Grammarly Alternatives?
Grammarly has started injecting all sorts of upsell crap into their app to the point they've made it unusable for me. Does anyone have an alternative they like?
I built one pre-Grammarly that functions as an add-in to Microsoft Word.
It's aimed at creative writers and never really took off, though it does have a cohort of die hard fans. Still sells a few copies a month after all these years - usually to romance writers.
https://smart-edit.com/Home/Creative/
Some screenshots: https://smart-edit.com/Gallery/
I would like a Grammarly alternative too. In addition to the annoying upsell stuff, their little widget blocks some text inputs and I have to disable it to make the site usable.
There's also Microsoft Editor to which I switched from Grammarly. I'd say it gets in the way a bit less than Grammarly but the suggestions popup/window sometimes gets buggy. It only works in Chromium browsers, so unfortunately no Firefox add-on :/
I use Grammarly Premium for the last few years but recently have shifted mostly to online tool for longer writings and edits. I do have the Safari Extension running. I have not seen any form or upsell or ads, and I unsubscribed from their marketing emails.
The closest alternative is https://languagetool.org
For simple online checking, Language Tool is the closest thing, with add-on for FF and Chrome. If you want to check for longer texts, DeepL Write (AI from Germany) is the better choice. It also supports many languages.
Delete the spyware from your computer and don't look back.
You could ask ChatGPT for advice? It's one of the better writers I've seen.
Anyone have suggestions on a good free alternative as well?