Grammarly
Grammarly is an AI writing assistant that checks grammar, clarity, and tone for individuals and teams writing in English.
About this data
Updated August 3, 2026
Overall Pulse Score
-12 over this period
A 0-100 index summarizing the tone of 419 relevant public mentions gathered from public online communities across 25 weeks in the selected period. It measures online sentiment, not a rating of the product's quality.
Weekly Sentiment Trend
Pulse Score by week over the selected period. Each point is one complete week of mentions.
This week in public discussion
Community discussion around Grammarly remained mixed over the recent period, with the pulse score holding steady and complaints outpacing praise in volume. Commenters raised frequent concerns about AI quality, bugs, and missing features, with several mentions drawing unfavorable comparisons to competitors. Some users praised specific features and ease of use, though a recurring thread involved frustration with the product's shift away from straightforward grammar checking toward generative tools. A handful of excerpts reflected broader cultural skepticism, with commenters questioning Grammarly's role in education and creative writing contexts.
Read the deeper analysisAI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.
Sentiment mix by week
How the tone of public discussion splits each week.
Ringed points mark weeks with unusually high discussion volume, more than double this product's typical week.
Most-discussed praise
Most-discussed complaints
Themes across the selected period, with mention counts.
How Grammarly compares
Pulse Score over the selected period versus the top tracked competitors in AI Writing.
Where the mentions come from
Share of the 419 relevant public mentions in the selected period, by source.
Sample public mentions
Showing 5 of 419 analyzed public mentions in this period, with links to the original source. We do not reproduce full threads.
“Grammarly now suggests I delete an em dash everytime I use one, presumably to avoid being flagged as AI writing. Fuck you bot, you can pry my em dashes from my cold, dead hands”
“Someone just got snotty with me about a typo… MFKA I write every word next to my name. I have never used an LLM. I legit just got rid of Grammarly premium because I don’t like the new version & I only wanted it for grammar checks. MY TYPOS REFLECT MY HUMANITY!”
“Maybe this isn’t about Grammarly, but it explains why I’ve cancelled my subscription. All I wanted was a proofreading tool that pointed out misspelled words and missing or incorrect punctuation.”
“Same. I will embrace the em dash, use incorrect grammar in dialog (because we all do), & start sentences with "And" or whatever fits in that place. I uninstalled CoPilot and disabled Grammarly. The words & how they're used are all from my brain to the page, albeit with a few typo...”
“My employer started requiring both its writers and its *editing team* to use Grammarly. Last night it scolded me for refusing to change “Here is the part” to “Here are the part” — but missed that I’d left out an ‘i’ in “suggestng.” I’m so tired.”
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- AI quality concerns dominated complaints and drove the most contentious discussion across the window.
- Sentiment showed no clear upward trend, moving in a zigzag pattern with a low opening and only modest recovery by the final week.
- Opinion was sharply divided between users who valued specific features and commenters who framed the product as philosophically at odds with genuine writing.
- Competitor comparisons leaned unfavorably toward Grammarly, with several mentions suggesting alternatives were seen as more credible or focused.
| Praise theme | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Strong features | 102 |
| Easy to use | 87 |
| AI quality | 25 |
| Compared to rivals | 9 |
| Fair pricing | 8 |
| Complaint theme | Mentions |
|---|---|
| AI quality | 81 |
| Bugs | 60 |
| Missing features | 52 |
| UI frustrations | 43 |
| Compared to rivals | 37 |
Discussion around Grammarly over the past four weeks has been notably mixed, with complaint volume clearly outpacing praise across almost every measured theme. The dominant tension in public conversation centered on AI quality, which appeared as both the top complaint theme and a praise theme, suggesting commenters are sharply divided on whether the product's generative features represent a step forward or a regression. Mentions of bugs and missing features added weight to the critical side, and competitor comparisons leaned negative in tone, with several commenters implying rival tools were pulling ahead.
The score trajectory tells a story of instability rather than sustained momentum. Sentiment opened the window at a notably low point in early June before climbing into the low forties mid-month, then slid back through late June and into early July. A modest recovery appeared in the most recent week, though discussion volume was also at its highest point, meaning the uptick arrived alongside a surge of engagement that historically correlates with louder criticism. Whether that late lift represents genuine goodwill or is simply noise from a busier conversation remains unclear from the data.
Qualitative signals in sampled mentions leaned philosophical and skeptical. Commenters questioned the product's identity, expressing nostalgia for a simpler grammar-checking version and frustration with what several framed as feature creep toward generative AI. The idea that the tool now conflicts with authentic writing came up repeatedly, with one commenter describing being told to run vernacular fiction through it and another dismissing its educational framing entirely.
Opinion was most divided around whether AI-assisted writing help is legitimate or corrosive. Some mentions praised specific features and ease of use, while others treated the product as a symbol of a broader cultural problem with automated writing tools. This ideological split, more than any specific bug or missing feature, appeared to shape the emotional undertone of the window.
AI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.
Member perspectives
Individual opinions from Pro members, posted over time. These are personal member views, not aggregated sentiment data.
Overall Pulse Score
-12 over this period
A 0-100 index summarizing the tone of 419 relevant public mentions gathered from public online communities across 25 weeks in the selected period. It measures online sentiment, not a rating of the product's quality.
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