Paraphrasing tools and grammar checkers you can use free October 2026
Word limits, sign-up and what you pay for, read on the pages of 16 paraphrasing tools, grammar checkers and AI writers. Every free paraphraser has a limit, but some need no account.
Checked by hand on 16 October 2026, on each company’s own pages.2 of 64 have moved since, re-checked 22h ago.
The short answer
If you read nothing else, read this.
- Most words per free paraphrase: Scribbr takes 125 words at a time, as often as you like, with no account. QuillBot takes 100 words (its help center still says 125). Others count uses: Wordtune 10 rewrites a day, ProWritingAid 10 a day, Paperpal 5 a day, LanguageTool 3 a day.
- No word limit: none of the free paraphrasers we checked is unlimited. QuillBot Premium has no word limit, from $8.33 a month, billed yearly. For grammar, Scribbr's free checker has no character or word limit, and QuillBot runs unlimited checks.
- QuillBot free: 100 words per paraphrase, in 2 of its 9 modes (Standard and Fluency). Grammar checks are unlimited, and you need no account. Longer paraphrases, the other modes and the plagiarism checker are paid, and there is no free trial.
- Grammarly free: spelling and grammar checks, 100 AI prompts a month and a limited number of paraphrase suggestions a day, with a free account. It checks up to 100,000 characters at a time. Full-sentence rewrites, tone changes and plagiarism checks need Pro: $144 a year, or $30 month to month.
- No sign-up: QuillBot, Scribbr, LanguageTool (2,000 characters a text) and DeepL Write (1,500 characters at a time) work without an account. LanguageTool also works this way in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, Word and LibreOffice.
- Behind a paywall: tone changes on Grammarly and Wordtune, plagiarism checks on QuillBot, Grammarly and Rytr, and AI rewrites on Hemingway. Copy.ai has no free plan any more. Writesonic and Jasper give 7-day trials, and Jasper's needs a card.
- Students: Grammarly gives 50% off one period, Microsoft 365 Personal 50% off, Wordtune 30% off for 12 months, QuillBot up to 25% and LanguageTool up to 20%. ProWritingAid is free for primary and secondary school students if their teacher joins. More in our student guide.
I read the pages of 16 writing tools. Grammar checks are free. Long paraphrases are not.
Quick picks
Most words per free paraphrase
Scribbr
125 words at a time
No account, and use it as often as you like. It runs on QuillBot.
Free grammar, no account
QuillBot
Unlimited checks
Its free paraphraser takes 100 words at a time, in 2 of its 9 modes.
Grammar plus free AI prompts
Grammarly
100 AI prompts a month
Spelling and grammar checks, up to 50,000 words a day. Needs a free account.
Free rewrites every day
Wordtune
10 rewrites a day
Plus unlimited spelling and grammar checks. Needs a free account.
Compare them all
All 16, side by side. Tap a name for the sentences behind it.
Free, no account needed
- QuillBot100 words a paraphraseParaphrase 2 of 9 modes · Grammar Unlimited checks · Sign-up Not needed · Paid from $8.33 a month, billed yearlyTry free
- Scribbr125 words a paraphraseParaphrase 2 modes, as often as you like · Grammar No word limit · Sign-up Not needed · Paid from No paid version listedTry free
LanguageTool2,000 characters a textParaphrase 3 a day, with an account · Grammar Spelling and simple errors · Sign-up Not needed · Paid from €3.33 a month, 2 years up frontTry freeDeepL Write1,500 characters at a timeSign-up Not needed · Paid from €6.99 add-on to a paid planTry free
Free, with a daily cap
- Grammarly100,000 characters a checkParaphrase Limited daily, number not stated · Grammar Spelling and grammar · Sign-up Needed · Paid from $12 a month yearly, $30 monthlyTry free
- Wordtune10 rewrites a dayParaphrase One sentence at a time · Grammar Unlimited checks · Sign-up Needed · Paid from $6.99 a month yearly, $13.99 monthlyTry free
ProWritingAid500 words at a timeParaphrase 10 Rephrases a day · Grammar Yes, on those 500 words · Sign-up Needed · Paid from $10 a month yearly, $30 monthlyTry free
Paperpal5 AI uses a dayParaphrase Yes, 5 a day · Grammar 200 edits a month · Paid from $12 a month, billed yearlyTry free
AI writing assistants
Free basics, AI costs extra
Microsoft Editor and CopilotBasic spelling and grammarGrammar Word for the web and Edge · Sign-up Microsoft account · Paid from $9.99 a month (Microsoft 365)OpenHemingway EditorReadability checks, no AIParaphrase AI rewrites are paid · Grammar Not clear · Paid from $8.33 a month yearly, $10 monthlyTry free
Trials or paid only
– means their own pages do not say.
Free, no account needed
Paste your text and start. Each one limits how much text fits at once. Read on each company's own pages on 5 October 2026.
QuillBot
- Free limit
- 100 words a paraphrase
- Paraphrase
- 2 of 9 modes
- Grammar
- Unlimited checks
- Sign-up
- Not needed
- Paid from
- $8.33 a month, billed yearly
- Students
- Up to 25% off
QuillBot's own pages disagree on the free size: its Premium page says 100 words, its help center still says 125. Free gives 2 modes, Standard and Fluency. Longer paraphrases, the other modes, advanced grammar suggestions and the plagiarism checker are paid, and there is no free trial. Students get 25% off a yearly plan, 15% off 3 or 6 months, and 10% off monthly.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“Paraphrase up to 100 words”
“Word limit: Free users can paraphrase up to 125 words at a time. Premium users have unlimited word count.”
“Run unlimited grammar checks at no cost”
“There is no sign up or payment required.”
- Free limit
- 125 words a paraphrase
- Paraphrase
- 2 modes, as often as you like
- Grammar
- No word limit
- Sign-up
- Not needed
- Paid from
- No paid version listed
Scribbr's paraphraser and grammar checker run on QuillBot: both companies belong to Learneo, and QuillBot's terms apply. You get the same 2 modes as free QuillBot, Standard and Fluency, with 125 words at a time.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“Our paraphraser can also help with longer passages (up to 125 words per input).”
“Use the paraphrasing tool as often as you like”
“You don’t have to register or sign up. Insert your text and get started with paraphrasing right away.”
“No limits: There is no character or word limit.”
- Free limit
- 2,000 characters a text
- Paraphrase
- 3 a day, with an account
- Grammar
- Spelling and simple errors
- Sign-up
- Not needed
- Paid from
- €3.33 a month, 2 years up front
- Students
- Up to 20% off
Works without an account in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, Word and LibreOffice. The free version catches spelling, simple punctuation and some style mistakes; LanguageTool says only Premium shows all errors. The €3.33 price means €79.92 paid for 2 years, with a limited-time 20% off (€99.91 without it). With the offer, one year is €47.92, and month to month is €15.92 a month, VAT included. Prices were shown to us in euros and depend on your country. No free trial, but a 14-day money-back guarantee.
In their own words(6, checked 5 Oct)
“Character limit per text field 2,000 150,000”
“For basic users, the paraphrasing feature is limited to three times daily.”
“You can use LanguageTool without a user account in all common browsers and word processors (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, Word, LibreOffice).”
“€99.91 €79.92 /2 years €3.33 per month”
“€59.90 €47.92 /year €3.99 per month”
“Monthly -20 % €19.90 €15.92”
- Free limit
- 1,500 characters at a time
- Sign-up
- Not needed
- Paid from
- €6.99 add-on to a paid plan
- Trial
- 30 days, with DeepL Pro
DeepL Write improves the text you paste in. Write Pro has no length limit and does not store your texts while you are logged in; free texts do not get that protection. Write Pro is an add-on: €6.99 a month billed yearly, on top of a DeepL plan such as Individual at €7.49 a month billed yearly. That is at least €14.48 a month, billed yearly, by our math. Prices were shown to us in euros, VAT included, and depend on your country. Paying for DeepL Pro alone raises the free limit to 2,000 characters.
In their own words(5, checked 5 Oct)
“Users without an account can work with texts of up to 1,500 characters at a time.”
“DeepL Write Pro users can improve texts with an unlimited amount of characters while benefiting from maximum data security.”
“Write Pro add-on €6.99 per user/month (billed annually), VAT included”
“Individual Professional-grade translations for single users €7.49 per month, billed annually”
“You can only get a trial of the Write Pro add-on if your DeepL Pro subscription is currently in trial.”
Free, with a daily cap
A set amount each day, sometimes with monthly caps too. Grammarly, Wordtune and ProWritingAid need a free account.
- Free limit
- 100,000 characters a check
- Paraphrase
- Limited daily, number not stated
- Grammar
- Spelling and grammar
- Sign-up
- Needed
- Paid from
- $12 a month yearly, $30 monthly
- Trial
- 7 days, payment method needed
- Students
- 50% off one period
Free has no time limit and includes 100 AI prompts a month. In any 24 hours you can check up to 50,000 words or 100 documents, free or paid. Full-sentence rewrites, tone changes, fluency help and plagiarism and AI-text checks are paid. Pro at $12 a month means $144 paid for the year. Its web paraphraser page offers a quick try with no sign-up, but the free plan needs an account.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“You can check up to 100,000 characters (including spaces) at a time when you use the Grammarly Editor at www.grammarly.com.”
“In any 24-hour period, you can check up to 100 documents or 50,000 words. This is true for both free and Premium accounts.”
“Generate text with 100 AI prompts”
“Users of Grammarly Free have a limited number of suggestions per day.”
- Free limit
- 10 rewrites a day
- Paraphrase
- One sentence at a time
- Grammar
- Unlimited checks
- Sign-up
- Needed
- Paid from
- $6.99 a month yearly, $13.99 monthly
- Trial
- 3 days, payment details needed
- Students
- 30% off for 12 months
Free also gives 3 AI summaries a month. The free rewrites work one sentence at a time; Wordtune's help center lists its Paraphrasing tool under the paid Advanced plan. Changing the tone and making text shorter or longer are paid too. Advanced, at $6.99, gives 30 rewrites a day. There are no refunds, so cancel before the trial ends if you do not want to pay. Students and teachers with a .edu email get 30% off.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“Limited daily use: 10 Rewrites & AI suggestions”
“Limited monthly use: 3 AI summarizations Unlimited: Spelling corrections Grammar checks”
“Without a Premium account, you will not have access to key features such as changing the Tone of your writing from Casual to Formal and expanding/shortening the length of your paper or article.”
“You'll need to enter payment information, but you won't be charged until the trial period ends.”
- Free limit
- 500 words at a time
- Paraphrase
- 10 Rephrases a day
- Grammar
- Yes, on those 500 words
- Sign-up
- Needed
- Paid from
- $10 a month yearly, $30 monthly
- Students
- Free if your teacher joins
Each editing report runs 2 times a day on free. Paid plans give unlimited words and Rephrases. Lifetime Premium is $399 once. Yearly and lifetime plans have a 3-day money-back guarantee; monthly plans cannot be refunded. Its plans are built around fiction writing. Its demo pages work without an account, with smaller limits. Primary and secondary school students can use it free if their teacher invites them to ProWritingAid for Education.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“With a free account, you will only receive suggestions for 500 words at a time.”
“10 Rephrases per day”
“$10.00 per month, billed yearly”
“To take part, your teacher needs to invite you to join ProWritingAid for Education.”
- Free limit
- 5 AI uses a day
- Paraphrase
- Yes, 5 a day
- Grammar
- 200 edits a month
- Card
- No card
- Paid from
- $12 a month, billed yearly
- Students
- Discount, with a school email
Built for academic writing. The 5 uses a day cover Paraphrase, Trim, Translate, AI Review and more. Free also gives a lite plagiarism report. Prime gives 20,000 grammar edits and 500 tool uses a month for $144 a year. You get a refund if you cancel within 30 days of a first yearly plan, or 7 days of a first monthly one. Students get a discount if they sign up with a school email and recommend that their school buy Paperpal.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“5 / day Paraphrase, Trim, Translate, AI Review + more”
“200 edits / mo Grammar”
“No credit card required”
“$144 Billed annually”
AI writing assistants
They write text for you. The free amount is small, and on Notion it does not come back.
- Free limit
- 10 autocompletes a day
- AI edits
- 3 or 5, once only
- Sign-up
- Needed, no card
- Paid from
- $12 a month (Plus)
Made for essays and papers. Autocompletes come back every day at midnight UTC, not your local time. AI edits and 5 chat messages are given once and never come back; the plan card says 3 edits, the table says 5. New users get a trial of premium features, but Jenni does not say how long. Its page does not say if $12 is the yearly or the monthly price. Payments are generally not refunded.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“10 AI Autocompletes/ day”
“Free autocompletes reset daily at midnight UTC.”
“Free AI edits and chat messages are one-time allocations that do not reset.”
“No credit card required, cancel anytime”
- Free limit
- 10,000 characters a month
- Sign-up
- Needed, no card
- Paid from
- $7.50 a month, billed yearly
Everything Rytr writes counts, even text you delete later. The quota resets each month, and what you do not use is lost. The Unlimited plan removes the cap and adds 50 plagiarism checks a month. Paid plans cannot be refunded.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“Free forever, no CC required.”
“AI Content Generation 10K characters per month”
“The monthly quota resets every month and the credits can not be accumulated or added to the next month's quota.”
“All subscriptions are non-refundable”
- Free limit
- Limited, does not refill
- Paid from
- €19.50 a month, billed yearly
- Trial
- 30 days, work email only
- Students
- Plus free, same AI limit
Notion does not say how many free AI replies you get. When they run out, you need the Business or Enterprise plan. The 30-day Business trial is only for teams with a work email domain, so school and personal emails cannot get it. Students get the Plus plan free, but Plus has the same limited AI replies. Notion showed us euro prices.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“Users on the Free and Plus Plans get a limited number of complimentary AI responses so they can try Notion AI features out.”
“Once you've used all your complimentary AI responses, you will see a message that an upgrade to the Business or Enterprise Plan is necessary to continue using AI features.”
“Business Plan trials are available only to teams who use a professional domain and aren’t already on a Business or Enterprise Plan.”
“The Plus Plan (with a 1-member limit) is free for students and educators.”
Free basics, AI costs extra
The basic checks are free. The AI help sits in a paid plan.
- Free limit
- Basic spelling and grammar
- Grammar
- Word for the web and Edge
- Sign-up
- Microsoft account
- Paid from
- $9.99 a month (Microsoft 365)
- Trial
- 1 month of Microsoft 365
- Students
- 50% off Microsoft 365
Sign in free to get basic spelling and grammar in Word for the web, and Edge has writing help built in. Tips on clarity, conciseness, formality and vocabulary, and Copilot inside Word, need Microsoft 365: Personal is $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year. Copilot also has a limited free chat. The Editor browser extensions for Edge and Chrome ended on October 31, 2025. College and university students get 50% off Personal.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“Editor is included in Word for the web. Sign in with your Microsoft account for free to get basic spelling and grammar checking.”
“Additionally, with a Microsoft 365 subscription, Editor offers advanced grammar and style refinements like clarity, conciseness, formality, vocabulary suggestions, and more.”
“Yes. Microsoft offers a limited free version of Copilot subject to available capacity and limits.”
“Students save 50% on Microsoft 365 Personal”
- Free limit
- Readability checks, no AI
- Paraphrase
- AI rewrites are paid
- Grammar
- Not clear
- Paid from
- $8.33 a month yearly, $10 monthly
- Trial
- 14 days, no card
The free editor scores how easy your text is to read and marks wordy sentences, passive voice and words with simpler options. AI fixes and rewrites are in Editor Plus, with 5,000 AI sentence rewrites a month. Its free grammar checker page promises unlimited words, but its help center lists the advanced grammar checker as paid, so we could not tell how much grammar checking is free. The trial ends on its own without charging you. An offline desktop app with no AI costs $19.99 once.
In their own words(4, checked 5 Oct)
“The free version of Hemingway scores the readability of your writing, so you know how you're doing.”
“It also identifies issues that make your writing less clear: wordy sentences, passive voice, words with simpler alternatives, and so on.”
“The paid version, Hemingway Editor Plus, is a subscription that adds the ability to have AI help you improve your writing.”
“2-week trial, no credit card required.”
Trials or paid only
No free plan. Writesonic and Jasper give 7-day trials, and Jasper's needs a card.
- Free limit
- 7-day trial, no card
- Paraphrase
- No free paraphraser
- Sign-up
- Needed
- Paid from
- $79 a month, billed yearly
Writesonic now sells AI search visibility tools (SEO and GEO), not a general writing app. Its old paraphrasing tool page now leads to its AI article writer. The $79 a month Starter plan is billed once a year and includes 15 AI articles a month.
In their own words(3, checked 5 Oct)
“Start 7-Day Free Trial”
“Start free. No credit card needed.”
“Starter $79 Save $240/year per month, billed annually”
- Free limit
- 7-day trial, card needed
- Sign-up
- Needed
- Paid from
- $59 a month yearly, $69 monthly
Jasper is a marketing tool for businesses, not a student tool. When the trial ends, you pay for the plan you picked unless you cancel. Prices are per seat. Its only listed discount is 20% for non-profits.
In their own words(3, checked 5 Oct)
“We do require a credit card during our trial sign-ups right now. You will not be charged until after your trial is over.”
“Once the 7-day free trial has ended, you will be moved to and charged for the plan you selected when starting your trial.”
“Pro: $59/month billed yearly or $69/month billed monthly (cancel anytime).”
Copy.ai
- Free limit
- No free plan
- Paid from
- $24 a month yearly, $29 monthly
Copy.ai's help center, which now opens on Fullcast's site, says the free plan has ended, though the price page still shows "Try for free" buttons. Copy.ai is now sold to sales and marketing teams. The Chat plan is $288 for a year, or $29 a month, with a 5-day money-back guarantee.
In their own words(3, checked 5 Oct)
“Unfortunately there is no longer a free plan (we had to sunset it)”
“$24/mo Billed $288/yr”
“we offer a 5-day money-back guarantee from the date of your initial purchase.”
Read off each company's own page by our reader. Open a row for every fact and its sentence.
Writing tools in our catalogue 5
Content and writing
3 days freeCard neededFree plan
Content and writing
Free plan
Content and writing
Free plan
Content and writing
7 days freeFree planthen €12/mo, billed yearly
Content and writing
7 days freethen $69/mo
Their own words, tool by tool (5)
- Wordtune: “The free trial lasts 3 days from the date of purchase.”
- LanguageTool: “The free version corrects spelling as well as simple punctuation and some style mistakes.”
- Rytr: “Free forever, no CC required.”
- Grammarly: “Start 7-day Free Trial”
- Jasper: “You can start a 7-day free trial of the Pro plan to try Jasper's features risk-free today before committing to a paid plan.”
Questions
What is the best free paraphrasing tool?
For the most words, Scribbr: 125 words at a time, as often as you like, with no account. It runs on QuillBot. QuillBot itself takes 100 words at a time, in 2 of its 9 modes. With a free account, Wordtune gives 10 sentence rewrites a day and ProWritingAid 10 Rephrases a day.
Is there a free paraphrasing tool with no word limit?
Not among the 16 we checked. Free paraphrasers limit each text or each day: Scribbr 125 words, QuillBot 100 words, Paperpal 5 uses a day, LanguageTool 3 rephrasings a day. QuillBot Premium has no word limit, from $8.33 a month billed yearly. Scribbr lets you paraphrase 125 words as often as you like, so you can do a long text in parts.
Is QuillBot free?
Yes, with limits. The free paraphraser takes 100 words at a time (QuillBot's help center still says 125), in the Standard and Fluency modes. The grammar checker is free and unlimited, with no sign-up. Premium is $8.33 a month, billed yearly, and has no free trial. Students get up to 25% off.
Is Grammarly free?
Yes, and the free plan has no time limit. With a free account you get spelling and grammar checks, 100 AI prompts a month and a limited number of paraphrase suggestions a day. Full-sentence rewrites, tone changes and plagiarism checks need Pro: $12 a month paid as $144 for the year, or $30 month to month. Students can get 50% off one period.
What is the best free grammar checker?
With no account: QuillBot, which runs unlimited checks, and Scribbr, which runs on QuillBot and has no character or word limit. LanguageTool checks 2,000 characters at a time, also inside Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, Word and LibreOffice. With a free account, Grammarly checks up to 100,000 characters at a time, and Wordtune has unlimited grammar checks.
What is the best free AI writing assistant?
It depends on the job. For rewrites, Wordtune gives 10 a day. For essays and papers, Jenni AI gives 10 autocompletes a day, and Paperpal 5 uses a day of tools like Paraphrase, Trim and Translate, plus 200 grammar edits a month. Rytr writes 10,000 characters a month. Copy.ai has no free plan, and Writesonic and Jasper only give 7-day trials.
How we checked
Every fact here comes from the company’s own page, with the sentence it is in. The facts checked for this guide show the day we read them. The tables come from our catalogue, which re-reads each price page on its own. When a page does not say something, we write that, and we never guess. How we check