Grammarly vs. Paper Rater (PaperRater.com)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Grammarly
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Grammarly in San Francisco provides its grammar improvement and AI driven writing assistance platform, available on free or paid premium and business plans.
$30
per month
Paper Rater (PaperRater.com)
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Paper Rater, or PaperRater.com, is a proofreading and grammar checking writing tool available free online or via professional editions. It was acquired and is now supported by Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), since August 2018.N/A
Pricing
GrammarlyPaper Rater (PaperRater.com)
Editions & Modules
Pro
$30
per month per member
Enterprise
Contact Sales
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GrammarlyPaper Rater (PaperRater.com)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available on Pro plan for annual pricing.
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User Ratings
GrammarlyPaper Rater (PaperRater.com)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(117 ratings)
9.2
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(36 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GrammarlyPaper Rater (PaperRater.com)
Likelihood to Recommend
Grammarly
When drafting important emails to clients, stakeholders, or partners, Grammarly ensures the tone is professional and polite while eliminating grammar or spelling errors.While preparing reports, proposals, or presentations for internal or external use, Grammarly helps maintain clarity, proper structure, and a formal tone. Employees whose first language is not English use Grammarly to enhance their writing, making it more fluent and grammatically accurate.
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Barnes & Noble Education
it is a very helpful tool. Now I can just copy and paste the text and find out if it is plagiarizing. I can use it to check my emails to avoid any embarrassment. In the future, I want to use it to check essay content in other languages.
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Pros
Grammarly
  • Ease of use - Grammarly is super easy to use. Anyone can use the app whether in a text editor like Microsoft Word or on the Grammarly website.
  • Integration - This one is a game-changer. It integrates with the main programs I use on a regular basis including email, Microsoft Office, Firefox, desktop, phone and iPads. I didn't need to change to anything or use something different so it was an ideal match.
  • Goals - This is a really cool function of Grammarly. With Goals, you can choose your audience, formality and domain type. So it works for a wide range of users. Depending on the audience type, Grammarly automatically can suggest changes to your content to help ensure your goals are being met.
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Barnes & Noble Education
  • PaperRater.com is easy to use, to use online and helps in [the] speedy processing of information. It is suitable for formats like (doc, Docx, txt, and rt.)
  • PaperRater.com is useful for automatically scanning documents and text snippets for duplicate content from other websites.
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Cons
Grammarly
  • User experience/technical issues on certain tools - in Google Calendar, for instance, Grammarly checks text that you type into the "Email Guests" modal window on calendar events. However, because of the way Google calendar works, if you right-click a word that Grammarly highlighted, the calendar event modal window will close and you will lose everything you typed. This is an extremely frustrating experience that has gotten me multiple times.
  • Incorrect suggestions - it doesn't happen that often, but occasionally Grammarly does highlight words or make suggestions that don't make sense or aren't optimal. I'm sure the Grammarly team is working continuously to improve the tool to make it smarter and smarter.
  • Lack of support on all platforms - although Grammarly works on most text areas you encounter online, there are still some areas it doesn't work - I'm not sure if this is an issue with Grammarly or not, but I haven't been able to figure it out.
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Barnes & Noble Education
  • Despite being fast, the checks are not completely accurate or thorough
  • The monthly checks are limited even for the paid version
  • There is no option to make live changes and the entire modified content must be pasted again to determine its accuracy
  • Cannot be used on the go as it works only on a desktop/laptop
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Likelihood to Renew
Grammarly
Either I'm as dumb as a bag of nails, or Grammarly has been an invaluable tool in our communication arsenal since we've been users since 2017. I don't recall which podcast we heard it on, but it may have been when Jordan Harbinger was on Art of Charm. I listen to about 8 podcasts a day, so it was probably on something I listened to, demo'd it, and then ponied up for a paid subscription.
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Barnes & Noble Education
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Usability
Grammarly
It was very easy. I have it applied to all of my browsers as an extension so that I know I have entirely accurate grammar in anything I write for my company. I appreciate having something that will always be applied to anything on my computer. I wish I didn't need to use the Grammarly keyboard on mobile; I want it to read my text boxes like my computer does.
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Barnes & Noble Education
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Support Rating
Grammarly
I have not really used customer support. I used the FAQ page to see how to re-install Grammarly because it wasn't functioning properly in longer documents. It seems to be working better now, but it still does not always underline all of the issues in the actual text. Thus, it is sometimes difficult to know where the errors are located.
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Barnes & Noble Education
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Implementation Rating
Grammarly
Perhaps if you have a team that is not overly computer savvy, which in that case, I'd challenge your hiring decision, there's not much involved. I'm sure there are YouTube videos that go in-depth about implementation but it's really quite simple.
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Barnes & Noble Education
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Alternatives Considered
Grammarly
Nothing comes close to Grammarly in terms of ease of use and quick setup. It practically works right out of the box without any rigorous configuration. It also allows you to pick a specific dialect which isn't available in other apps. And since Grammarly introduced AI features, its counterparts lost their advantage.
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Barnes & Noble Education
I am unsure what percentage [of] services Copyscape offers. I even have used it within the past to verify that my content had no signs of [plagiarism]. [I] prefer that [it's] simple to use and [user-friendly].
PapelRater It shows a percentage of what quantity of your essay might appear [plagiarized] and wherever that data seems [on] the website.
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Return on Investment
Grammarly
  • It saves me time.
  • It allows me to produce enormous quantities of writing to the highest quality with great speed.
  • Overall, it has greatly improved the quality of my writing .
  • Helps me get those pesky commas in the right place to improve readability.
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Barnes & Noble Education
  • Paper Rater is like a writing assistant that not only checks your grammar but also gives you comprehensive feedback on your writing.
  • I was able to use Paper Rater to check for plagiarism in mine. However, given Paper Rater's more academic approach, it offers a much more robust engine for this. For example, you will get an overall originality score and links to sources for copied material.
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