4 Best Grammarly Alternatives (2026)
Grammarly is easy to leave but hard to get money back from — it is generally non-refundable, so most people cancel the moment they realise they are paying Premium prices for what is mostly comma and spelling fixes. The options below start with the cheaper and free checkers that cover exactly that, then move to the tools worth paying for if you genuinely write long-form.
Grammarly alternatives, compared
Cancelling usually means you still need the thing. These are the alternatives worth looking at — with the honest downside of each.
LanguageTool
Free tier; Premium from about $5/moBest for: The closest direct swap, especially if you write in more than one language
- Covers 25+ languages, has browser and Word add-ins, and Premium costs a fraction of Grammarly's price.
- The free tier caps how much text you can check at once, and its style and tone suggestions are less polished.
ProWritingAid
From about $10/mo, with a one-time lifetime licence optionBest for: Novelists, thesis writers and anyone editing long documents
- Far deeper reports on pacing, repetition and sentence variety, and the lifetime licence ends subscriptions for good.
- Slower on long documents and a cluttered, report-heavy interface next to Grammarly's clean inline suggestions.
Microsoft Editor (and the checker built into Word)
Free with a Microsoft account; advanced checks included with Microsoft 365Best for: Anyone already paying for Microsoft 365 who was effectively paying twice
- Solid grammar and clarity checks in Word, Outlook and a browser extension at no extra cost.
- Weaker tone and rewrite suggestions, and it works best inside Microsoft apps rather than everywhere you type.
Hemingway Editor
Free in the browser; paid plan for AI rewritesBest for: People whose real problem is dense, over-long sentences rather than grammar
- The free web version instantly exposes passive voice and unreadable sentences — no account needed.
- Barely a grammar checker at all, and there is no browser extension watching as you type elsewhere.
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Still need to cancel Grammarly?
Cancel Grammarly Premium at account.grammarly.com → Account → Subscription → Cancel Subscription, then confirm and pick a reason. Cancelling stops auto-renewal but you keep Premium until the end of the current period. Grammarly subscriptions are generally non-refundable except where required by law or for issues like duplicate charges — request via support. App-store purchases cancel in that store.
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