Grammarly Review (Free vs Premium)

Grammarly Review: Suppose you are a professional writer, blogger, or writing an article/ thesis and want to avoid typing and spelling errors in all your documents without hiring a proofreader. Well, that is what Grammarly promises you to deliver. And also, if you upgrade to a premium plan, it may even improve your style and diction.

Everyone, even including a professional writer, makes mistakes in their writing. Grammarly, which calls itself a writing assistant, suggests spelling, grammar, and style changes in real-time and can even edit for specific genres. 

Although its paid (premium) subscriptions are a bit expensive and do not work offline, Grammarly’s support for many different platforms and ease of use make it well worth the cost.

But the main question is, how well does Grammarly work? And how does the paid (premium) version compare to the free one? 

This blog post will look at both versions (Free and Paid) and note the key differences between them.

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Grammarly Free Version

Features

• AI-enhanced grammar, spelling, and punctuation checker
• Browser, Gdocs, and MS Word integration
• Personal dictionary
• 256-bit AES & SSL/TLS encryption for your documents
• One user per account
• Available on mobile

Overall, and compared to another standard spellchecker, the free version of Grammarly is a significant improvement, proving to be a helpful tool not just only for the writers but for anyone who wants to improve their writing.

Pros

• Accurate suggestions
• Checks match your writing goals
• Includes a readability metric
• Easy to use across browsers and devices
• Integrates seamlessly into word
• Saves your recently reviewed documents, acting as a basic backup option
• Lets you have the last word
• Supports American, British, Canadian, and Australian English

Cons

• No style suggestions
• Only basic word usage feedback
• The web app doesn’t support advanced formatting

Grammarly Premium

Features

• Advanced style suggestions covering word usage and sentence structure
• Tone and formality-level checker
• Wordiness and ineffective vocabulary filter
• Built-in plagiarism checker
• Inconsistent style checker
• Human Proofreading Available (extra cost)

While the free version of the Grammarly application checks only spelling and grammar, the paid (premium) version offers style and vocabulary suggestions and a plagiarism checker. It also helps you remove overused words and identify semantic sentences to write more clearly and consistently.

It can also detect an inappropriate tone, such as informal words in a formal document and non-inclusive language. This makes the (paid) premium version of Grammarly a valuable application/ tool if you’re concerned about the emotional appeal of your writing. Because of its versatility, the paid (premium) version could be just as beneficial for a creative writer or a blogger as it can be for a business executive writing emails to other executives.

It also detects ineffective word usage, including weak verbs. This, together with style suggestions, can help make you a better writer. This is perhaps the main appeal of the paid (premium) version of Grammarly – it does not just correct your writing. It helps you filter out repetitive mistakes so you can achieve concision and clarity. And, of course, because of its many integrations, you can use it on just about any device and take it with you on the go.

The (paid) premium version of the application/ tool also allows you to submit your writing to a human proofreader for review. This feature has an extra cost and depends on how fast you want the turnaround to be. It is only available to paid (premium) users.

One thing to note is that Grammarly works best when the tone of your writing is consistent. For example, mixing formal and informal writing styles in the same document, which may quickly happen in a creative piece, may confuse it.

The paid version of Grammarly is available under two different plans:

Pros

• Style checker can make you a better writer
• It makes your writing sharper and clearer
• Spot-on vocabulary suggestions improve your diction
• A built-in plagiarism checker can help you speed up the publishing process

Cons

• Better for certain types of writing than others
• Some suggestions may prove repetitive

Final Words

As a content creator, blogger, or professional writer, you need to stay on top of your grammar game. Error-free writing is the bare minimum to engaging your readers anyway.

While Grammarly is not a replacement for a human editor, it is an excellent self-editing tool/ application that you can use to polish your writing quickly and make your creative process more enjoyable.