Ginger vs. LanguageTool
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.
Offerings
- Free version provides definitions and limited corrections
- Premium version provides unlimited grammar checking corrections, synonyms, and sentence rephrasing
- Does not have any enterprise plans
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)
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
LanguageTool is a multilingual grammar and spell checker. It includes an open-source edition as well as a premium business edition. The key languages support included English, German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
Offerings
- Free version provides basic grammar, punctuation, and style checking
- Premium version has enhanced grammar, punctuation, and style checking as well as suggestions to improve style and tone, add-in for Microsoft Word, and add-on for Google Docs
- Enterprise version provides everything the premium version does along with user management
Reviews
LanguageTool has 7,370 ratings and 1,000,000+ users on their Chrome Web Store with an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 5 (as of May 2022)
Pros
- Can detect of incorrect names and titles in e-mails as well as incorrect numbers
- Supports multiple languages
- Separately there exists an open-source offering
Cons
- Free version only provides checking for 10,000 characters of text
- Premium version only allows up to 100,000 characters per text field
- Grammar checker has limited capabilities as it has rule-based recommendations
- Not focused on business use cases
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