Grammarly

What Grammarly does

Grammarly (now operating under the parent company Superhuman following its October 2025 rebrand) is an AI-powered writing assistance platform founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, with engineering hubs in Kyiv, Berlin, and Warsaw. The company serves 40 million daily active users and 50,000 organizational customers across consumer, enterprise, education, and government segments, offering a freemium core product plus paid tiers (Pro at $12/member/month, Business Suite at $33/member/month) and custom-priced Enterprise contracts. Its core technology combines proprietary natural language processing, in-house generative AI, and a directory of specialized AI agents (Proofreader, Paraphraser, Reader Reactions, Humanizer, AI Detector, AI Grader, Citation Finder, Plagiarism Checker) delivered through browser extensions, native desktop apps (Windows, Mac), mobile keyboards (iOS, Android), an AI-native Docs editor at app.grammarly.com, and Superhuman Go, a proactive cross-app AI assistant that integrates with 100+ apps via calendar, email, drive, and project-management connectors.

The business model is subscription-based recurring SaaS spanning five tiers (Free, Pro, Business, Enterprise, Education) with add-on pricing for Superhuman Go at $144/year and Superhuman Suite bundles that incorporate the 2024 acquisition of Coda (collaborative workspace) and the July 2025 acquisition of Superhuman Mail (AI email client). GTM combines a self-serve product-led freemium funnel with direct enterprise field sales and embedded/OEM distribution across 1M+ apps and websites. Recent strategic moves include the $1 billion non-dilutive financing from General Catalyst (May 2025), the corporate rebrand to Superhuman, the launch of the Superhuman Agents SDK and Agent Marketplace, and the rollout of multilingual writing support across 25+ languages. The company reports ~$700M in annual revenue (2024 ARR) and was last valued at $13 billion in 2021.

Grammarly's competitive moat rests on its unmatched cross-surface distribution (1M+ app/site integrations), fifteen-plus years of accumulated linguistic and user-engagement data, enterprise switching costs from style guides and Knowledge Share, and a maturing regulatory posture (SOC 2, ISO, GDPR/CCPA) that unlocks regulated verticals. Material risks include the March 2026 class-action lawsuit over the Expert Review AI feature (which was disabled the same day it was filed), reputational and competitive pressure from foundation-model incumbents offering free writing assistance, and execution risk on the broader Superhuman Suite bundling strategy following a 230-person layoff and a rebrand away from the historically dominant Grammarly brand.

Name

Grammarly

Legal name

Superhuman Platform

Website

https://grammarly.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Grammarly (now Superhuman) is an AI-powered writing assistance platform serving 40 million daily users and 50,000 organizations with proprietary NLP, generative AI, and a directory of specialized agents delivered via browser, desktop, mobile, and Superhuman Go across 1M+ apps.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Writing Assistance Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAFAOAE

Writing, Grammar, Spelling & Composition Tools

Education/Education Technology (EdTech) & Digital Learning/Language Learning & Literacy Technology

SECONDARYBPAEAHAG

Generative AI & LLM Solutions Services (RAG, Agents, Copilots)

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/Data, Analytics & AI Services

SECONDARYEDAFAOAC

AI-Powered Language Tutors, Chatbots & Speaking Practice Tools

Education/Education Technology (EdTech) & Digital Learning/Language Learning & Literacy Technology

SECONDARYEDAFALAB

AI-Generated Content Detection & Authorship Verification

Education/Education Technology (EdTech) & Digital Learning/Academic Integrity, Online Safety, Privacy & Compliance Tools

Keywords

• AI writing assistant
• Grammar checking software
• Generative AI platform
• Enterprise communication software
• Writing productivity tools

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Freemium subscription (Free + Pro): Free tier ($0/month) with 100 AI prompts drives top-of-funnel acquisition; Pro tier ($12/member/month annual, $30 monthly) adds full-sentence rewrites, tone adjustments, brand voice, and 2,000 AI prompts per month. Recurring SaaS revenue.
2. Grammarly Business / Teams: Per-seat subscription for teams and businesses with brand tones, style guides, knowledge share, snippets, analytics, centralized billing, admin controls, SAML SSO, and SCIM provisioning.
3. Grammarly Enterprise contracts: Custom-priced enterprise contracts with unlimited members, dedicated support, confidential mode, granular roles and permissions, data loss prevention, and unlimited generative AI prompts. Quote-based / sales-led.
4. Superhuman Suite bundled offering: Combined offering bundles Superhuman Mail, Grammarly writing AI, Coda collaborative workspace, and Superhuman Go at $33/month per member (Business) and $12/month (Pro), monetizing acquired products through unified suite pricing.
5. Superhuman Go premium tier: Premium tier for Superhuman Go at $144/year; also available free during early access.
6. Education institutional licensing: Institutional licenses for Grammarly for Education combining Pro features with enterprise-grade security and admin controls for universities and K-12 (e.g., Western Governors University partnership for Writing Score API).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistance platform that delivers grammar, spelling, tone, clarity, and plagiarism checking alongside generative AI rewriting and a suite of specialized AI agents (Proofreader, Paraphraser, Humanizer, Reader Reactions, AI Detector, Citation Finder, AI Grader, Plagiarism Checker) across browser extensions, desktop apps, mobile keyboards, and an AI-native document editor. The platform supports 25+ languages and serves individual consumers via a freemium funnel and enterprises/education customers via per-seat subscription tiers (Business and Enterprise) with brand tones, style guides, Knowledge Share, SAML SSO, and unlimited generative AI prompts. Following its 2024 acquisition of Coda and July 2025 acquisition of Superhuman Mail, Grammarly (now parent-branded Superhuman) bundles its writing AI with a collaborative workspace (Coda), an AI email client (Superhuman Mail), and a proactive cross-app AI assistant (Superhuman Go) into the unified Superhuman Suite.

Product overview

Grammarly operates a unified AI productivity platform (now under the parent company Superhuman) that bundles a core AI writing assistant with an ecosystem of specialized AI agents, a document editor (Docs), an AI assistant (Superhuman Go), browser/desktop/mobile surfaces, and acquired productivity products (Coda and Superhuman Mail). The core Grammarly writing assistant (Free, Pro, Business, Enterprise tiers) provides grammar, spelling, tone, clarity, and generative AI writing support across 1 million+ apps and websites. Building on top of this core, the platform adds named AI agents (Proofreader, Paraphraser, Reader Reactions, Humanizer, AI Detector, Plagiarism Checker, AI Grader, Citation Finder, Resume Builder, Authorship), the Docs AI-native document editor, and Superhuman Go (a proactive AI assistant that orchestrates agents across 100+ apps). The Superhuman Suite productizes Grammarly alongside the acquired Coda collaborative workspace and Superhuman Mail email client, and Grammarly for Education extends the same agents plus Authorship tracking to institutional customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Superhuman Mail: AI-powered email client originally developed by Superhuman Labs Inc., now bundled into the Superhuman Suite.
• Superhuman Go
• Grammarly Docs
• Grammarly Keyboard
• Coda

Products and services

• Grammarly (core AI writing assistant) Flagship AI-powered writing assistant offering grammar, spelling, clarity, tone, and plagiarism checking plus generative AI prompts and a suite of specialized AI agents (Proofreader, Paraphraser, Humanizer, Reader Reactions, AI Detector, Citation Finder, AI Grader). Deployed across browsers, desktop apps, mobile keyboards, and a web editor. Available in Free ($0), Pro ($12/member/month annually, $30 monthly), Business, Enterprise, and Education tiers.
• Grammarly Docs AI-native document editor combining AI Chat with specialized agents (Paraphraser, Proofreader, Reader Reactions, AI Grader, Citation Finder, Humanizer, AI Detector, Plagiarism Checker) to support brainstorming, outlining, drafting, editing, and polishing in a first-party web surface. Free to use with Pro unlocking full agent access; supports English at launch with offline use enabled while the tab remains open.
• Superhuman Go Proactive AI assistant that works across apps, tabs, and workflows, understanding context and orchestrating a team of Grammarly AI agents to draft, reply, schedule, summarize, and research without prompting. Connects to 100+ apps including Google Calendar, Jira, Gmail, Google Drive, and Slack; premium features for Business/Enterprise tiers at $144/year; coming to Mac and Windows.
• Superhuman Mail AI-powered email client acquired in July 2025 and now bundled into the Superhuman Suite. Features Split Inbox, Snippets, Instant Reply, calendar integration, and read receipts. Achieved an $825M valuation and $35M annual revenue by 2021 prior to acquisition.
• Coda Collaborative workspace and document platform acquired in late 2024 by Grammarly, with former CEO Shishir Mehrotra now leading the combined Superhuman entity. Bundled into the Superhuman Suite and also serves as the foundation for the Superhuman Agents SDK developer beta.

Named customers49 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration27 records

AI capability10 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Western Governors University (WGU)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2026Collaboration to enhance student and faculty writing capabilities through AI-powered tools. WGU students gain access to Grammarly's Writing Score API offering real-time document quality assessments scored from 1 to 100, with broader rollout planned for the education market by year-end.
• Chapman UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 March 2026Chapman University Information Systems and Technology made Grammarly AI Agents available to all students, faculty, and staff with Grammarly Authorship, a feature that tracks AI assistance usage and helps users appropriately disclose and document AI involvement.
• Superhuman (acquisition)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Grammarly acquired Superhuman in July 2025; Superhuman Mail and Superhuman Go are now bundled into the Superhuman Suite ($33/month) alongside Grammarly writing AI and Coda. Rahul Vohra (Superhuman founder) remained with the combined entity.
• Coda (acquisition)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Grammarly acquired Coda in late 2024 (December); Coda's collaborative workspace is now bundled into the Superhuman Suite. Coda founder/former CEO Shishir Mehrotra is now CEO of the combined Superhuman entity.
• Google Chrome (Web Store)flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGrammarly for Chrome is distributed via the Chrome Web Store as the primary browser extension channel for in-browser AI writing assistance.
• Microsoft Edge (Add-ons Store)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGrammarly for Edge distributed via Microsoft Edge Add-ons store; Superhuman Go free early access is also available via Grammarly for Edge.
• Mozilla Firefox (Add-ons)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGrammarly for Firefox distributed via Mozilla Add-ons store as a supported browser extension.
• Apple Safari (Extensions)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGrammarly for Safari distributed via Apple Safari Extensions marketplace.
• Apple App StoreflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGrammarly Keyboard distributed via Apple App Store (id1158877342) for iOS and iPad.
• Google PlayflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGrammarly Keyboard distributed via Google Play (com.grammarly.android.keyboard) for Android devices.
• Microsoft (Microsoft 365 / Office integrations)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationDeep integration with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams; enables real-time AI writing assistance across the Microsoft 365 productivity suite.
• Google (Workspace integrations)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationDeep integration with Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Drive; enables real-time AI writing assistance across Google Workspace.
• SlackcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration enables real-time AI writing assistance inside Slack messages.
• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration enables AI writing assistance in Salesforce CRM and customer workflows.
• NotioncoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration enables AI writing assistance in Notion documents and pages.
• ZapiercoreTechnology or IntegrationZapier integration listed among integrations; Superhuman Go orchestrates AI agents that connect to 100+ apps including Zapier.
• LinkedIn (Microsoft)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration enables AI writing assistance in LinkedIn messaging and posts.
• ZendeskcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration enables AI writing assistance in Zendesk support tickets and customer messages.
• Apple MailcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration enables AI writing assistance in Apple Mail on Mac and iOS.
• Microsoft TeamscoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration enables AI writing assistance in Microsoft Teams chat.
• Jake Schroeder (TikTok creator)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerTikTok creator Jake Schroeder secured around 60 brand deals, including a collaboration with Grammarly, leveraging his platform-specific humor and creative content for brand-safe marketing.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• QuillBot: QuillBot is an AI paraphrasing, grammar, and plagiarism tool serving students, professionals, and ESL writers — a directly comparable consumer/prosumer AI writing assistance product with overlapping grammar, paraphrase, and summarization features.
• Wordtune: Wordtune (AI21 Labs) is an AI writing assistant offering rewrites, tone adjustments, and summaries across browsers and apps — directly competing with Grammarly's core rephrase and tone-suggestion features in the consumer and prosumer segment.
• ProWritingAid: ProWritingAid is an AI-powered grammar, style, and writing-improvement tool targeting professional writers, students, and editorial teams. Closely comparable to Grammarly on core grammar/style checking and pricing model, with differentiated strength in long-form fiction and editorial workflows.
• Jasper AI: Jasper is an AI writing and marketing-content platform targeting enterprise marketing teams with brand voice, templates, and campaign workflows — directly competing with Grammarly Business's marketing-team value proposition and tiered pricing. Both monetize per-seat AI writing with brand-consistency controls for B2B users.
• Writer: Writer is an enterprise AI writing platform offering brand-voice style guides, Knowledge Graph, and AI agents for regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, retail). Directly comparable to Grammarly Business/Enterprise in target buyer (large enterprise compliance/IT), feature set (style guides, brand tones, knowledge share), and pricing model.
• Notion AI: Notion AI adds native generative writing, summarization, and AI agents inside Notion documents — the same in-document surface where Grammarly Docs competes. As both a deep integration partner and adjacent first-party competitor, Notion AI is a direct comparable in the AI-native document editor category.

Broad incumbents

• OpenAI (ChatGPT): OpenAI ships ChatGPT as a general-purpose AI assistant with first-party writing, editing, and rewriting capabilities directly competing with Grammarly's generative-AI features across consumer and enterprise tiers. As the underlying LLM provider and consumer-facing product, ChatGPT is the most strategically significant competitor shaping Grammarly's pricing and product roadmap.
• Google Gemini (Workspace): Google embeds Gemini-powered writing assistance inside Gmail, Google Docs, Drive, and Workspace — the same surfaces where Grammarly operates via browser extension. As both a deep integration partner and direct competitor at the productivity-app layer, Gemini is a key determinant of Grammarly's freemium funnel and enterprise expansion.
• Microsoft 365 Copilot: Microsoft bundles first-party generative-AI writing assistance inside Word, Outlook, Teams, and the Microsoft 365 productivity suite where Grammarly is embedded. As both an integration partner and a structural competitor, Copilot threatens Grammarly's enterprise attach rate by shipping native AI features at the OS level.

Emerging players

• Sudowrite: Sudowrite is an AI creative-writing assistant for fiction authors featuring narrative agents (brainstorm, write, rewrite) comparable in form to Grammarly's specialized AI agents directory. Smaller and more narrowly focused on creative writers, but directly comparable on agent-based AI writing product architecture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Superhuman
• Facebookfacebook.com/SuperhumanCo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/superhumanhq
• Instagraminstagram.com/grammarly

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors8 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A4 records

Investments1 record

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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