ProWritingAid vs Grammarly

Quick Overview

Grammarly and ProwritingAid are both multi-faceted services focused on helping with writing correction and improvement. During AcademicHelp’s mystery shopping, we tried both of their spell-checking services. Grammarly proved to be more helpful in proofreading different texts as it could identify a lot of mistakes. Prowritingaid grammar checker, on the other hand, wasn’t as proactive leaving a lot of issues unnoticed.

	ProWritingAid	Grammarly
Best fit for	Students who primarily require a basic spell check for their short English papers	Students wanting to have a long-term grammar checker for effective text improvement
A*Help Score	⭐⭐ 48.7/100	⭐⭐⭐⭐ 70.1/100
Quality of Help	⭐⭐ ProWritingAid delivers unsatisfactory performance in correcting grammar, failing to detect and amend the majority of errors.	⭐⭐⭐ Grammarly can greatly improve the general grammar score of the texts and correct most mistakes except for sentence structure issues.
Value for Money	⭐⭐⭐ ProwritingAid offers few choices for both extra tools and regular grammar-checking features	⭐⭐⭐⭐ Grammarly is a versatile service with a varied selection of features that can be tried for free
Overall Experience	⭐⭐⭐⭐ ProWritingAid is user-friendly and has several access opportunities	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Grammarly is a handy solution that allows quick and trouble-free grammar correction
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The main difference between ProWritingAid and Grammarly is the quality of provided grammar correction. Prowritingaid wasn’t able to recognize the bigger part of the mistakes in all the texts and only corrected a few spelling issues. Grammarly spell check tool, on the contrary, improved the general readability of our texts by providing sound suggestions for grammatical, punctuation, and word use errors.

Comparing Value for Money: ProWritingAid vs Grammarly

	ProWritingAid	Grammarly
Value for Money	16/30	21/30
Supported Language	1/5	1/5
Features	6/8	8/8
Possible Extra Services	0/3	2/3
Free Use & Wordcount Limits	6/10	7/10
Subscription	3/4	3/4

Overall Experience: ProWritingAid vs Grammarly 

	ProWritingAid	Grammarly
Overall Experience	17/20	18/20
Registration	3/3	3/3
Website Experience	6/6	6/6
Support	2/2	2/2
Document Upload	0/3	2/3
Access	6/6	6/6

ProWritingAid vs Grammarly: Which is Better for Grammar Correction?

	ProWritingAid	Grammarly
Quality of Help	15.7/50	31.1/50
Correction Quality in Email	3.5/10	7.5/10
Correction Quality in Personal Statement	4.2/15	10/15
Correction Quality in Research Paper Intro	7/20	10.6/20
Checking Process	1/5	3/5

Winner

Having compared the two services, it’s clear that Grammarly is a winner here. This service provides quality proofreading features even on a free basis. It also organizes a seamless user experience for its customers thanks to several installment opportunities. 

Main Specs

	ProWritingAid	Grammarly
> Supported languages	English	English
> Features
Grammar	✅	✅
Spelling	✅	✅
Punctuation	❌	✅
Words/Sentence suggestions	✅	✅
		+Style suggestions+ can add words to your own dictionary
> Possible extra services
Translation	❌	❌
Rephrasing	❌	✅
Wordcount	❌	✅
		+Teams version
> Free use & Wordcount Limites
Free use	✅	✅ but not all features are available in the free version
Wordcount	500 words(in-reality checks more)	❌
> Subscription
Needed	❌	❌
Plans	$30/month yearly -$120/year lifetime – $399	Premium – $12/month (annually), $20/month (quarterly), $30/month (monthly) Business – $15/month/member
> Registration
Need to create an account	❌	✅
Email for registration	✅	✅
Third-party registration (Google, Facebook, Apple)	✅	✅
> Website Experience
Easy-to-use platform	✅	✅
Aesthetic Interface	✅	✅
Irritating ads	❌	❌
> Support
Contact center	✅	✅
Email, live chat, contact form, phone, WhatsApp	✅ On-site chat	✅ On-site chat
Guide	❌	✅
> Document Upload
Docx/doc files	❌	✅
Pdf files	❌	❌
Word	❌	✅
> Access
Apps	✅	✅
Browser Extension	✅	✅
> Checking process
Underlines each mistake	✅	✅
Underlines incorrect sentences	❌	✅
Option to correct all mistakes at once	❌	❌
Shows the general grammar score	❌	✅
Underlines mistakes that are not there	✅	✅
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