QuillBot
Paraphrasing, grammar, and summarization tool for students and professionals
Best for
Best for students, ESL writers, and content marketers who need fast paraphrasing and grammar polish across many short edits
At a glance
- Pricing
- freemiumfrom $9.95/mo
- Setup time
- 5 minutes
- Learning curve
- easy
- Last verified
- 5/21/2026
What we love
- ✓Best-in-class paraphraser for short edits
- ✓Browser and Word integrations are reliable
- ✓Cheaper than per-seat LLM stacks
Where it falls short
- −Long-form drafting weaker than dedicated LLMs
- −Free tier has tight character limits
- −Paraphraser output can sound formulaic
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20263 tiers
Free
monthly
- ✓125-word paraphrase limit
- ✓Standard mode
- ✓Basic grammar
Premium
monthly
- ✓Unlimited paraphrase
- ✓All modes
- ✓Plagiarism
- ✓Word and Docs
Annual
yearly
- ✓All Premium features
- ✓Best value
Why we picked it
QuillBot kept its lead in paraphrasing by being faster and less laggy than ChatGPT for the specific job of rewording a sentence. Niche, but sticky.
Overview
QuillBot is a writing toolkit centered on paraphrasing — it rewrites sentences across multiple tone modes (standard, fluency, formal, simple, creative, expand, shorten). Bolt-on tools cover grammar checking, summarization, citation generation, and plagiarism detection. Owned by Course Hero and one of the most-used writing tools in the student market.
Key features
- ●Paraphraser with 7 tone modes
- ●Grammar checker
- ●AI summarizer
- ●Citation generator (APA, MLA, Chicago)
- ●Plagiarism checker (Premium)
- ●Chrome, Word, Docs extensions
- ●Translator across 30+ languages
Best use cases
Student writing
Paraphrase research notes and check grammar for essays and dissertations.
Content polish
Tighten and reword marketing copy across tone modes before publishing.
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