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Grammarly alternative

The Grammarly alternative built for support and sales teams

Grammarly is a general-purpose writing assistant. Sapling catches more errors on real business messages and adds snippets, autocomplete, rephrasing, and suggested replies inside the CRM and help desk your team already uses, with an API, multiple languages, and self-hosting when you need them.

No credit card required. Or try the free paraphrase tool without an account.

Sapling grammar correction and autocomplete inside Zendesk
Works where your team already writes
  • Salesforce
  • Zendesk
  • ServiceNow
  • Intercom
  • Gmail
  • Outlook
  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Word
At a glance

Grammarly vs. Sapling

Grammarly

Grammarly is the most widely used writing assistant. It checks spelling, grammar, punctuation, and clarity across many apps, predicts tone, and includes a plagiarism checker and a web editor. Grammarly Business adds style guides, snippets, and an analytics dashboard for larger accounts.

Sapling

Sapling is an AI writing assistant for customer-facing teams. Its grammar checker runs on neural language models rather than hand-written rules, and it adds rephrasing, snippet macros, autocomplete, suggested chat responses, and quality scoring inside Salesforce, Zendesk, Intercom, Gmail, Outlook, and hundreds of other web apps.

Why teams switch from Grammarly to Sapling

Catches more errors

Sapling's neural grammar checker catches 60% more errors than leading competitors on a third-party dataset, especially the missing words and mangled phrasing common in fast support replies.

Made for support and sales

Autocomplete and suggested chat responses help agents reply faster in live chat and tickets. Grammarly corrects what you type; it does not help you write the reply.

Works inside your CRM and help desk

Sapling runs in Salesforce, Zendesk, ServiceNow, Intercom, Gmail, and Outlook, with snippet macros and quality scoring where agents actually work.

More than English

Sapling checks grammar in multiple languages and can train custom models on your own data. Grammarly currently supports English only.

Self-hosting and zero retention

SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA with BAA coverage, zero data retention options, and self-hosted or on-premises deployment for regulated teams.

A real API

Add grammar checking, rephrasing, tone detection, and AI content detection to your own product with the Sapling API and SDK. Grammarly does not offer direct API access.

Feature comparison

How Grammarly and Sapling line up on rewriting, team features, integrations, and security.

Feature comparison of Grammarly and Sapling
Feature Grammarly Sapling
Writing
Rephrase & tone rewritingNoYes
Grammar & spell checkYesYes
AutocompleteNoYes
Snippets / macrosYesYes
Suggested chat responsesNoYes
Tone predictionYesYes
Style guideYesYes
Teams & integrations
Built for support teamsNoYes
Built for sales teamsNoYes
Microsoft WordYesYes
Microsoft OutlookNoYes
Google DocsYesYes
Multiple languagesNoYes
Custom modelsNoYes
Security & developers
API accessNoYes
SOC 2 Type IIYesYes
HIPAAYesYes
Self-hostingNoYes

What you get with Sapling

Everything Grammarly does for a sentence, plus the tools a team needs to reply faster.

Sapling suggesting a rephrase in Gmail

Rephrase and adjust tone

Rewrite a sentence, make it more formal or casual, shorten it, or make it sound more confident or empathetic — the same rewriting workflow Grammarly users know, inside any text field.

Sapling correcting a customer email in Gmail

Grammar checking and autocomplete

Catch spelling and grammar mistakes as you type and accept autocomplete suggestions with a keystroke, so corrections and rewrites happen in one place.

Inserting a saved snippet with Sapling

Snippets and suggested replies

Insert shared team snippets with a shortcut and get suggested responses in live chat, backed by team analytics and quality scoring for managers.

When Grammarly is the better fit

  • You need a plagiarism checker or write mostly essays and long-form documents.
  • You want the widest ecosystem of consumer apps and a mobile keyboard.
  • You write on your own and do not need team snippets, suggested replies, analytics, or an API.

When Sapling is the better fit

  • Your team answers customers in a CRM, help desk, or shared inbox and wants rewriting, grammar checking, and snippets in one extension.
  • You need team billing, shared snippets, usage analytics, or automated quality scoring.
  • You have security requirements such as SOC 2, HIPAA, zero data retention, or self-hosting.
  • You want an API to add rewriting and grammar checking to your own product.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sapling a good Grammarly alternative?

Yes, especially for support and sales teams. Sapling checks grammar and spelling like Grammarly and catches 60% more errors in a third-party evaluation. It adds rephrasing, snippet macros, autocomplete, suggested chat responses, and team analytics, and runs inside CRMs and help desks such as Salesforce, Zendesk, Intercom, Gmail, and Outlook.

How does Sapling's grammar checker differ from Grammarly's?

Sapling's checker is built on neural language models trained on millions of example sentences, while many Grammarly suggestions come from hand-written rules. That lets Sapling catch missing words, wrong verb forms, and awkward phrasing that rule-based checkers skip.

Does Sapling have a free plan?

Yes. Sapling has a free plan with basic suggestions, and new accounts start with a free one-month trial of Sapling Pro with no credit card required. Pro and Enterprise plans add advanced suggestions, unlimited snippets, team billing, and security options.

Does Sapling work in the same apps as Grammarly?

Sapling works through a browser extension in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, plus add-ins for Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Google Docs. That covers Salesforce, Zendesk, ServiceNow, Intercom, Gmail, Outlook, and most other web-based tools.

Does Sapling support languages other than English?

Yes. Sapling offers grammar and spell checking for multiple languages, including Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese, and can train custom models for your domain.

Can Sapling be used in regulated industries?

Yes. Sapling is SOC 2 Type II certified, supports HIPAA with a signed BAA, offers zero data retention, and can be self-hosted or deployed on-premises for teams with data residency requirements.

Does Sapling have an API?

Yes. The Sapling API and SDK expose grammar and spell checking, rephrase, tone detection, AI content detection, and more, so developers can build Grammarly-style checking into their own applications.

Switch from Grammarly to Sapling

Start free, keep the rewriting you rely on, and give your whole team grammar checking, snippets, and suggested replies.