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Grammar Checker.cc vs Grammarly

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. Grammarly publishes a starting price ($12); Grammar Checker.cc does not. Both have a free tier.

Side by side

FactGrammar Checker.ccGrammarly
CategoryGrammar & ProofreadingGrammar & Proofreading
Pricing modelFreeFreemium
Starts at$12 month
Public APINoNo
PlatformsWebWeb, Chrome Ext, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
CompanySuperhuman
Launched2009
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Grammar Checker.cc

There's no signup wall and no word-count trap that pushes you toward a paid plan, which is rare for a grammar checker since most competitors gate the useful corrections behind an account. The lack of any company name, working about page, or privacy policy is a real gap for a tool that has you paste your own writing into a text box.

Pros

  • completely free with no account required
  • checks grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure in one pass
  • includes basic paraphrasing and style suggestions
  • results appear immediately on the same page

Cons

  • 1,000-word cap per check with no way to extend it
  • no browser extension, only the standalone page
  • privacy policy and about pages both return not-found errors, so there's no way to see who runs it or how text is handled

Grammarly

Still the default for catching mistakes inside other people's software, but the free tier has quietly become an AI-prompt meter and the honest price is $30 unless you commit to a full year.

Pros

  • Runs inside the apps people already write in rather than as a separate editor
  • Free tier still covers spelling, grammar and tone detection with no time limit
  • Pro folds in plagiarism and AI-text detection that rivals charge for separately

Cons

  • The $12 headline is the annual rate; paying monthly costs $30
  • Free AI allowance is 100 prompts a month and depletes quickly
  • No public API, so it cannot be embedded in another product
  • Enterprise pricing is not published anywhere on the site

Which one fits

Choose Grammar Checker.cc if you need

  • quick, no-signup grammar checks on short pieces of text
  • users who don't want to create an account just to fix a paragraph

Choose Grammarly if you need

  • Anyone writing in a browser, Word or email who wants corrections in place
  • Teams enforcing a house style guide across people who are not writers
  • Non-native English speakers who want fluency rewrites, not just error flags

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