rubrics, and Canvas in the loop when you are ready to publish.
- ✓ Everything in Personal, plus:
- ✓ Cloud-hosted in the EU, no setup required
- ✓ Shared rubrics across the team
- ✓ Canvas LMS integration (grade sync and feedback delivery)
- ✓ Multi-marker calibration (coming soon)
- ✓ 14-day free trial
Institutional
For universities and large organisations
For faculties that need AEMS inside their own environment, with their own data rules, access policies, and support process.
- ✓ Everything in Department, plus:
- ✓ On-premises or private cloud deployment
- ✓ SSO / SAML integration (planned)
- ✓ Custom data retention policies
- ✓ Dedicated support and SLA
- ✓ Volume licensing
Feature comparison
| Feature | Personal | Department | Institutional |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI-assisted marking with your rubric | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Annotated PDF output | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Handwritten submission support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Model setup options | Standard setup | Configurable | Configurable |
| Local source-PDF storage | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Canvas LMS integration | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared rubrics | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-marker calibration (coming soon) | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-premises deployment | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML (planned) | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Custom data retention | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Dedicated support & SLA | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
Common questions
- Does the AI replace the examiner’s judgment?
- No. AEMS proposes marks and annotations based on your rubric. The academic reviews every grade and can accept, adjust, or override any decision before it reaches students. The AI is an assistant, not a replacement.
- Where is student data stored?
- That depends on the plan you choose. With Personal, source PDFs stay on your machine via the paired agent while grading orchestration runs through AEMS services. With Department, data is processed and stored in EU data centres. With Institutional, everything runs behind your university’s firewall. See our Security page for full details.
- Can it handle handwritten exams?
- Yes. AEMS uses vision-capable AI models to read handwritten, typed, and printed submissions. It works with any exam paper you can scan or export as a PDF.
- Do I have to configure models myself?
- No, not to get started. Personal uses the standard AEMS setup with the local agent. Department and Institutional deployments can be configured more broadly when a university needs that level of control.
- Does AEMS work with our LMS?
- AEMS integrates directly with Canvas LMS for fetching submissions, syncing grades, and delivering annotated feedback to students. Support for additional LMS platforms is on the roadmap.
- Can students manipulate the AI marking?
- AEMS includes prompt injection protection that detects invisible or hidden text in PDFs, a technique sometimes used to influence AI models. Suspicious submissions are flagged for manual review.
Start your 14-day Department trial
Send us your university email address and we will set up your workspace within one business day. No credit card required.
Request Trial AccessFor institutional or on-premises deployments, see the Enterprise Hub below.
Enterprise Onboarding Hub
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