Grammarly vs QuillBot vs Hemingway Editor vs Writesonic
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Grammarly
Grammar, tone and rewriting help wherever you type, now part of Superh...
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QuillBot
AI paraphrasing and grammar checker
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Hemingway Editor
AI-powered clarity-focused writing editor
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Writesonic
AI search visibility tracking and fixes, from a former AI writing tool
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Subscription |
| Free tier | Free plan: spelling and grammar correction, tone detection and 100 AI prompts a month | Basic paraphrasing and grammar, 125-word limit per cycle | Full browser version free forever | 7-day free trial with no credit card; no lasting free plan is published |
| Paid from | $12/month for Pro billed annually ($144/year); $30 month to month | $19.95/mo; $79.95 per 6 months; $99.95/yr ($8.33/mo) | $19.99 one-time (desktop app); Editor Plus from $8.33/month billed annually | $79/month billed annually (Starter), or $99 month to month |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | over 40 million daily active users (2025) | 35m+ users | 5m+ monthly users | 10m+ users |
| Founded | 2009 | 2017 | 2013 | 2020 |
| Maker | Superhuman Platform Inc. (formerly Grammarly) | Course Hero | Adam Long, Ben Long | Samanyou Garg |
| Verdict | Grammarly remains the most widely deployed writing checker, and the core job of catching mistakes and adjusting tone in almost any text box is as reliable as ever. Language support has widened beyond English, and the fre... |
QuillBot remains the paraphrasing tool most people mean when they say "just run it through QuillBot" — nine-plus rewrite modes, a grammar checker, a 6,000-word summarizer, and, more recently, an AI detector and humanizer... |
Hemingway Editor is a long-standing writing tool that highlights hard-to-read sentences, passive voice, adverbs, and complex phrasing, with a readability grade to push you toward clearer prose. The free web app remains g... |
Writesonic is now a GEO platform first: daily tracking of brand mentions and citations in ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, an Action Center that ranks fixes, and AI agents and articles to carry them out. Combinin... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.