Test record & evaluation basis

Grammarly · AI content detection

Grammarly's AI Detector brings the company's trademark engineering polish and friction-free user experience to content authenticity verification. Allowing guest users to scan up to 1,400 words without registration, the cloud pipeline completed evaluation in 7.68s, delivering a calibrated 100.0% AI detection verdict with an elegant semi-circular gauge and zero ad distractions.

Test date 2026-11-01Free tier + subscriptionNative output attachedMethod 2.3.1
1 · Date, environment & tier2026-11-01 · Account / tier unconfirmed

US-West (California, AS2914)

2 · Fixture & native exportCalibrated AI vs human text benchmark (literature master & LLM prose, 780 B) (anchor_aidetector_v1)

JSON · Output attached · Open native file ↗

3 · Price checks vs. test scoreOfficial pricing checked 2026-10-31

Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.

4 · What one test cannot proveScoped to this fixture & path

One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.

Plans & historical pricing

Grammarly Free and Pro subscription pricing structure · 2026-10-31

Plan · source date
Monthly / one-time
Annual bill / period
Quota & limits
USD 0/month
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Monthly Basic spelling and grammar correction, tone detection, 100 AI prompts/month

Basic grammar and spell check, tone detection

USD 12/month
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Monthly One-click sentence rewriting, tone adjustments, unlimited personalized suggestions, plagiarism & AI detection, 2,000 AI prompts/mo

Full sentence rewriting, tone adjustments, plagiarism check, AI content detection

2 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.

Free tier is permanently free; Pro tier is $12/month with a 7-day free trial and email reminder sent 2 days prior to billing.

Cancellation, sources & verification record

Cancellation and refund terms unverified

Grammarly Plans Official Pricing Page ↗ · 2026-10-31 Capture 1 ↗

Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-11-01

Completely free (1,400 words/submission)

Freemium + Pro subscription ($12/month)

Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.

Delivery & access

Free delivery record
Not recorded or not verified
Watermark
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Free allowance
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Account requirements
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Maximum specification record
Semi-circular AI probability gauge + Resembles AI text percentage scale

May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.

Batch & API
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Manual refinement
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Tested result & sample

Not recorded or not verified

Fixture
anchor_aidetector_v1
Recorded environment
US-West (California, AS2914)
Network-observed server wait
7.68 s
End-to-end reference
7.68 s

Network wait includes round trips, queuing and polling error, not pure inference time. Local timings depend on the device; repetition counts are not standardized in legacy records.

Experience, rules & trust

Disclosure
Not recorded or not verified
Interaction
Not recorded or not verified
Entity record
Grammarly, Inc.
Origin
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Domain history record
Not recorded or not verified
Third-party tracking record
Google Analytics · Datadog · Cloudflare
External information
Not recorded or not verified
Processing
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Retention statement
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A recorded statement does not verify deletion or all data-processing behavior.

Verifiable audit trail & evidence

Four SHA-256-verified stages link the benchmark fixture, same-run interface screenshots, native exported artifact and archived pricing sources.

Stage A · Benchmark fixture Calibrated AI vs human text benchmark (literature master & LLM prose, 780 B)

anchor_aidetector_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →

Stage B · Same-run screenshots 3 flow screenshots archived

Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.

Stage C · Native exported file JSON · Output attached

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Stage D · Archived pricing sources 1 official source snapshots

Grammarly Plans Official Pricing Page (snapshot ↗)

Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.

Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 95.7/100

Overall = honesty & reputation × 30% + capability × 70%. Component maxima follow this report’s rubric. List scores are rounded for display; original precision is retained here.

Scoring version 2.3.1 · Test fixture anchor_aidetector_v1

Honesty & reputation · 95/100 · 30%

CriterionScoreRationaleBasis
Pricing transparency34 / 35 Explanation unavailable Evidence A →
Interaction restraint28 / 30 Explanation unavailable Evidence A →
Background & reputation19 / 20 Explanation unavailable Evidence A →
Engineering & privacy14 / 15 Explanation unavailable Evidence A →

Capability · 96/100 · 70%

CriterionScoreRationaleBasis
Task quality65 / 65 AI Probability: 100% · Human Probability: 0% · Label: ai · Calibrated: Yes Evidence A →
Deliverable specifications18 / 20 Clean unwatermarked export (8/8); Export spec: Semi-circular AI probability gauge + Resembles AI text percentage scale Evidence A →
Processing speed13 / 15 Network-observed server wait: 7.68s (API mode: async_verified; network upload 0s / end-to-end 7.68s shown for reference only, never penalized) Evidence A →

Legacy scores may include advertised maximum capabilities. Read tested output separately from paid capabilities. Records without matching tiers and scope are not ranked together.

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