Integrations, team features and security side by side, then each product's plans, pros and cons.
Feature comparison of Ginger, Grammarly and Sapling
Feature
Ginger
Grammarly
Sapling
Integrations
Microsoft Word
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Outlook
Yes
–No
Yes
Google Docs
–No
Yes
Yes
Products and features
Style guide
–No
Yes
Yes
Tone prediction
–No
Yes
Yes
Autocomplete
–No
–No
Yes
Snippets / macros
–No
Yes
Yes
Suggested responses
–No
–No
Yes
Customization
Built for sales
–No
–No
Yes
Built for support
–No
–No
Yes
Multiple languages
–No
–No
Yes
Custom models
–No
–No
Yes
Security
HIPAA
–No
Yes
Yes
SOC 2 Type II
–No
Yes
Yes
API access
Yes
–No
Yes
Self-hosting
–No
–No
Yes
Sapling is shown for reference.
Ginger
Ginger is an AI writing assistant that helps correct texts and improve style. Besides grammar checking, Ginger also includes rephrasing and synonym functionality. It includes add-ins for various programs as well as school and business editions.
Plans
Free version provides definitions and limited corrections
Premium version provides unlimited grammar checking corrections, synonyms, and sentence rephrasing
Does not have any enterprise plans
Pros
Premium offering includes rephrasing through Ginger Rephraser
Includes advanced synonyms
Provides a Microsoft Office add-in
Provides translation between 40+ languages
Cons
Limited to just grammar checking as there is no snippets/macros or suggested responses tools
Limited functionality for teams; built mainly for personal use as there is no enterprise plan or dashboard analytics
Does not provide a style guide or tone prediction
Limited security certifications; does not provide HIPAA compliance or SOC 2 certification information
Reviews
Ginger has 1,600 ratings and 700,000+ users on their Chrome Web Store with an average rating of 3.7 stars out of 5 (as of May 2022)
Grammarly
Grammarly is an extremely popular cloud-based writing assistant that provides spelling and grammar checking across a number of applications. Grammarly also provides a tone prediction tool and a plagiarism checker along with an editor on its website.
Plans
Free version is meant for casual writing as it only provides basic writing suggestions for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and conciseness
Premium version is meant for students or working professionals and includes a lot more features such as tone adjustments, advanced suggestions, and word choice
Enterprise plan is meant for accounts with 50+ users and gives team management tools such as style guide, snippets, and analytics dashboard
Pros
The most well-known and widely used grammar application
Clean and easy-to-use integration UI
Website editor with additional checking functionality
Includes plagiarism checker to check writing assignments against 16 billion webpages
Cons
Not focused on business use cases
Currently only supports English
Frequently suggests rule-based recommendations
Does not provide direct API access
Reviews
Grammarly has 41,641 reviews and 10,000,000+ users on their Chrome Web Store with an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 (as of May 2022)
