Grammarly vs. PitchGrade

Grammarly is a step ahead of the traditional spelling and grammar checking tool that is in-built with Microsoft Word. There are scenarios when you have to write long-form content, and depending on your normal day-to-day way of speech, you tend to write content using the same tone and sentence constructs. There may be nothing "wrong" as such, but Grammarly points out those small glitches in your text, which you considered to be correct but is not really correct. One such area is the usage of "passive voice" in the sentences that I used to write. I find Grammarly really helpful here.

Incentivized

For now, it seems that Pitchgrade is best suited to giving feedback on corporate decks, whether they be for investors or colleagues in a team setting. I don't, however, see any reason that they would not also be able to give high quality feedback on other kinds of presentations, such as lectures or student assignments. If they do in the future, I will definitely use them to assess my lectures for students!

• Integration with existing tools - Grammarly works in practically all text areas across your browser, including email and things like Google Docs, etc.
• Quality control - the meat of Grammarly is checking your text and writing in real-time, directly as you type. Most of the time, Grammarly provides very accurate recommendations and quality checks on your text.
• Analytics and reporting - Grammarly sends regular updates via email about your usage statistics and other detailed info. This type of reporting can be very helpful in tracking your progress over time.

Incentivized

• Instant Feedback
• Thoughtful, on point suggestions
• Low time commitment

• Somewhat expensive.
• Grammarly itself does not guarantee 100% correctness.
• Sometimes, it does not remove the marked error even when you have corrected it.
• Its MS office version faces some issues with plagiarism detection. I have to go on the web version to use plagiarism detection.

Incentivized

• It would be helpful to be able to share results with others
• It would great to get a score
• I would like to see how my decks compare with others in quality

It's great software to use but has much to be desired. Because I'm used to using Microsoft Word and Google Docs, using Grammarly for sentence structure can be challenging. The suggestions that appear help with grammatical corrections, but it doesn't fix line breaks. I think something like that would help streamline sentence structure.

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

I have not used anything like Grammarly before and that is probably why I love it so much. It works very well for what I need. Plus, it goes above and beyond. I don't need it all the time but it is great to use in any communication occasion. I love it

Incentivized

I have not found another product like PitchGrade. Although there are some services that charge a lot of money to provide feedback from an "expert" within a few days, I have not used any of them. The fact that Pitchgrade was free and instant made it a no-brainer for me to start using it. I imagine many companies will catch on to what PitchGrade is doing and try to imitate what they do at some point, however.

• 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.

Incentivized

• Higher quality presentations
• Better team communication
• More positive experiences with investors and employees