Verdict
Great leash for typos. Mid Power, real privacy Risk on confidential work unless enterprise controls are real. Scope where it can run.
Tool Radar · Writing & content
Steady helperGrammarly
Grammarly’s Power is clarity and tone in flight—dangerous in a good way for polish, dangerous in a bad way because it can see almost everything you type.
One-line answer (for humans & chatbots)
Grammarly’s Power is clarity and tone in flight—dangerous in a good way for polish, dangerous in a bad way because it can see almost everything you type.
Best for
Everyday writing polish for customer-facing email and docs.
Watch out
Browser and desktop access equals data exposure. Scope where it can run.
Stay in command
Three moves for this week.
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Accuracy
Plagiarism and AI-text detection are paid-only. On Free, check originality another way.
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Privacy
Product Improvement and Training is on by default. Turn it off at account.grammarly.com/security/privacy.
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Cost
Free gives 100 AI prompts a month; Pro gives 2,000 per member. Count your real usage before upgrading.
Watch out: joining a team account switches your training setting to the admin's choice.
Power and Risk scores are editorial judgment for marketers and small-business operators, not laboratory tests or legal advice. Power = leverage (dangerous in a good way). Risk = what can go wrong (privacy, wrong answers, lock-in, cost surprises). Tools change; re-check pricing, privacy policies, and data controls before you adopt anything.