Grammarly vs. Writer
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.
Offerings
- 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
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)
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
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.
Offerings
- 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
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)
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
Looking for the best AI copilot for business teams? Tired of scrolling through G2 and Reddit?
Get SaplingMore Comparisons
Grammarly |
Writer |
Sapling |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrations | |||
| MS Word (Win/Mac) | |||
| MS Outlook (Win/Mac) | |||
| Google Docs | |||
| Products & Features | |||
| Style Guide | |||
| Tone Prediction | |||
| Autocomplete | |||
| Snippets / Macros | |||
| Suggested Responses | |||
| Customization | |||
| Built for Sales | |||
| Built for Support | |||
| Multiple Languages | |||
| Custom Models | |||
| Security | |||
| HIPAA | |||
| SOC 2 (Type II) | |||
| API Access | |||
| Self-Hosting |