Quick Overview
Grammarly is a familiar tool for every student. It’s a true lifesaver when it comes to battling spelling and grammar. But it also promises to be the best plagiarism checker for students in protecting academic integrity. AcademicHelp tried its plagiarism checker feature and we can say that it needs a lot of improvement in order to be truly beneficial to everyone in the education field. See How We Test Plagiarism Checkers for more details about our testing approach.



Grammarly’s Value for Money — 14/25
6/15
Basic features
4/6
Sources
4/4
Price & special offers

Grammarly’s Overall Experience — 18/25
16/20
User experience & registration
2/5
Support


Grammarly’s Plagiarism Detection quality — 21.5/50
> Text | > Best result | > Acceptable result | > Grammarly result | |
Human-written text | 100% free of plagiarism | 10% margin of error | 100% free | ✅ |
Internet sample | 100% plagiarism detected | 10% margin of error | 3% detected | ❌ |
AI paraphrase (2 texts) | 100% free of plagiarism | 10% margin of error | 19.5% plagiarism detected | ❌ |
Replaced characters | 100% plagiarism detected | Flagged character replacements | 0% plagiarism detected No flags or alerts |
❌ |
Grammarly’s Specs
> Features | |
Check files | ❌ |
Insert text | ✅ |
URL | ❌ |
Scanned report | ❌ |
Word limit | ❌ |
Academic proofreading module (check citations and etc) | ❌ |
Check for free/trial | ❌ |
Number of free checks available | ❌ |
Spelling check | ✅ |
Grammar check | ✅ |
> Advanced features | |
Detect AI content | ❌ |
Cross language search | ❌ |
Text compare | ❌ |
OCR scan | ❌ |
> Sources | |
Internet | ✅ |
Current Batch Files (your own docs) | ❌ |
Plagchecker’s database | ✅ |
> Trial & special offers | |
Paid plans | Affordable |
Discounts | ✅ |
> User experience | |
Easy to use website | ✅ |
Desktop version | ✅ |
Trying before registration | ❌ |
Browser extensions | ❌ |
Account (do users have an account?) | ✅ |
Time to check work | a couple of seconds |
Need email to register | ✅ |
Need phone to register | ❌ |
Third-party registration methods | ✅ |
> Support | |
Onboarding (how to use plagcheck) | ❌ |
Guides | ✅ |
Support chat | ❌ |
> Payment | |
Wallets (only Paypal) | ✅ |
Visa | ✅ |
MasterCard | ✅ |
Amex | ✅ |
Discover | ✅ |
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