What is ProWritingAid?
ProWritingAid is a writing editor that checks grammar, spelling, punctuation and style, and runs 25+ analysis reports, plus story tools such as Chapter Critique and Story Credit analyses for fiction. The pricing page lists a Desktop Editor, a web editor, a Google Docs extension, a Microsoft Office add-in and Desktop Everywhere.
Who it's for
The vendor aims individual plans at writers, especially authors of fiction and long-form work, and sells separate Teams and Enterprise plans for organizations. The pricing page says individual licenses are for one user and that the product is English only (General, US, British, Australian and Canadian English).
Pros & cons
Strengths
- The pricing page lists 25+ writing analysis reports, a custom style guide, a custom dictionary and a comparison against 90 fiction authors on Premium.
- Premium has no word-count cap and unlimited line editing and Rephrases; Free suggestions are limited to 500 words at a time.
- Premium Pro adds 30 Chapter Critiques and 50 Sparks per day, weekly live workshops, 200+ on-demand workshops, and up to 65% off Story Credits.
- ProWritingAid says it will never use your writing to train its algorithms, and says you keep the rights to your writing, including text changed with its AI features.
- The Teams plan page lists centralized user management, team analytics, AES-256 and TLS encryption, SOC 2 and GDPR compliance, and EU or US hosting on Microsoft Azure.
- A Free plan works with all integrations, per the vendor's help center, and K-12 educational organizations can get Premium features free through ProWritingAid for Education.
Limitations
- Free is limited to 500 words at a time, 2 runs per line editing report per day, 10 Rephrases, 3 Sparks and 3 Creative Nudges per day, and basic grammar, spelling, punctuation and thesaurus checks.
- Premium includes 1 Chapter Critique and 5 Sparks per day; 30 Chapter Critiques and 50 Sparks per day need Premium Pro.
- Manuscript, Plot, Virtual Beta Reader and Marketability analyses each cost 1 Story Credit per story of up to 300,000 words, and credits are bought separately: one credit is $50 on Free, $35 on Premium and $25 on Premium Pro. Credits are nonrefundable except when the analysis cannot be delivered for technical reasons.
- Monthly billing is $30 for Premium and $36 for Premium Pro and is not refundable; yearly and lifetime purchases have a 3-day money-back guarantee, requested by email, and canceling does not trigger a refund automatically.
- The vendor's pages disagree: the pricing page says no team plans are listed, while the Business page lists a Teams plan at $12 per user per month. The pricing page's Free card also lists items such as unlimited Rephrases and Chapter Critique that conflict with the stated Free limits.
Plans and pricing
- Free: $0. 500 words at a time, basic grammar, spelling, punctuation and thesaurus checks, daily caps on reports, Rephrases, Sparks and Creative Nudges.
- Premium: $10 a month billed annually ($120 a year), or $30 monthly. Any document length, unlimited line editing and Rephrases, 25+ reports, 1 Chapter Critique and 5 Sparks per day, up to 40% off Story Credits. Lifetime option listed at $399 one-time.
- Premium Pro: $12 a month billed annually ($144 a year), or $36 monthly. Everything in Premium plus 30 Chapter Critiques and 50 Sparks per day, workshops and community events, up to 65% off Story Credits. Lifetime option listed at $699 one-time.
- Teams: $12 per user per month (example on page: 5 users, $720 billed annually). For 2-100 users. Centralized user management, team analytics, unlimited Rephrases, all integrations, 1,000 term base items and 1,000 style guide rules.
- Enterprise: Custom. For 100+ users, quoted through sales. Adds account management, custom integrations, on-premise options and SSO (SAML).
Prices were read from the official pricing page, the Story Credits page and the Business page, all in USD. The Teams price is stated per user per month and the example total suggests annual billing, but the page does not say so outright. Confirm on the live pricing page.
Details checked October 2026 against the vendor's own pages. Prices and limits change, so confirm before you buy. Official pricing page ↗
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ProWritingAid — at a glance
ProWritingAid is a writing editor that checks grammar, spelling, punctuation and style, and runs 25+ analysis reports, plus story tools such as Chapter Critique and Story Credit analyses for fiction. The pricing page lists a Desktop Editor, a web editor, a Google Docs extension, a Microsoft Office add-in and Desktop Everywhere.
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