Skip to content
AI writing tools · 11 alternatives

Grammarly alternatives: 11 compared

Sebastiaan Smits By Sebastiaan Smits · Published October 8, 2026 · Updated October 8, 2026

People leave Grammarly when AI prompts are metered, when a team needs more than one style guide, or when text has to stay with a specific vendor or in a specific language. Most go to LanguageTool or ProWritingAid for checking, DeepL Write for rewriting, and Writer or Jasper for team brand voice.

Short answer: The closest replacements for Grammarly in our AI writing tools ranking are LanguageTool, ProWritingAid and DeepL Write. Choose LanguageTool if you write in several languages and want a plain checker with team style guides. All 11 alternatives below are ranked products from Best AI Writing Tools in 2026, and each says where it differs from Grammarly and when Grammarly is still the better choice.

Visibility in our rankings can be paid for. Payment moves a vendor's position within the shortlist; it never adds a vendor, and it never changes a word of the review or of this page. How it works: placement disclosure · editorial process.

Grammarly at a glance

  • Headquarters: United States
  • Pricing model: Free + paid tiers
  • Pricing: Free costs nothing and includes 100 AI prompts a month; Pro is listed at €12 on the plans page we fetched and gives 2,000 prompts per member a month; Enterprise is by quote.
  • Free option: Free plan
  • Built for: Whole-company correction and tone checking
  • Wrong for: A content team that needs long-form drafts from a brief, or a buyer who wants no-training as the contractual default instead of a per-user toggle. LanguageTool states that default for every plan.
  • Place in our ranking: #6 of 14
  • Website: grammarly.com

Facts from our AI writing tools ranking, last checked October 8, 2026.

Why buyers look past Grammarly

  1. AI use is metered by prompt

    Grammarly's plans page gives Free 100 AI prompts a month and Pro 2,000 per member a month. Only Enterprise is listed as unlimited. Heavy rewriters hit a ceiling that checkers priced per seat or by day do not impose in the same way.

  2. Team controls sit on a higher tier

    On the plans page Pro includes up to 2 user groups, 1 style guide and 1 brand tone. Unlimited groups, guides and tones, plus SAML SSO, SCIM and audit logs, are listed under Enterprise, which is sold by quote.

  3. The vendor is now a platform company

    Grammarly says it joined the Superhuman brand in 2025 after acquiring Coda and Superhuman Mail, and its privacy policy names Superhuman Platform Inc. (formerly Grammarly) in San Francisco. Buyers who wanted a plain writing checker may prefer a narrower vendor.

11 alternatives at a glance

Closest replacement first. The last column is our place in the full 14-product ranking.

#AlternativeHeadquartersPricingKey differenceSwitch ifOur rank
1LanguageToolGermanyFree + paid tiers; free planOpen-core multilingual grammar and rephrasing checkeryou write in several languages and want a plain checker with team style guides#3
2ProWritingAidUnited KingdomFree + paid tiers; free planEditing toolkit with lifetime license optionyou edit manuscripts or long reports and want report-style feedback, not chat prompts#12
3DeepL WriteGermanyPer user / month; free trialRewriting assistant bundled with DeepL Proyou already translate with DeepL and want rewriting inside the same subscription#8
4WordtuneIsraelFree + paid tiers; free planSentence rewriter and summarizer from AI21 Labsyou mostly want sentence-level rewrites and a daily allowance suits you#13
5WriterUnited StatesQuote only; free trialEnterprise AI platform on its own Palmyra modelsyou want company-wide AI workflows with governance, not only a proofreading extension#7
6neuroflashGermanyPer user / month; free trialGerman brand-voice content suite with audience twinsyou produce marketing content and want German hosting with a daily credit budget#2
7JasperUnited StatesPer seat / month; free trialMarketing content platform with brand voice and agentsyou create on-brand campaign copy and want brand voices stored in the tool#5
8RytrUnited StatesFree + paid tiers; free planBudget template-based copy generatoryou want cheap on-demand drafts and no live grammar checking#14
9WritesonicUnited StatesFlat monthly; free trialSEO and AI-search article platformyour writing is for search and AI answers and you want visibility tracking with it#4
10Copy.aiUnited StatesFlat monthly; noneGo-to-market workflow platform with a chat planyou want a multi-model chat for a small team, with workflows if you grow#11
11AnywordUnited StatesFlat monthly; free trialMarketing copy with a predicted performance scoreyou write ads and landing pages and want variants ranked before you publish#1

What each alternative does differently

1. LanguageTool

Open-core multilingual grammar and rephrasing checker · Germany

The closest like-for-like checker, offered in 30+ languages with a Basic tier and a Premium tier. Premium can be bought monthly, quarterly, annually or for two years, and a Teams plan adds a shared style guide. Rewriting is less central than in Grammarly's prompt-based AI.

Switch from Grammarly if you write in several languages and want a plain checker with team style guides.

Pricing: Basic is free; Premium and Teams are paid, with monthly, quarterly, annual and two-year billing and Teams priced by number of users. The price figures did not load when we fetched the page. (free plan)

Full review: #3 of 14 in our ranking · Visit LanguageTool →

2. ProWritingAid

Editing toolkit with lifetime license option · United Kingdom

Aimed at long-form and fiction writers, with line editing reports, rephrases and chapter critiques instead of a prompt allowance. Premium and Premium Pro are priced monthly or yearly in euros, with a three-day money-back guarantee.

Switch from Grammarly if you edit manuscripts or long reports and want report-style feedback, not chat prompts.

Pricing: Free tier; Premium is €30 a month, €120 a year or €399 once for a lifetime license; Premium Pro is €36 a month or €144 a year; Teams is €12 per user a month. (free plan)

Full review: #12 of 14 in our ranking · Visit ProWritingAid →

3. DeepL Write

Rewriting assistant bundled with DeepL Pro · Germany

Rewriting comes as Write Pro, an add-on to DeepL's translation plans on Individual and Team, and bundled into higher plans. The pitch is translation first, with glossaries and style rule lists. It is a poor match if you only want proofreading of English text.

Switch from Grammarly if you already translate with DeepL and want rewriting inside the same subscription.

Pricing: Write Pro is an add-on at €6.99 per user a month billed annually, VAT included, on the Individual and Team plans, and is included in Business and Enterprise. (free trial)

Full review: #8 of 14 in our ranking · Visit DeepL Write →

4. Wordtune

Sentence rewriter and summarizer from AI21 Labs · Israel

A sentence rewriter with a free Basic tier capped at 10 rewrites a day, an Advanced tier at 30 and an Unlimited tier without a daily cap. A three-day trial is offered on paid tiers. It is built for individuals and has no team style governance.

Switch from Grammarly if you mostly want sentence-level rewrites and a daily allowance suits you.

Pricing: Basic is free; Advanced is $6.99 a month and Unlimited is $9.99 a month on monthly billing, with lower prices on annual billing. (free plan)

Full review: #13 of 14 in our ranking · Visit Wordtune →

5. Writer

Enterprise AI platform on its own Palmyra models · United States

An enterprise platform rather than a browser checker: Starter covers up to 5 users on a 14-day trial with no card, and Enterprise is unlimited users by quote. It runs agents and playbooks, so its scope is wider than editing text, and prices are not published.

Switch from Grammarly if you want company-wide AI workflows with governance, not only a proofreading extension.

Pricing: No prices are listed on the plans page: Starter covers up to 5 users with a 14-day free trial and no credit card, and Enterprise is contact sales. (free trial)

Full review: #7 of 14 in our ranking · Visit Writer →

6. neuroflash

German brand-voice content suite with audience twins · Germany

A German content suite that lists servers in Germany and GDPR compliance. Essential and Pro are priced per month on annual billing, plus VAT, and generation draws on a daily credit budget. It also lists Digital Twins, which give simulated audience feedback on drafts.

Switch from Grammarly if you produce marketing content and want German hosting with a daily credit budget.

Pricing: Essential is €42 a month and Pro is €84 a month per user, both billed annually plus VAT; Enterprise is custom. Generation is metered in daily credits. (free trial)

Full review: #2 of 14 in our ranking · Visit neuroflash →

7. Jasper

Marketing content platform with brand voice and agents · United States

Marketing content with agents, a Canvas workspace and stored brand voices. Pro includes one seat with 2 brand voices, 5 knowledge assets and 3 audiences, on a 7-day trial, while Business is custom priced. It generates campaigns more than it corrects grammar.

Switch from Grammarly if you create on-brand campaign copy and want brand voices stored in the tool.

Pricing: Pro is $69 per seat a month, or $59 a month on annual billing, and includes one seat; Business is custom priced with a 12-month minimum commitment. (free trial)

Full review: #5 of 14 in our ranking · Visit Jasper →

8. Rytr

Budget template-based copy generator · United States

A budget generator with a free tier of 10K characters a month and an unlimited plan at a few dollars. Premium adds multiple tone matches and 100 plagiarism checks a month. Annual plans carry a 12-month commitment, and it does not check text as you type.

Switch from Grammarly if you want cheap on-demand drafts and no live grammar checking.

Pricing: Free forever with 10K characters a month; the pricing page lists Unlimited at $7.50 a month and Premium at $24.16 a month, with two months free on annual plans. (free plan)

Full review: #14 of 14 in our ranking · Visit Rytr →

9. Writesonic

SEO and AI-search article platform · United States

Now centered on AI search visibility, tracking brand mentions in ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, with AI articles and site audits in the plan. Starter is billed annually for one user. It is an SEO tool, not a replacement for sentence-level corrections.

Switch from Grammarly if your writing is for search and AI answers and you want visibility tracking with it.

Pricing: Starter is $79 a month billed annually for 1 user and 15 articles a month; Basic is $199 and Growth is $399 a month, both billed annually; Enterprise is custom. (free trial)

Full review: #4 of 14 in our ranking · Visit Writesonic →

10. Copy.ai

Go-to-market workflow platform with a chat plan · United States

Its Chat plan gives five seats, unlimited words in chat and a choice of OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini models. Higher plans start at $1,000 a month with workflow credits for sales and marketing automation. It is a chat and workflow tool, not an inline checker.

Switch from Grammarly if you want a multi-model chat for a small team, with workflows if you grow.

Pricing: Chat is $29 a month, or $24 a month billed annually, for 5 seats; Growth is $1,000, Expansion $2,000 and Scale $3,000 a month billed annually; Enterprise is custom. (none)

Full review: #11 of 14 in our ranking · Visit Copy.ai →

11. Anyword

Marketing copy with a predicted performance score · United States

Copy tool built around Predictive Scoring, which rates variants before you publish. Starter and Data-Driven tiers are flat monthly with unlimited words and a limited seat count. It writes ads and landing copy and does not proofread documents.

Switch from Grammarly if you write ads and landing pages and want variants ranked before you publish.

Pricing: Starter is $49 a month, or $39 a month billed yearly, for one seat; Data-Driven is $99 a month, or $79 billed yearly, for three seats; Business and Enterprise are custom. (free trial)

Full review: #1 of 14 in our ranking · Visit Anyword →

When Grammarly is still the right choice

Stay with Grammarly if the job is checking English as people write in email, documents and the browser, and the Free or Pro allowance covers your use. It is also reasonable for a team that needs invoicing (Business plans of 10 or more members can be invoiced annually), SAML SSO and audit logs under Enterprise. Alternatives win on language coverage, editing reports or vendor choice, not on cost alone.

What to expect when you switch from Grammarly

  1. Style rules and brand tone are rebuilt by hand

    Grammarly's style guide and brand tone are tied to its user groups. We found no page describing a transfer to another tool, so plan to copy rules into LanguageTool, Writer or Jasper manually and test them on sample documents.

  2. Decide the AI training setting before you go

    Grammarly's privacy policy lets you decide whether your content trains its models, through a setting in your account. Check that setting and your data-rights options before you cancel, and ask any new vendor the same question in writing.

  3. Allow time for the extension swap

    Grammarly says it works across more than 1 million apps and websites, so each person has to replace it wherever it is installed. Run both side by side for a week to compare suggestions on real emails before you cancel.

Questions and answers

How many AI prompts does Grammarly give before I have to pay?

Free includes 100 AI prompts a month, per Grammarly's plans page. Pro raises this to 2,000 per member a month, and Enterprise is listed as unlimited. If you rewrite often, that allowance is the figure to compare against alternatives.

Does Grammarly use my text to train its AI?

It can, unless you change your account setting. Grammarly's privacy policy says you decide whether your user content trains its AI models by adjusting training controls in account settings, and that it restricts its AI service providers from training on customer content.

Who owns Grammarly now?

Its privacy policy names Superhuman Platform Inc. (formerly Grammarly) in San Francisco as data controller. Grammarly's about page says it acquired Coda and Superhuman Mail in 2025 and became part of the Superhuman brand.

Where do I find my Grammarly subscription to cancel it?

Sign in, open the Account tab in the left sidebar and choose Your account, then Subscription. Mobile users can go to account.grammarly.com/subscription. Grammarly's page for these steps points to a separate article for the cancellation itself, which we did not read.

Can a team pay Grammarly by invoice?

Yes for larger groups: the plans page lists invoicing for Business plans of 10 or more members billed annually. Smaller teams pay by card or PayPal, which is worth knowing if your finance team requires invoices.

Which alternative suits non-English writing?

LanguageTool states it covers 30+ languages, which makes it the first one to test for multilingual teams. DeepL Write belongs to a translation vendor, so it suits teams that already translate content there.

Sources

Prices, plan limits and product facts about Grammarly on this page were checked against the vendors' own pages on October 8, 2026. Vendors change both without notice, so treat the figures as of that date.

Who wrote this

Sebastiaan Smits Sebastiaan Smits, Founder, wrote, edited and fact-checked this page. Founder of The Interregnum and of 2 Steps Ahead, an AI search visibility agency. Writes, edits and fact-checks every page here. Last reviewed October 8, 2026. How we review.