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What does Grammarly do?

Tool: Grammarly

The Tech: Writing Assistant

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Their Pitch

You think big. We’ll take care of the details.

Our Take

It's a grammar checker that follows you everywhere you type. Catches way more than Word's squiggly lines and rewrites sentences so you don't sound like a robot.

Deep Dive & Reality Check

Used For

  • +**Your carefully written emails come across as aggressive or confusing** → Tone detector flags harsh phrasing and suggests friendlier alternatives before you hit send
  • +**You're spending 2 hours proofreading every report** → AI catches 400+ error types instantly, cuts editing time to 30 minutes
  • +**Support tickets sound robotic after copy-pasting templates** → Rewrites canned responses to sound human while keeping the key info
  • +Works across 500,000+ apps without setup - no switching between tools or copying text around
  • +Plagiarism checker scans billions of pages so you don't accidentally copy someone's blog post

Best For

  • >Your emails keep getting misunderstood and people think you're being rude
  • >Writing 20+ customer support tickets a day and need to sound professional fast
  • >English isn't your first language but your job requires lots of writing

Not For

  • -Teams under 5 writers — you're paying $15/month per seat that won't get used
  • -Anyone handling sensitive legal or financial docs — everything gets scanned on their servers
  • -People wanting offline editing — requires internet connection for the AI magic to work

Pairs With

  • *Gmail (where most people first notice their emails don't sound as professional as they thought)
  • *Google Docs (for collaborative editing without the back-and-forth about typos)
  • *Slack (to avoid the "what did you mean by that?" follow-up messages)
  • *Microsoft Outlook (because corporate email templates need personality injections)
  • *Notion (where your team wiki actually needs to be readable)
  • *Zendesk (so customer support doesn't sound like robots having a bad day)

The Catch

  • !The free version teases you with "20 issues found" then hides the fixes behind a paywall
  • !Accept all suggestions and your writing sounds like it was written by ChatGPT's boring cousin
  • !Mobile keyboard lags 2-3 seconds on long texts, making it painful for heavy phone users

Bottom Line

A grammar checker that fixes your mistakes and helps you learn, not one that just scolds you.