About Grammarly
Key Features
- Real-time grammar, spelling, and punctuation correction
- Works across browsers, desktop apps, email, and mobile keyboards
- Tone detection and delivery suggestions
- Generative AI drafting and rewriting with prompts
- Clarity, conciseness, and word-choice improvements
- Plagiarism detection against billions of pages (Pro)
- Style guides and snippets for teams
- Analytics on team writing quality (Business)
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Best-in-class grammar accuracy in English
- Works everywhere — no workflow change required
- Free tier genuinely covers correctness basics
- Tone feedback prevents real communication mishaps
- AI rewriting integrated where you already type
Cons
- Pro pricing (~$12/month annual) exceeds casual value
- Suggestions occasionally flatten distinctive voice
- English-only for deep checking
- Cloud processing of text raises confidentiality questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Grammarly free?
Does Grammarly work in Google Docs and email?
Is Grammarly safe for confidential documents?
Grammarly vs ChatGPT for writing?
Does Grammarly support languages other than English?
Reviews
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Best For
Grammarly is best for professionals, students, and non-native English speakers who write all day across email, docs, and chat — real-time correction and tone guidance everywhere you type, without changing tools.
Use Cases
Catching grammar and spelling errors across email, docs, and Slack
Adjusting tone from blunt to diplomatic before sending
Rewriting sentences for clarity and concision with AI
Plagiarism checking for academic and professional work
Enforcing brand style guides across company writing
Pricing Details
Grammarly free corrects grammar, spelling, and basic clarity with limited AI prompts monthly. Pro costs about $12/month billed annually (roughly $30 monthly) adding full rewrites, tone transforms, plagiarism checking, and expanded AI credits. Business runs about $15/user/month with style guides and analytics. Students often access Pro via institutions.
Security & Trust
Grammarly is SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certified, encrypts text in transit and at rest, and states user text is not sold or used to train third-party models. Text is processed in the cloud, so regulated environments should use the Business tier’s controls or block sensitive fields — its editor respects blocked apps and fields you configure.
Alternatives To Consider
LanguageTool covers 30+ languages with open-source roots and lower prices, while ProWritingAid offers deeper stylistic reports for long-form authors at a one-time price option. Microsoft Editor bundles into 365, and ChatGPT or Claude rewrite well but lack always-on inline correction. Hemingway remains the free clarity coach.
Editorial Verdict
Grammarly is still the best writing assistant for everyday professional English — accurate, ubiquitous, and now sensibly augmented with AI rewriting. Strong writers may find it fussy and its voice-flattening real. For anyone whose career runs on email and docs, Pro pays for itself in avoided embarrassments.
Sources & Review Notes
Last reviewed: July 26, 2026