Company Overview
According to the website, Cheapest Essay was founded in
2014 with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. There's no
registration number, so I wonder if the company is
US-based. For example, three out of five employees found
on LinkedIn are based in India. Considering the quality of
website copy and essay writing issues I'll cover in detail
in this Cheapestessay.com review, I suspect the company is
just a front.
CheapestEssay Types of Services
CheapestEssay offers three primary services: writing,
editing, and PowerPoint presentations. Beyond that, the
list of possible academic solutions is quite extensive and
includes the following:
- College applications
- Essays and assignments
- Dissertations and theses
- Blog posts and articles
- Research and case studies
- Speeches
- Resumes, CVs, and cover letters
CheapestEssay Reviews & Online Reputation
If you focus on Cheapestessay.com reviews posted on the
website, you'll get a near-perfect 4.9-star rating.
However, the stats on the homepage are outdated. For
instance, the SiteJabber rating is currently 4.2 instead
of 4.7. And the Trustpilot page has been deleted, so
there's no telling how good or bad the reviews were.
I stumbled across a few discussions on Reddit and Quora,
but none provided any actual details or evidence apart
from enthusiastic recommendations or warnings to stay
away. Those are likely to be doctored by the writing
service or its rivals, so I pay them no mind.
CheapestEssay at Social Media
CheapestEssay's social media pages are all about memes
and jokes that don't land. Facebook and Twitter are the
only active accounts, while the Instagram page was
abandoned about a year ago. I was curious about a
4.7-star Cheapestessay.com rating on Facebook. And while
most of the 50+ reviews were positive, I found a couple
that claimed low grades and the company's unwillingness
to issue refunds.
The Youtube channel is a disaster with around 500
subscribers and a dozen short clips that are supposed to
be funny. There have been no new uploads within the last
six months, so the channel is probably abandoned.
Prices and Deadlines
One of the main advantages of this writing service is
the affordable Cheapestessay.com price range:
| Service |
Price per page |
| Writing |
$8.95 to $27.95 |
| Editing |
$4.95 to $15.95 |
| PowerPoint |
$3.95 to $14.95 |
The prices above apply to the College writer level, and
Bachelor and Master writers get more expensive. The
lowest prices apply to 19-day deadlines and the highest
- to 3-hour deadlines.
My paper cost $15.95 per page with a 7-day deadline, but
thanks to a first-order discount, I only paid around $55
for a 4-page essay.
CheapestEssay Writers
There are some writer profiles on the website, but no way
to pick a specific writer in any meaningful way. At best,
you can choose a Top-10 writer (+25% to order total) or a
Preferred writer (+20%), but you only get the writer's
number, not their name or rating.
According to vague writer descriptions on the homepage,
all writers hold MBA or PhD degrees, but I doubt that's
true. I don't think the person working on my essay was a
native English speaker. And I doubt they have a
postgraduate degree, considering the word choice was
high-school-level at best.
How to Make an Order at CheapestEssay
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Create an account using your email and password, or log
in with a Google account.
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Choose the type of service and writer level, and specify
the paper type, number of pages, and topic. Upload
assignment requirements or fill in the details in the
text box. Remember to set the deadline.
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Specify order preferences: style, number of sources,
charts, and slides.
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Add extra services, like email delivery, Turnitin
report, or preferred writer.
- Redeem balance funds if you have any.
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Proceed to payment via credit card, Klarna, or Alipay.
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Follow the order progress in the "Orders" tab of the
dashboard.
Paper Quality and My Experience Using These Service
I wanted a short 4-page English essay and paid around $55
to get it in a week. I know my way around writing
services, so I made my instructions very clear and
uploaded the professor's rubric. But still, the writer
ignored my requirements and even altered the topic. In
addition, they messed up the sources and made too many
mistakes for me to bother editing. Judging by the
disgruntled reviews for Cheapestessay.com I've come
across, ignoring order details is a common occurrence.
CheapestEssay Plagiarism
I checked the paper I got using CheapestEssay's plagiarism
checker and compared the results with a QueText check.
Unsurprisingly, the company found no trace of
similarities, while the other checker highlighted around
15% of the text. The percentage would have been even
higher had the writer corrected all grammar mistakes.
CheapestEssay Additional Features
Cheapest Essay boasts a newly developed free plagiarism
checker tool, but it works no better than other free
online checkers. And there's always a risk they'll keep a
copy of any paper you run through their checker.
The order form offered a few extras to add to my total,
including:
- Abstract page for $2.99
- Email delivery for $1.99
- Turnitin plagiarism report for $7.99
- Top 10 writer for +25%
- Preferred writer for +20%
I didn't get any of the extras before writing this
Cheapest Essay review, so I don't know if they are worth
the expense. Still, paying two bucks just for an email
seems a bit much.
Refund and Revision Policies
Revision terms are ridiculous. You can request corrections
within 20 days of downloading the paper, but the company
will deliver an updated version within 15 days (or within
48 hours if the edits are minor). The revisions are free,
but if they take two weeks to deliver, they are useless.
The Money-Back Policy is pretty much the same. The company
promises 50% and 100% refunds, but there are no clear
terms. For example, if your paper is late, you can request
a full refund or get 20% back if you're willing to extend
the deadline. And a Turnitin report is a must if you claim
plagiarism.
Based on the negative Cheapest Essay reviews I found,
refunds are not an option. Most unhappy customers get
store credit, which is useless unless you're ready to
trust this service again.
Support and Communication
My live chats with the support team could have been a
highlight of this CheapestEssay review if they had been a
little faster with their responses and a little less pushy
when convincing me to place the order. They were also very
fond of stock responses that had nothing to do with my
questions. Besides, the agents turned cold and rude when I
asked about revisions and refunds.
Aside from the live chat, there's an option to give the
company a call or use the contact form to send a message,
though I didn't use either of these options.
Conclusion
If you want my review on Cheapestessay.com in a nutshell:
it's dirt-cheap, yet still ridiculously overpriced. Even if
I'd had a pleasant overall experience (which I didn't), I'd
still recommend you to steer clear because you won't get
your money's worth, and you won't be able to get it back.