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Free version, Premium, Premium +, Enterprise |
Advanced grammar and language AI tool for academic and technical writing |
Grammar and spelling check, follows style guide preferences Includes tools to assess compliance with standard publication requirements Identifies potential citations Identifies journals to submit publication to Plagiarism check Paraphraser–gives suggestions on how rephrase your writing
Install for Word, Chrome, Firefox, Edge… |
Trained in 1300 subject areas
MS Word add ons and browser extensions |
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Writefull, Digital Science |
Free for limited version, Premium has pricing plans. Offers group licenses for institutions, publishers, etc. |
Edits academic and technical writing. Catered to the academic community, algorithms trained on technical scientific content (peer reviewed open access content).
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In addition to language feedback offers a number of widgets: paraphrase, abstract generator, title generator, etc.
Writefull for Overleaf (LaTeX editor) can paraphrase, revise, summarize, and explain text, released April 2024. |
Because it is trained on academic and scientific writing, more likely to recognize technical, discipline-specific words, as well as revise writing using academic language. Creators claim it will work well across disciplines, as trained on texts from a wide variety of disciplines. |
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AI features for Grammarly now available with Grammarly account. Free, Premium, Business, and Enterprise plans available. The plans with fees give more detailed writing assistance, see full feature comparison. |
Communication/writing assistant. |
Will generate writing based on prompts; revise writing for tone, clarity, and length; help generate ideas/brainstorm. Can input emails to ask it to draft responses. |
FAQ says inputs will not be used to train commercial models, though |
User inputs may be used to train the model, according to Jisc evaluation in Sept 2023. |
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DeepL Translator: Basic translator free, more advanced versions available at a fee.
DeepL Write: beta version launched in January, free.
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Offers two separate tools: a translator and writing assistant. |
Translator translates inputted text or uploaded files.
Writing assistant offers improvements on grammar, phrasing, tone, style, and word choice. |
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Basic version free, unlimited version $20/month.
Can also access through ChatPDF Plus subscription. |
Research and writing assistant. |
Suggested auto-citations, drawn from your uploaded PDFs and other sources.
Speeds up writing with autocomplete function.
Paraphrases your writing in different tones or styles
Upload and chat with PDFs
Plagiarism checker |
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Limited version free or upgrade to Premium. |
NLP-powered set of writing-assistant tools: Paraphrase, Grammar Checker, Plagiarism Checker, Co-writer, Summarizer, Citation Generator, Translator. |
Integrates into Chrome and Microsoft Word. Works in a variety of languages. |
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Inputs and outputs may be used to train models. See Jisc evaluation. |
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Curie, Springer Nature |
Free version, individual premium version ($11.25/month), and group subscriptions available. |
Curie is an AI-powered writing assistant designed specifically for academic papers. It provides intelligent suggestions, improves writing structure, enhances flow, and assists with citations to help you produce high-quality academic content. |
Integrates into Microsoft Word. |
Specifically designed for academic writing. Researcher’s writing is stored in personal workspace and not shared with 3rd parties. |
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Currently free |
A GAI powered, web based, word processor |
Runs on ChatGPT |
Does not claim ownership rights over any user content |
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Paperpal, Cactus Communications |
Pricing, Free or Prime tiers |
AI academic writing assistant, with features to assist from ideation to submission. |
Use on the web or via MS Word plug-in.
Features include GenAI copilot, language/grammar correction, paraphrasing, pre-submission checks, plagiarism checker.
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Only plus (paid) version includes AI features. Individual and team plans available (pricing) |
Highlights and proposes fixes for errors in users’ writing. Also highlights issues such as dense writing, too long sentences, etc., and rewrites. |
Grammar correction, rephrase text, clarify writing (wordy phrases, passive voice), choose desired style/tone of writing |
Only Plus (paid) version includes AI features. Desktop offline app does not. |
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Pricing: individual, team, and enterprise plans available |
Language editing tool. |
Features include simplifying/clarifying written content, change tone, translate to English, cleaning up transcribed content |
Works within Microsoft Word |
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