Item: Grammarly
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Grammarly

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a content writer for the company so I use Grammarly heavily to review my writing. In fact, I rely on Grammarly so much, that I write the first draft of any piece of content straight into the software to get live feedback as I am writing.

As we write about a highly technical topic, we must make subjects crystal clear to our readers. Grammarly helps ensure we cut out any unnecessary words, phrases, or sentences to help explain technical topics in simple detail.

To be able to write directly into Grammarly like this helps significantly speed up the content writing process because the first draft will be 80% of the way there. No spelling errors. No grammatical errors. No unnecessary drivel.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Spelling and grammatical error correction
Live readability score
Voice/tone suggestions
Overall Writing Score

Cons

The plug in for web is very annoying
Being able to add H3 and H4 into writing
Suggestions to improve readability score

Return on Investment

Increased speed of first draft
Increased output of quality content
Increased consistency of branding throughout content

Usability

It's absolutely brilliant software. But there are a few things I would like to see from it.

Firstly, the ability to add in H3 and H4 titles would help me break down my content into easier chunks.

Secondly, it would be good to have suggestions to improve the readability score.

Lastly, if they could make the chrome extension non-annoying and pop up in the right place (away from important buttons/CTAs) it would be useable.

And if there was a way to add Grammarly into other software like adobe programmes, it would add all the same benefits to graphic designers.

Alternatives Considered

Writesonic and Jasper.ai

The useability of Grammarly and the ability to get live feedback is much better than other programmes.

Other programmes prioritise AI to do the bulk of the writing. I like to do the bulk of the writing and let AI make suggestions; not the other way around.

It's also much more accurate and helps me ensure all writing is consistent and on brand.

Key Insights

Do you think Grammarly delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Grammarly's feature set?

Yes

Did Grammarly live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Grammarly go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Grammarly again?

Yes

Other Software Used

HubSpot CRM, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive

Likelihood to Recommend

Very well suited to content writers and marketing professionals who need to ensure their work is 100% accurate.

To be able to write directly into the software to get live feedback has helped significantly increase the writing time. It will significantly improve the quality of your first draft.
That said, you can run into issues if you want to break down topics into great detail. The lack of H3 and H4 functionality means you have to remember to go back in post-writing to adjust the H3 or H4.

It's also not easy to copy and paste into a google Doc as the format will reset. What would be nice is if there was the possibility to share the link to a Grammarly Doc and then receive suggestions straight into the live document (removing the need for google docs).

When it comes to the Grammarly extension on Chrome, I have actually removed it as it was getting so annoying. Useful, yes. But so annoying. It always pops up in the wrong place.

Using Grammarly

Users and Roles

3 - Marketing - Use it for Content writing and ensuring accurate writing that is consistent with voice and tone.

Graphic Design - To ensure all media has correct spelling and grammar.

Sales/Management - To help write correct emails and documentation to staff and customers

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