QuillBot vs Grammarly vs Wordtune vs Hemingway Editor
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
QuillBot
AI paraphrasing and grammar checker
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Grammarly
Grammar, tone and rewriting help wherever you type, now part of Superh...
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Wordtune
Sentence rewriting from AI21 Labs, still sold after development report...
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Hemingway Editor
AI-powered clarity-focused writing editor
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 4.5 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Basic paraphrasing and grammar, 125-word limit per cycle | Free plan: spelling and grammar correction, tone detection and 100 AI prompts a month | Basic: 10 rewrites and AI suggestions a day, 3 AI summaries a month, unlimited spelling and grammar checks | Full browser version free forever |
| Paid from | $19.95/mo; $79.95 per 6 months; $99.95/yr ($8.33/mo) | $12/month for Pro billed annually ($144/year); $30 month to month | $13.99/month (Advanced), or $6.99/month billed annually | $19.99 one-time (desktop app); Editor Plus from $8.33/month billed annually |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 35m+ users | over 40 million daily active users (2025) | 5m+ users | 5m+ monthly users |
| Founded | 2017 | 2009 | 2020 | 2013 |
| Maker | Course Hero | Superhuman Platform Inc. (formerly Grammarly) | AI21 Labs | Adam Long, Ben Long |
| Verdict | 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... |
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... |
Wordtune's rewrite suggestions remain useful, especially for non-native English writers adjusting tone and length, and the free tier is enough to judge them. But Calcalist reported that AI21 stopped developing the produc... |
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... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.