Best for
Best for writers and teams working in several languages who want the same checker inside their browser, office suite and mail client.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI Writing Comparison
LanguageTool vs. QuillBot
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for students, writers and researchers who need paraphrasing, summarizing and grammar help.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | LanguageTool | QuillBot |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free tier Premium is billed monthly, quarterly, annually or for two years; Teams is priced per user for 2 to 1,000 or more users. | Free tier; Premium from $8.33 / month $8.33 per month billed annually ($99.95 per year); $19.95 billed monthly. Team plan from $3.75 per seat. |
| Free trial | Free tier | Free tier with a 125-word paraphraser and unlimited grammar checker |
| Commercial use | Not stated | Yes |
| Output | Spelling, grammar, punctuation and style corrections, plus AI paraphrased sentences | Paraphrased and summarized text, grammar fixes and translations |
| Languages | More than 30 languages and dialects, with six English varieties | Not stated |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS), API servers in Germany; the source code is published for self-hosting | Not stated |
| Content types | Checks and rewrites text the writer has already started rather than generating a content format; Premium raises the limit to 150,000 characters per text field, which covers blog articles, letters and long e-mails | Paraphrasing, summaries and grammar fixes |
| Brand voice | Yes, a Style Guide of custom rules for consistent wording, and a shared Team Style Guide plus a Team Dictionary of technical terms on the Teams plan | No brand voice controls |
| Content scoring | No content or readability score. The editor's Statistics view tracks writing activity over time, the languages used, the errors made and the suggestions applied, which measures the writer's habits rather than rating a piece of text | No content performance scoring; includes grammar and plagiarism checks |
| Drafting tools | Yes, an AI paraphrasing tool that rewrites a sentence to be more formal, more fluid or shorter, uncapped on Premium | Yes, paraphraser, grammar checker, summarizer, AI writer and translator |
| Templates | No content templates. LanguageTool corrects and rephrases text the writer brings to it; the only things reusable across documents are the personal dictionary and the Style Guide rules | No template library |
| Team workflows | Yes, the Teams plan adds e-mail invitations, user management, a shared style guide and a shared dictionary for 2 to 1,000 or more users | Yes, Team plan with team dictionary and style guide |
| API | Yes, the Proofreading HTTP API with JSON responses, monthly tiers from 100 to 10,000 requests, up to 60,000 characters per request, customisable rules and personal dictionary access, served from Germany without storing the submitted text | No official public API |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Not stated |
| Company size | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized |
| Integrations | Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, LibreOffice, Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, macOS, Windows | Not stated |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price LanguageTool Free tier QuillBot Free tier; Premium from $8.33 / month
- Free trial LanguageTool Free tier QuillBot Free tier with a 125-word paraphraser and unlimited grammar checker
- Company size LanguageTool Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise QuillBot Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
- Output LanguageTool Spelling, grammar, punctuation and style corrections, plus AI paraphrased sentences QuillBot Paraphrased and summarized text, grammar fixes and translations
- Content types LanguageTool Checks and rewrites text the writer has already started rather than generating a content format; Premium raises the limit to 150,000 characters per text field, which covers blog articles, letters and long e-mails QuillBot Paraphrasing, summaries and grammar fixes
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
LanguageTool
Strengths
- More than 30 languages and dialects in one checker
- Add-ons for browsers, Google Docs, Word, Apple Pages, LibreOffice, four mail clients and desktop apps
- Proofreading HTTP API served from Germany, with no storage of submitted text
- Source code published, so the checker can be run on your own server
Limitations
- The free tier caps the length of a single text field
- The extra Premium checks cover seven languages, not all thirty
- No editor of its own; the checker lives in add-ons and plugins
QuillBot
Strengths
- Strong paraphrasing and summarizing tools
- Free grammar checker with no word limit
- Cheap annual and team pricing
Limitations
- Free paraphraser is capped at 125 words
- Free plan includes only two paraphrasing modes
Plans
Pricing
LanguageTool
- Free $0 Basic spelling, grammar and punctuation checking with a limit on the length of a single text field.
- Premium Not stated More than 20,000 additional checks, up to 150,000 characters per text field, unlimited AI paraphrasing and a Style Guide. Billed monthly, quarterly, annually or for two years.
- Teams Not stated All Premium features plus user management, a Team Style Guide and a Team Dictionary, priced per user for 2 to 1,000 or more users.
QuillBot
- Free $0 125-word paraphraser, unlimited grammar checker.
- Premium $8.33 Per month billed annually ($99.95 per year). $19.95 billed monthly.
- Team $3.75 Per seat per month billed annually, 2 to 10 seats.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
LanguageTool
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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QuillBot
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
LanguageTool https://languagetool.org · checked against the official source on 2026-09-09
QuillBot https://quillbot.com · no check date recorded yet
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.