AI Assistant Subscriptions · Weighted Comparison

Grammarly vs Wordtune (2026)

Passive correction everywhere you type, or a sharper tool for making your sentences read better.

Works everywhere you type
Token context window
The most widely deployed AI writing assistant, correcting as you type across nearly every app.
Wordtune
$10/mo (Plus)
Highlight-and-rewrite workflow
Token context window
A focused rewriting tool — highlight a sentence, get better phrasings back instantly.

At a glance: Grammarly is the broader, passive correction layer that works almost everywhere; Wordtune is the narrower, sharper tool specifically for sentence-level rewriting.

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Pricing and specs verified from public June 2026 vendor sources and pixlrun.com's own ai_tool reviews. Per-metric 0-100 scores are illustrative editorial estimates for the weighting demo, not vendor-published benchmarks.

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Specification
Grammarly
Wordtune
≠Monthly price (unlimited tier)
$12
$10 (Plus)
≠Primary job
Grammar, spelling, tone — passive correction
Sentence rewriting and paraphrasing — active refinement
≠Grammar/spelling accuracy
Best-in-class
Good, not the focus
≠Rewrite / paraphrase quality
Decent via GrammarlyGO
Best-in-class, the core feature
≠App / browser coverage
1,000,000+ apps and surfaces
Chrome extension: Gmail, Docs, LinkedIn, Slack
≠Document/video summarization
Limited
Yes, with clickable citations
≠Team / brand style guide
Yes, Business plan
No dedicated team style feature
≠Free tier
Grammar/spelling, limited AI prompts
10 rewrites/day, 3 AI prompts/day
≠Desktop app
Yes, Mac and Windows
No — browser-first only
Specification
Grammarly
Wordtune
≠Monthly price (unlimited tier) $12 ●$10 (Plus)
≠Primary job Grammar, spelling, tone — passive correction Sentence rewriting and paraphrasing — active refinement
≠Grammar/spelling accuracy ●Best-in-class Good, not the focus
≠Rewrite / paraphrase quality Decent via GrammarlyGO ●Best-in-class, the core feature
≠App / browser coverage ●1,000,000+ apps and surfaces Chrome extension: Gmail, Docs, LinkedIn, Slack
≠Document/video summarization Limited ●Yes, with clickable citations
≠Team / brand style guide Yes, Business plan No dedicated team style feature
≠Free tier Grammar/spelling, limited AI prompts 10 rewrites/day, 3 AI prompts/day
≠Desktop app Yes, Mac and Windows No — browser-first only
Verified July 2026 by the PixlRun team · pricing and headline specs from public vendor sources.
The verdict, by use case

Best for your actual job, not a generic score

Each card's bars are that tool's own strengths, on its own terms.

Best for Grammar, clarity, tone across every app
$12/mo
Grammarly Premium

The most widely deployed AI writing assistant, correcting as you type across nearly every app.

Grammar/spelling accuracy
94
Rewrite quality
68
App/browser coverage
96
Tone detection
88
Summarization
55
Price value
82
Strengths: Grammar accuracy, tone detection, works in 1M+ apps
Best for Sentence-level rewriting and tone
$10/mo (Plus)
Wordtune

A focused rewriting tool — highlight a sentence, get better phrasings back instantly.

Grammar/spelling accuracy
70
Rewrite quality
90
App/browser coverage
60
Tone detection
72
Summarization
82
Price value
90
Strengths: Rewrite quality, tone toggle, summarization with citations
Deep dive

What each tool is actually like to use

Past the spec sheet: where each one genuinely wins, where it genuinely loses, who should skip it entirely.

Grammarly Premium
Grammarly (Superhuman) · $12/mo · Works everywhere you type
Skip it if: You mainly need sentence-level rewrites and paraphrasing rather than grammar checking — Wordtune's rewrite quality is the stronger, cheaper fit for that specific job.
40M+
Individual users worldwide
1M+
Apps and surfaces covered
2,000
AI prompts/mo, Premium

Where it wins

Best-in-class grammar checking Tone detection before you send Works in 1M+ apps Team style guides

Where it loses

GrammarlyGO generative quality is weaker than frontier models for complex drafting tasks
Flags stylistic fragments and intentional rule-breaking, requiring repetitive dismissals
Browser extension processes all text you type — a genuine privacy trade-off
Read the full take on Grammarly
Grammarly is the most widely deployed AI writing assistant in the world, working as a browser extension, desktop app, and mobile keyboard across Gmail, Docs, Slack, Word, and effectively any text field — over a million surfaces in total. Grammar, spelling, clarity, and tone corrections are best-in-class for standard professional English, with tone detection that catches communication mistakes before you hit send. GrammarlyGO adds generative rewriting, but that layer is noticeably weaker than dedicated frontier chat models for anything complex. It's the tool to run passively in the background everywhere you type; it's not trying to be your primary writing or ideation tool.
Wordtune
AI21 Labs · $10/mo (Plus) · Highlight-and-rewrite workflow
Skip it if: You need broad grammar/spelling checking across every app you use — Grammarly's coverage is far wider than Wordtune's browser-extension footprint.
$6.99-15
Monthly price range
2
Tone modes: Casual, Formal
Cited
Summarizer with source references

Where it wins

Best-in-class rewrite quality Instant tone toggle Cited PDF/YouTube summarizer Cheapest unlimited plan of the two

Where it loses

Cannot generate long-form content from scratch — purely a refinement tool
Free plan's 10 rewrites/day depletes quickly during real writing sessions
No native desktop app — browser-first workflow only
Read the full take on Wordtune
Wordtune is a narrower, more focused tool than Grammarly: highlight any sentence you've written and get several alternative phrasings back, with a Casual/Formal tone toggle and Shorten/Expand modes. Its rewrite quality is genuinely excellent — often the reason people keep it installed even alongside Grammarly. The Spices feature adds supporting examples and counter-arguments, and a built-in summarizer condenses PDFs, articles, and YouTube videos with clickable citations. It cannot generate long-form content from a blank page, and its app coverage (Chrome extension, Gmail, Docs, LinkedIn, Slack) is real but narrower than Grammarly's footprint across essentially every app. At $10/mo unlimited, it's exceptional value specifically for sentence-level polish.
Head-to-head

The matchups, decided

Skipping the multi-way math — here is the direct call for each pair.

GrammarlyvsWordtune

Passive coverage vs. active refinement — Grammarly corrects everywhere you type; Wordtune makes the sentences you highlight genuinely better.

Pick Grammarly if
  • Wants correction across every app
  • Tone detection before sending matters
  • Managing a team style guide
Pick Wordtune if
  • Wants the best rewrite suggestions
  • Needs a cited PDF/video summarizer
  • Prefers the cheaper unlimited plan
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The fine print that actually bites

Limits & gotchas nobody puts on the pricing page

This is the stuff Reddit threads are actually complaining about — not the headline specs.

01

Grammarly processes everything you type in the browser

The extension that makes Grammarly's coverage so wide also means it's reading text in every field it's active on — a real privacy trade-off in regulated environments.

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Enterprise BYOK encryption and HIPAA compliance exist on higher tiers specifically to address this.
02

Wordtune can't write from a blank page

It's a refinement tool, not a generator — you need a first draft before it has anything to rewrite.

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Many users run it alongside ChatGPT or Grammarly rather than as a standalone writing tool.
03

Grammarly's parent company rebranded in 2025

Grammarly's parent became Superhuman following acquisitions of Superhuman Mail and Coda — the Grammarly product itself kept its name and pricing.

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Worth knowing if you see "Superhuman Suite" branding appear alongside Grammarly features.
FAQ

Questions people actually ask

The same questions answered in the structured data above, laid out so you can actually read them.

Can I use Grammarly and Wordtune together?
Yes — many people run both, using Grammarly for passive grammar/tone correction everywhere they type and Wordtune specifically when they want better phrasing on a sentence they've already written.
Which is cheaper?
Wordtune's unlimited Plus plan is $10/mo versus Grammarly Premium at $12/mo. Wordtune also has a mid-tier Plus option and a pricier Unlimited tier with added AI generation.
Which has better grammar checking?
Grammarly, clearly — grammar and spelling accuracy is its core specialty and best-in-class, while Wordtune is built primarily for rewriting rather than error-catching.
Which has better rewrite suggestions?
Wordtune is generally considered to have more natural-sounding rewrite suggestions than Grammarly's GrammarlyGO generative layer, which is a secondary feature rather than Grammarly's core strength.
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The short version
Get Grammarly Premium

The most widely deployed AI writing assistant, correcting as you type across nearly every app.

Get Wordtune

A focused rewriting tool — highlight a sentence, get better phrasings back instantly.

Still unsure? The decision engine at the top does the math for you.