ChatGPT vs Grammarly
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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An assistant for drafting, files and web research.
Real-time grammar, tone and AI writing help inside the apps where you already type.
- Free access
- ChatGPT: Free access
- Grammarly: Free access
- Paid from
- ChatGPT: No fixed price listed
- Grammarly: USD 12 per member per month
- Plans listed
- ChatGPT: 8
- Grammarly: 3
- Public API
- ChatGPT: Yes
- Grammarly: Not confirmed
Where ChatGPT and Grammarly differ
- PlansChatGPT lists 8 plans and Grammarly lists 3.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| ChatGPT | Fact | Grammarly |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableFree | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · USD 0 |
| No fixed price listed | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 12 per member per monthPro · billed yearly · USD 30 billed monthly |
| Free; Go EUR 8 (local price); Plus USD 20 | Pricing model | Free plan; Pro from USD 12; Enterprise custom |
| 8 | Plans listedDiffers | 3 |
| Yes | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| No | Open source | Not confirmed |
| What it is for | ||
| General drafting, files and everyday research | Built for | Correcting and polishing everyday writing |
| Writing & content | CategorySame | Writing & content |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Pricing review due · Sep 24, 2026 | Pricing checkSame | Pricing review due · Sep 26, 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
ChatGPT
Pricing review due · Sep 24, 2026- FreeFree
- GoEUR 8 per month
- PlusUSD 20 per month
- Pro $100USD 100 per month
- Pro $200 (Pro 20x)USD 200 per month
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- Business (Standard seat)USD 20 per seat per monthbilled annually · USD 25 billed monthly
- Business (Premium seat)USD 100 per seat per monthbilled annually · USD 125 billed monthly
- EnterpriseCustom pricing
Grammarly
Pricing review due · Sep 26, 2026- FreeUSD 0EUR 0 shown
- ProUSD 12 per member per monthbilled yearly · USD 30 billed monthly
- EnterpriseContact provider
Strengths and limits
ChatGPT
Strengths
- Many kinds of work in one assistant: Drafting, file analysis, image generation, voice and web research share one account.
- Unlimited basic chats on Free: The Free plan has no cap on text chats with the basic model.
- Projects organize related work: Chats, files and instructions for an ongoing job stay together.
Limits to plan around
- No annual discount for individuals: Go, Plus and Pro are billed monthly only; annual pricing is limited to Business seats.
- Pro $200 closed to newcomers: New sign-ups and upgrades to the 20x tier are paused; existing subscriptions keep renewing.
- Go pricing is regional: Go may include ads. Its January 2026 US launch quote was $8 monthly; confirm today's local checkout amount before subscribing.
Grammarly
Strengths
- Works where you already write: The same suggestions run in browser extensions, desktop apps, Office and Google Docs add-ins and mobile keyboards.
- Usable free tier: Free has no time limit and includes spelling, grammar, tone detection and a monthly prompt allowance.
- Flexible Pro billing: Pro can be paid monthly, quarterly or yearly per member, and a team account can grow to 149 seats.
Limits to plan around
- Refunds only where law requires: You can cancel at any time, but paid time is refunded only when local law requires it.
- Review agents are paid: Plagiarism Checker, AI Detector and Citation Finder need Pro, and Free gets a single AI Grader scan a day.
- Own rewrites can trip the detector: Text rewritten by Grammarly's agents is likely to be flagged by its AI Detector.
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