Integrations, team features and security side by side, then each product's plans, pros and cons.
Feature comparison of Hemingway, Sapling
Feature
Hemingway
Sapling
Integrations
Microsoft Word
–No
Yes
Microsoft Outlook
–No
Yes
Google Docs
–No
Yes
Products and features
Style guide
Yes
Yes
Tone prediction
–No
Yes
Autocomplete
–No
Yes
Snippets / macros
–No
Yes
Suggested responses
–No
Yes
Customization
Built for sales
–No
Yes
Built for support
–No
Yes
Multiple languages
–No
Yes
Custom models
–No
Yes
Security
HIPAA
–No
Yes
SOC 2 Type II
–No
Yes
API access
–No
Yes
Self-hosting
Yes
Yes
Hemingway
Hemingway is a popular editor that helps writers make their writing more bold and clear. Given a document, Hemingway provides statistics such as number of words and paragraphs, a readability score, and suggestions for passive voice, complex phrases, and hard to read sentences.
Plans
Web and desktop editor
Statistics including reading time, words, sentences, and paragraphs
Flagging of adverbs and passive voice
Flagging of complex phrases and sentences
Pros
Quick to use
Simple design and colorful interface that highlights different categories of errors
Desktop application runs offline
Cons
Not focused on business use cases
Relies on relatively simple heuristics
Doesn't suggest edits and no browser extension
Reviews
Hemingway does not have a Chrome Web Store listing, so public review data is unavailable
Sapling is the language model copilot for customer-facing teams. Sapling sits on top of CRMs and messaging platforms to help sales, support, and success teams more efficiently compose personalized responses. Managers gain conversational insights to coach and prepare teams.
Plans
Free version includes basic suggestions and 20 snippets
Pro version includes advanced suggestions, unlimited snippets, paraphrasing, autocomplete everywhere, unlimited use on premium domains, and email/ticket support
Enterprise plan includes chat suggest, conversational insights, self hosting, API, advanced security options, and team analytics
Pros
Catches 60% more grammar errors than leading competitors
More than just a grammar checker, has tools including chat macros, autocomplete, and suggested responses
Built for teams, with dashboard analytics
Superior enterprise-grade security with self-hosting available
Supports multiple languages and provides custom models
Dashboard analytics allow managers to gain conversational insights to coach and prepare teams
Cons
No tone or plagiarism checks
Limited error explanations
Reviews
Sapling has 78 ratings and 40,000+ users on their Chrome Web Store with an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 5 (as of May 2022)
