writing assistant
Grammarly alternatives
By Sourabh SinghUpdated 30 September 2026
The closest Grammarly alternatives are QuillBot for a free equivalent suite, ProWritingAid for deeper manuscript editing, LanguageTool for open-source grammar checking, and TextAsMe for AI-signal diagnosis.
14,781,728
US organic visits / mo
229,183
Ranking keywords
Free humanizer and detector; Pro around $12/mo annually
Pricing
Grammarly and its alternatives, compared
Traffic figures are estimated US organic visits per month, measured September 2026. They are a proxy for how many people actually use a tool, the one number in this market nobody can fake in a listicle.
| Tool | Price | US visits/mo | Ranking keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| TextAsMe | Free, unlimited | New | Explains every flag |
| Grammarly | Free humanizer and detector; Pro around $12/mo annually | 14,781,728 | 229,183 |
| QuillBot | Free humanizer; Premium around $8 to 12/mo annually | 18,557,078 | 191,210 |
| ProWritingAid | About $10 to 12/mo annually | 2,146,474 | 75,813 |
| LanguageTool | Free; Premium about $5/mo annually | 773,234 | 41,420 |
| Wordtune | Free tier; about $9.99/mo | 33,427 | 7,128 |
What Grammarly does well
229,183 ranking keywords and 14.8 million US organic visits a month, plus a free AI humanizer and AI detector that most users already have installed.
Where it falls short
It normalises writing toward general-purpose professional English, the opposite of sounding like one specific person, and explains none of its changes.
The verdict
Excellent at tone and correctness, deliberately uninterested in detector evasion. Its restraint is the best read on where this market is heading.
Where TextAsMe differs
Every tool above returns a score or a rewrite and stops. TextAsMe marks each sentence, names the signal that fired on it, metronome rhythm, low perplexity, dead metaphor, stock transition, no concrete detail, and rewrites toward a measurement of your own writing rather than a generic human average. The writing analysis and your Style DNA run in your browser, and the text you check for a real AI score is never stored.
Full review: Grammarly AI Humanizer Review (2026): Free but Limited
Full review: Grammarly AI Detector Review (2026): Is It Accurate?
The closest Grammarly alternatives are QuillBot for a free equivalent suite, ProWritingAid for deeper manuscript editing, LanguageTool for open-source grammar checking, and TextAsMe for AI-signal diagnosis.
TextAsMe scans for free with no account and no word cap, showing every flagged sentence and why. The studio and humanizer are paid, $9 a month (Starter), $18.50 (Pro) or $50 (Elite), half price billed yearly. QuillBot also has a free tier.
Free humanizer and detector; Pro around $12/mo annually. Prices were read from vendor pricing pages in September 2026 and change often, check before you subscribe.
It normalises writing toward general-purpose professional English, the opposite of sounding like one specific person, and explains none of its changes.
