I know Grammarly is used more broadly in my organization, but I can only speak to my team's and my personal use. We are a multi-cultural international team managing multiple communication pathways and maintaining a large number of internal documents. Grammarly helps us with all of this.
Pros
Provide suggestions for clear, simplified written communications in a seamless way
Help improve professionalism and also human-ness to communication
Streamlined integrations of grammarly across all the platforms I use
Cons
Nothing to suggest at this time
Likelihood to Recommend
Grammarly is a no-brainer for me. If you spend much of your day working across email, Google's suite of tools, Slack, etc., Grammarly seamlessly integrates with all of these and allows you to be a far greater communicator with almost no effort.
Grammarly has not only helped with general sentence structure and grammar issues, but the AI feature helps with tone and clarity. We send out many donor communications throughout the year and Grammarly has helped keep everything clear, concise, and professional. I highly recommend adding Grammarly for any professional writings.
Pros
Grammar
Sentence structure
Tone
Improving writing with suggestions
Cons
Contradicts itself at times with suggestions
Can change the intent of the sentence
Fights with Word corrections at times.
Likelihood to Recommend
Grammarly is well suited to use anytime you are writing. It doesn't matter if it's an email or a word document.
VU
Verified User
Administrative Assistant in Finance and Accounting (Non-profit Organization Management company, 1001-5000 employees)
Even if we make an error word, Grammarly assisted us but also our colleagues in writing excellent email responses to customers without even any grammatical mistakes. This program even enabled publishers to compose sentences using mood ideas, which I loved. Moreover, Grammarly Business has this fabulous built-in Ai-powered writing assistant that worked seamlessly with email responses to our valued customers.
Pros
Proofreading
Grammer Correction
Tone and mood setting
Synonyms
Cons
Grammer Checker
Tone and mood feature
Summerizer
Likelihood to Recommend
Grammarly is a fantastic instrument that enables me to speak in a clear and understandable manner that appeals to my target audience, that is what I love the most about this AI-powered writing assistant. Seems a little costly to me for nice but needless functionality. It may propose incorrect misspellings or grammatical improvements, in which case you should reread and recheck your work.
Grammarly is used by select teams in our communications channels - primarily, this is writers, editors, and other content strategists/specialists. Because we deal with written content so frequently, Grammarly addresses our need to be continually improving our writing, grammar, punctuation, etc. Business-wise, this helps us to create more effective and persuasive content by writing our words with better clarity and usage from the get-go.
Pros
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.
Cons
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.
Likelihood to Recommend
Grammarly is a really great tool for writers or anyone that works with a lot of written text (editors, strategists, etc). It would also be optimal for simply anyone who wants to work on improving their grammar skills. One of the great things about it is that just by virtue of having it installed and seeing the suggestions and corrections it gives you as you type, you'll begin to learn tips over time as to how to use better grammar, even without any formal training.
If you are someone who doesn't write much, or deals primarily with imagery or video content (graphic design, video editor, etc), Grammarly wouldn't add much value (unless you just really want to increase your grammar skills on the side). Also, if you are a programmer, you may find it annoying if by chance you enter code into text areas that get checked by Grammarly, and it flags code syntax as having grammar errors (my assumption is this wouldn't happen in code editors, though).
VU
Verified User
Team Lead in Marketing (Non-Profit Organization Management company, 10,001+ employees)
I'm a grammar nerd. However, English is not my first language. I always strive to spell everything correctly and use correct tenses. Most of the time I get by, but sometimes, I need help. Two of my biggest responsibilities at work are internal communication and marketing materials––it is highly essential for me to present my thoughts in a clear, professional manner. Enter Grammarly. Its ever-present presence on my browser is like a true best friend who's always watching my back, catching my "there" and "their," my "then" and "than." I use it everyday for email (work and personal), email campaigns, newsletters & brochures, and the list goes on. I highly recommend Grammarly; I wouldn't want to write without it!
Pros
Catching grammar mistakes.
Catching spelling errors.
Suggesting the correct or more appropriate word.
Helping with formatting (double spaces, commas, etc).
Cons
Being able to add a word to the "correct" list and therefore, would not suggest corrections.
It'd be cool if Grammarly can take a sentence and reword it better without changing its meaning.
A built-in Thesaurus so it can improve its word suggestions.
Likelihood to Recommend
I'm reviewing the "free" version so obviously there are some features that I don't know of but based on using this version, Grammarly is an amazing tool that helps you write correctly. It detects grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes. However, since this is a program and not a real human being, it cannot reword a sentence/idea or fix a slang word for you.
VU
Verified User
Administrator in Customer Service (Religious Institutions company, 11-50 employees)
