Format Magic vs QuillBot
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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AI paraphraser with grammar, summarizer, plagiarism and AI-detection tools
- Free access
- Format Magic: Free access
- QuillBot: Free access
- Paid from
- Format Magic: USD 9.95 per month
- QuillBot: USD 7.50 a seat a month; $89.95 a seat billed every 12 months
- Plans listed
- Format Magic: 4
- QuillBot: 3
- Public API
- Format Magic: Not confirmed
- QuillBot: Not confirmed
Where Format Magic and QuillBot differ
- PlansFormat Magic lists 4 plans and QuillBot lists 3.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Format Magic | Fact | QuillBot |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableFree · USD 0 per month | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · USD 0 |
| USD 9.95 per monthBasic | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 7.50 a seat a month; $89.95 a seat billed every 12 monthsTeam (2-10 seats) |
| Free about 35 pages/month; paid from $9.95/month | Pricing model | Free; Premium $8.33/month billed annually; Team from $7.50/seat |
| 4 | Plans listedDiffers | 3 |
| Not confirmed | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Open source | Not confirmed |
| What it is for | ||
| Turning plain or AI-drafted text into templated Word and PDF documents | Built for | Students and writers who rewrite their own short passages and want to review each change |
| Writing & content | CategorySame | Writing & content |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Sep 29, 2026 | Pricing checkSame | Prices confirmed · Oct 7, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Format Magic
Prices confirmed · Sep 29, 2026- FreeUSD 0 per monthno credit card
- BasicUSD 9.95 per month
- ProUSD 14.95 per month
- PremiumUSD 19.95 per month
QuillBot
Prices confirmed · Oct 7, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- PremiumUSD 8.33 a month billed annually
- Team (2-10 seats)USD 7.50 a seat a month; $89.95 a seat billed every 12 months
Strengths and limits
Format Magic
Strengths
- Free plan without a card: About 35 pages a month can be formatted after a free sign-up.
- Short retention for one-off jobs: The privacy policy says unsaved input and output are deleted within 12 hours.
- Commercial use of your documents: The terms allow personal and business use of documents you create.
Limits to plan around
- Character limits, not pages: Allowances are counted in characters, so page estimates vary with tables and images.
- Text goes to third-party AI: Content is processed by providers such as Google Gemini and OpenAI.
- Branding needs higher tiers: Template customization starts on Pro, and your own Word templates need Premium.
QuillBot
Strengths
- A usable free paraphraser: Free paraphrases up to 125 words at a time in two modes, enough to rework a sentence or short paragraph without paying.
- Changes are visible and adjustable: The synonym slider, word-level synonyms and change colors let you accept or reject edits instead of taking a whole rewritten passage.
- Team seats are cheaper per writer: The Team page lists $7.50 a seat a month for 2-10 seats billed every 12 months, below the individual $8.33 annual rate.
Limits to plan around
- Only the annual price is on the pricing page: The pricing page read showed $8.33 a month billed annually; the help center confirms monthly and quarterly plans but not their prices, and says price depends on region and currency.
- Limits differ across tools and platforms: Plagiarism checks have a monthly word cap and summaries a per-run cap even on Premium, and the pricing page says limits may vary across platforms.
- Detector results can be wrong: QuillBot's own help center says its AI detector can flag human-written text.
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