Edit911

What Edit911 does

Edit911, founded in 1999 by college English Professor Marc Baldwin and headquartered in Oviedo, Florida, is a privately held professional English editing and proofreading service. The company employs approximately 75 editors, all of whom hold PhDs from accredited institutions and are published authors. The core product is subject-matter-matched editorial work delivered through a self-serve online platform, with editors assigned based on discipline-specific expertise across humanities, sciences, business, and creative writing.

The service portfolio spans academic editing (dissertations, theses, journal articles, scholarly papers), book editing (fiction and non-fiction), business document editing, ESL editing for international scholars, and a recently launched AI/ChatGPT quality improvement service that uses human editors to refine AI-generated text. Pricing is per-word-count across three tiers — Premium, Premium Plus, and Custom — with express turnaround options. Distribution is entirely digital: customers order through the website, receive quotes, and submit projects online, supported by phone and live chat. Marketing is content-driven, centered on an editorial blog, free eBooks, and verified third-party reviews (A+ BBB rating, Trustpilot).

The business is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no acquisition activity. Revenue is generated through one-time per-document transactions rather than subscriptions or enterprise contracts. Over 25 years, Edit911 has edited 1.2 billion words for 220,000+ clients worldwide, including institutions such as MIT, Johns Hopkins, Toyota, DHL, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, though these named logos function primarily as trust signals rather than enterprise revenue anchors. The company has explicitly chosen to remain small to preserve editorial quality, limiting scale-driven growth.

Name

Edit911

Legal name

Edit911.com, Inc.

Website

https://edit911.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Edit911 is a bootstrapped, PhD-editor-driven English editing service founded in 1999 that serves graduate students, academics, authors, and corporate clients with subject-matter-matched editing across dissertations, books, business documents, and ESL manuscripts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oviedo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Document Editing Services: Per-word-count pricing model for editing services across all document types including dissertations, books, academic papers, business documents, and manuscripts. Multiple service tiers (Premium, Premium Plus, Custom) with standard and express turnaround options.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Edit911 provides professional English editing and proofreading services staffed entirely by PhD editors, published authors, and native English speakers. The company delivers academic editing (dissertations, theses, journal articles, scholarly papers), book editing (fiction and nonfiction), business document editing, ESL editing, and a human-led AI/ChatGPT quality improvement service. Services are priced per word count across Premium, Premium Plus, and Custom tiers with express turnaround options.

Product overview

Edit911 is a professional English editing and proofreading service staffed entirely by PhD editors, published authors, and native English speakers. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of editing services organized around document types: academic editing (dissertation, thesis, journal articles, scientific manuscripts), book editing (fiction/non-fiction novels), business document editing, and ESL editing. A key differentiator is the AI/ChatGPT quality improvement service where human PhD editors enhance AI-generated content. Services are priced per word with Premium, Premium Plus, and Custom editing tiers. The company also offers a Dissertation to Book Transformation service for converting academic dissertations into publishable manuscripts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% customer satisfaction rate
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Scribbr: Scribbr focuses on dissertation and thesis editing, formatting, and plagiarism checking, with strong positioning among graduate students. While narrower than Edit911's portfolio, it competes intensely for the same primary dissertation editing customer segment.

Direct peers

• ProofreadingServices.com: ProofreadingServices.com (formerly known for dissertation and academic proofreading) provides online proofreading and editing services to students, academics, and businesses. It competes directly with Edit911 on per-word academic and dissertation editing.
• Wordvice: Wordvice provides professional English editing, proofreading, and manuscript preparation services for academic researchers and ESL authors. It is a direct peer competing for the same academic editing customer base as Edit911.
• Cambridge Proofreading & Editing LLC: Cambridge Proofreading offers English editing, proofreading, and critique services to academic and ESL authors globally. It is a direct competitor to Edit911 in the academic and ESL English editing market.
• PaperTrue: PaperTrue provides academic editing, proofreading, and manuscript formatting services for researchers, students, and ESL authors. It is a direct online peer competing in the academic and ESL English editing category.
• Scribendi: Scribendi is one of the largest online English editing and proofreading services, offering academic, business, and manuscript editing with a network of freelance editors. It competes directly with Edit911 across academic, book, and business document editing.
• Editage (Cactus Communications): Editage, part of Cactus Communications, provides English editing, translation, and publication support services primarily to ESL researchers and academics. It is a leading global competitor in the scholarly English editing segment that Edit911 also serves.
• Enago: Enago offers English editing, translation, and research publication support to academic and ESL authors worldwide. It directly competes with Edit911 in dissertation, manuscript, and journal editing for the international research community.

Broad incumbents

• Grammarly: Grammarly is the dominant AI-powered writing assistance platform with broad consumer and enterprise adoption. While it automates editing rather than providing human service, it competes for the same end-user writing improvement budget and represents the primary technology-driven alternative to Edit911's human editing.
• Elsevier Author Services: Elsevier offers editing, translation, and other author services as part of its broader academic publishing ecosystem. While not its core focus, Elsevier Author Services competes with Edit911 for the same academic authors seeking publication support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/edit911
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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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