Gramara vs ProWritingAid

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan: Both — Gramara is free to use, ProWritingAid has a free plan
Best fit: Gramara: Non-native speakers polishing English emails, essays or posts · ProWritingAid: Fiction authors editing a full manuscript before querying or self-publishing
Platforms: Gramara: Web · ProWritingAid: Web, Chrome extension, Windows, macOS
Trust score: About even — Gramara 95, ProWritingAid 96
Status: Both up at our last check (Sep 6, 2026)

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

GramaraGrammar and phrasing fixer for people writing English as a second language, with tone presets.

ProWritingAidManuscript editor for fiction authors with grammar, style and pacing reports, AI rephrasing and chapter critiques

Side by side

Fact	Gramara	ProWritingAid
Category	Grammar & Proofreading	Grammar & Proofreading
Pricing model	Free	Freemium
Starts at	—	$10/mo
Trust score	95 / 100	96 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web, Chrome extension, Windows, macOS
Company	Vectica Systems Ltd.	Orpheus Technology Ltd
Launched	—	2013
Last verified	Sep 6, 2026	Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Gramara

Narrower than Grammarly and better for one specific job: turning non-native English into sentences a native speaker would write, then showing you the result in your own language so you can check the meaning survived. It is free, which is the main reason to try it, and also the reason to keep a backup — a free single-page tool with no visible business model can vanish.

Pros

Rewrites awkward sentences rather than only flagging errors
Shows the corrected sentence translated into your native language
Three tone presets: formal, informal, concise
Free with no visible paywall or word cap

Cons

Web editor only — no browser extension, desktop app or API
No pricing page, terms detail or roadmap published
Nothing on the site states when the product launched or how it is funded

ProWritingAid

For novelists, ProWritingAid is the editor that looks at pacing, repetition, dialogue tags and chapter structure rather than just commas, and the yearly price is a third of the monthly one. The reports take time to learn and the newer AI critique features are rationed by daily caps even on paid plans. If you write emails and reports rather than manuscripts, you are paying for depth you will not use.

Pros

Reports on style, readability, repetition, pacing and dialogue, not just grammar
Chapter and manuscript critiques, character analysis and a virtual beta reader on paid plans
Integrations across Word, Google Docs, Scrivener, browsers, Notion, Pages and a desktop editor
Yearly Premium at $10 a month, plus a lifetime option at $399

Cons

Monthly billing is three times the yearly rate ($30 versus $10)
AI critique and Sparks are capped per day even on Premium (1 chapter critique, 5 Sparks)
Free tier checks only 500 words at a time
Report density is overwhelming at first and takes time to learn

Which one fits

Choose Gramara if you need

Non-native speakers polishing English emails, essays or posts
Checking that a rewrite kept your intended meaning via native-language translation
Switching a draft between formal, informal and concise registers

Choose ProWritingAid if you need

Fiction authors editing a full manuscript before querying or self-publishing
Writers who want structural feedback (pacing, chapter critique, beta-reader style notes) alongside grammar
Scrivener, Word and Google Docs users who want checks inside their existing tool