Free plans (7)
Their limits are stated in different terms, so they aren't ranked against each other. Ordered by first paid price.
| Tool | Stated limits | What makes you upgrade | First paid price | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ginger SoftwareRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free version with essential functionality; no end date stated"we offer a free version of Ginger that includes top quality essential functionality."Source | Not found | $6.50/moMonthly | Free plan |
 LanguageToolRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Basic plan is free: 2,000 characters per text field, limited Picky Mode, 3 AI sentence rephrasings per day, basic spelling, grammar and style checks."Character limit per text field | 2,000 | 150,000"Source | Not found | $11.07/moTeams (2 users, price shown) | Free plan |
 OutwriteRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free Essential plan for fixing spelling and grammar errors"Our free plan is useful for fixing spelling and grammar errors."Source | Not found | $14.95/userTeams | Free plan |
 Wordvice AIRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Basic plan is free with 5,000 words/month, 500 words per submission, and basic revision modes"5,000 words/month"Source | Not found | $19.95/moPremium | Free plan |
 SaplingRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Basic writing assistance, 20 snippets, and AI detector checks up to 2,000 characters per check, 5 files per batch"Basic writing assistance and AI detector checks up to 2,000 characters per check."Source | More than 2,000 characters per AI detector check: Pro includes 100,000 | $25/moPro | Free plan |
 LinguixRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free forever plan with grammar and spelling checks, basic AI suggestions, limited paraphrasing, typing shortcuts and the browser extension"Grammar and spelling checks"Source | Not found | $30/moLinguix Pro | Free plan |
 ProWritingAidRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free plan with Grammar, spelling, punctuation, 10 Rephrases per day, 2 runs per line editing report per day on 500 words, 3 Sparks and 3 Creative Nudges per day, 3 runs of Idea Feedback; paid plans remove the limits."Run each line editing report up to 2 times per day on 500 words of text."Source | Paid plans remove the limits | $30/moPremium | Free plan |
Free trial only (4)
- Hemingway Editor: 2-week free trial, no credit card required
- PerfectIt: 14-day free trial, no credit card required
- Trinka: 7-day free trial of the Confidential Data Plan
- WebSpellChecker: free trial offered, length not stated
Questions
Which AI grammar checkers are free?
7 have a free plan you can keep, including Ginger Software, LanguageTool, Linguix, Outwrite, ProWritingAid, Sapling.
What do you pay after a free plan?
The lowest first paid price among tools with a free plan is $6.50/mo (Ginger Software). Read from each vendor's own page.
How this page is made
Every limit is the vendor's own, read from its pages and quoted. A tool counts as a free plan when the text describes something you can keep using; a fixed number of days or a single batch of credits is listed separately. We don't test the plans. How prices are read.