Integrations, team features and security side by side, then each product's plans, pros and cons.
Feature comparison of LanguageTool, Sapling
Feature
LanguageTool
Sapling
Integrations
Microsoft Word
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Outlook
–No
Yes
Google Docs
Yes
Yes
Products and features
Style guide
–No
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
Yes
Yes
Custom models
–No
Yes
Security
HIPAA
Yes
Yes
SOC 2 Type II
–No
Yes
API access
Yes
Yes
Self-hosting
Yes
Yes
LanguageTool
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.
Plans
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
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
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)
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)
