Integrations, team features and security side by side, then each product's plans, pros and cons.
Feature comparison of Hemingway, Writer and Sapling
Feature
Hemingway
Writer
Sapling
Integrations
Microsoft Word
–No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Outlook
–No
Yes
Yes
Google Docs
–No
Yes
Yes
Products and features
Style guide
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tone prediction
–No
–No
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
Yes
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
–No
Yes
Yes
Self-hosting
Yes
–No
Yes
Sapling is shown for reference.
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
Writer
Writer (formerly Qordoba) is an AI writing assistant. It provides spelling and grammar checking, detailed terminology and rule management, managed styleguides, and snippets. Originally focused on content management, Writer has extended its intended audience to teams more broadly.
Plans
Free version provides basic autocorrect, grammar, spelling, and punctuation correction
Pro version has clarity and inclusivity suggestions along with snippets and a plagiarism checker
Team version has team snippets, style guide, team management, and analytics
Enterprise version has custom writing style rules, SAML-based single sign-on, and API access
Pros
Lists a number of business use cases
Includes snippets, detailed writing rules, and style guides
Premium version provides inclusivity checks to flag inappropriate language
Cons
No multilingual support
Does not provide tone suggestions
Primary focus is style guide
No support for suggested responses
Reviews
Writer has 49 ratings and 80,000+ users on their Chrome Web Store with an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 5 (as of May 2022)
