Free/Cheap alternative to Grammarly?

Question

As a free user, I am now finding Grammarly extremely annoying.

Is there an alternative for basic spelling that is free or cheap and won't try selling stuff to me?

Plz help.

Przemysław Chojecki · Accepted Answer

That would be https://languagetool.org/ :-)

There's a lot of plugins that make use of this, I have it in my Neovim config as well.

James Brooks · Answer

Have deleted Grammarly and am giving this a go - thank you so much @pcho !

James Brooks · Answer

I use ChatGPT a lot - but I like the idea of glaring spelling mistakes being underlined automatically!

Victor · Answer

Chat GPT maybe

Celia Rozalén · Answer

What a surprise! I was not aware of that. In that case, I suppose I have a preference for the Arc browser.

Georgy Alaverdyan · Answer

Second this.

I think Grammary is decent (though kinda bloatware-ish) because it stopped working for me since either my account was Russian or it tracked my ip, so it wasn’t working due to “Russia le bad”. I mean, okay, your stance and whatever, but actively suspending my account is a bit too much, I think.

Anyway I’m glad I’ve found out about Language Tool — it’s way better!

Ayhan APAYDIN · Answer

Edge is chromium

Celia Rozalén · Answer

Thanks for the recommendation @pcho

Ayhan APAYDIN · Answer

So MS Edge now has Copilot built in. Works similarly to Grammarly. Actually good for rewriting but not with spellcheck on place. Not sure if it needs a subscription later, it just pooped on my browser with the latest updates :)

Cat Stickler · Answer

Orrrrrrr you can hire a copyeditor 😉 

Jk but I did a quick search for you. Have you heard of QuillBot?

Celia Rozalén · Answer

Interesting…. But I prefer Chromium based browsers 😣 For now, LanguageTool is doing the job pretty well 👌

Victor · Answer

I'd never heard of it. It's a great tool

Michael Sumner · Answer

It looks very well integrated. Will give it a try too!

Joda Stößer · Answer

This one. Supports more languages and self-hosting.
Works in many environments and has many integrations for desktop apps as well.

Naveen Naidu · Answer

If you are using a mac, thinking of using ChatGPT or Claude for grammar fix, check out: https://fridaygpt.app. 
You can select the text and apply grammar fix AI action. you can also create your own custom AI actions(eg: tone change, email formatting etc..)

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