How much does Sapling cost?
Paid plans start at
$12/mo billed yearly
or $25/mo billed monthly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- Free 1-month trial of Sapling Pro, once per account, no credit card required
- Enterprise
- Contact sales
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In your favor
- Free plan. Basic writing assistance, 20 snippets, and AI detector checks up to 2,000 characters per check, 5 files per batch
- Notice before price changes. Advance notice of fee changes before they apply
How you buy and get started
Self-serve + salesButtons on their site: Subscribe, Add to Chrome, Contact sales, Talk with us
- Sign up
- Self-serve registration with no credit card for the free trial "Just sign up (no credit card required) to start a free 1-month trial of Sapling Pro."
- Setup
- Start with a few lines of code "Start with a few lines of code."
- When sales steps in
- Enterprise: team controls, SSO/SCIM, self-hosted, custom integrations "Advanced writing and AI detection with team controls, analytics, and support."
- Support
- Email and ticket support on Pro and Enterprise; dedicated contact on Enterprise "Dedicated support contact"
What Sapling does
Sapling provides real-time writing suggestions, autocomplete, snippets, rephrasing and AI content detection through a REST API, SDK, MCP server, browser extension and add-ins for Google Docs, Word and Outlook. Plans include a free tier, a Pro subscription, a metered API and a custom Enterprise plan with team controls.
- Good for
- Developers adding language tools to their software, customer support, sales and product teams working in messaging and CRM platforms, and individuals wanting grammar checks and AI detection.
- Channels
- Browser extension (Chrome, Firefox, Edge), Google Docs, Google Slides, Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Gmail, REST API, SDK, MCP server
- Main product
- Sapling writing assistant and language model API/SDK (grammar, autocomplete, rephrase, AI detection)
- Also includes
- Grammar and spelling suggestions, Autocomplete Everywhere, Rephrase, AI detector, Snippets, Chat assist (Suggest) on Enterprise
- Connects to
- ServiceNow, Salesforce, Zendesk, Amazon Connect, Twilio Flex, Slack, TinyMCE, Intercom, Freshdesk, HubSpot, Genesys Cloud, Five9
- Public API
- Yes
- MCP server
- Yes
- Grammar and spelling checks
Spelling
- Tone and style suggestions
Tone: friendly
- AI rewriting and generation
Rephrase
- Custom style guide enforcementNot stated
- Browser extension
Install extension
- Word and Google Docs add-ins
Also for Google Docs, Outlook and Word
- Multiple languages supportedNot stated
- Admin controls and SSO
Single Sign-On / SCIM
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Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | Not stated | |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | Not stated | |
| SOC 2 | SOC 2 Type II certified | "is also GDPR compliant and **SOC 2 Type II** certified"security |
| GDPR | GDPR compliant | "is also GDPR compliant and **SOC 2 Type II** certified"security |
| CCPA | Not stated | |
| PCI | Supports customers with PCI requirements | "and PCI compliance requirements."security |
| ISO 27001 | Not stated | |
| Single sign-on | Enterprise | "Single Sign-On / SCIM"pricing |
| Trust center | https://trust.sapling.ai | "Visit the Trust Center"security |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free/ month | $0 | – | 2000 characters per AI detector check | – | "$0 / month" |
| Pro/ month | $25 | $12per month | 100000 characters per AI detector check | – | "$25 / month" "$12 / month, billed annually" |
| APImetered | – | – | –One-time $5 minimum | – | "Usage-based language and AI detection APIs for developers." |
| Enterprise/seat/month | Quote | – | 10 seats minimum | – | "Starts at 10 seats, $15/seat/month" |
Free plan: Basic writing assistance, 20 snippets, and AI detector checks up to 2,000 characters per check, 5 files per batch
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- Not stated
- Contract
- Enterprise pricing varies by seats and contract duration "Pricing varies depending on the number of users/seats and the duration of the contract."
- Refunds
- Fees are non-refundable, no proration "All fees are in U.S. Dollars and are non-refundable, and Sapling will not prorate any fees paid for a subscription that is terminated before the end of its term."
- Auto renew
- Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled "The subscription will continue unless and until you cancel your subscription or we terminate it."
- Price change notice
- Advance notice of fee changes before they apply "Sapling may change the fees for any feature of the Service, including additional fees or charges, if Sapling gives you advance notice of changes before they apply."
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
- Legal name
- Sapling Intelligence, Inc.
- Online since
- Jul 30, 2018 Domain registration date
- Customers
- "Nasdaq-100 Software Co.; Top 3 training data provider; Public asset management firm; Fortune 50 Healthcare Co." their claim
- Backing
- "Backed by Y Combinator and partnered with OpenAI" their words
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Questions
Is Sapling free?
Yes. Basic writing assistance, 20 snippets, and AI detector checks up to 2,000 characters per check, 5 files per batch Paid plans start at $25/month.
How much does Sapling cost?
Paid plans start at $12 per month billed yearly, or $25 billed monthly.