ProWritingAid
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Features
34 features across 15 categories
AI Writing Enhancement(2)
Transform words into captivating sentences by making writing more formal or informal, longer or shorter, more fluent, or adding sensory details
Experiment with multiple types of editing including improving readability, changing tense or person, and adding sensory details
Analysis & Reporting(6)
Delve into style, pacing, dialogue, overused words, clichés, and other aspects to ensure writing shines
Measure your writing against over 90 renowned authors, like Stephen King
Advanced analysis tool for evaluating manuscript marketability
Ensure your work resonates with your audience by scoring readability to fine tune writing for maximum impact
Analyze text and check percentage usage for each of the five bodily senses to help master 'show, don't tell'
Identify opportunities to make your writing smoother with better transitions
Collaboration(1)
Share your document and get comments in real time in your ProWritingAid document
Community & Support(4)
Write together with the ProWritingAid team in real time (beta feature)
Get live feedback from peers and experts in group settings (beta feature)
Join themed challenges to boost progress (beta feature)
Meet other writers and grow your community (beta feature)
Customization(5)
Add new words to your dictionary and create custom grammar and style rules
Add your own rules for personalized style suggestions
Ask ProWritingAid to ignore clichés and diction errors in dialogue, set frequency for repetitions, and more
Choose from 40+ document types and get custom suggestions tailored to your writing format
Upload your term base to enable preferred terms in your writing
Feedback & Analysis(3)
Get comprehensive story critique on a single chapter in seconds, including strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement
Get expert-level feedback on entire story in minutes, diving deep into structure, plot, pacing, characterization, and more
Delivers emotional, first-person feedback showing where your story shines and where readers might drift, identifying hook points and drop-off risks
Grammar & Spelling(3)
Checks for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors in your writing
Eliminate passive voice for clearer, easier-to-read writing
Get instant feedback as you write and accept corrections with a click
Learning & Community(2)
Learn from industry pros in weekly live sessions
Watch 200+ expert workshops anytime to improve your writing skills
Plagiarism Detection(1)
Check your work against web pages, published works, and academic papers
Security & Privacy(1)
Your writing is protected with bank-level security and never used to train algorithms
Storage & Organization(1)
Store unlimited documents in your ProWritingAid account
Tracking & Analytics(1)
See how your writing shapes up across a variety of categories with a progress bar toward each goal
Writing Assistance(1)
Overcome writer's block with ideas for new dialogue, emotional or sensory descriptions to move your story forward
Writing Tools(2)
Use in-line citation checks to find and correct citations in your document instantly
Find synonyms, rhymes, anagrams, and other word alternatives with powerful word tools
Pricing
Free
- ✓Basic writing suggestions everywhere you write
- ✓500 word count limit
- ✓2 runs per report per day
- ✓10 Rephrases per day
- ✓3 Sparks per day
- ✓Grammar, spelling, punctuation
- ✓Word Explorer & Thesaurus
- ✓40+ document types
- ✓100% data security and privacy
Premium
- ✓Everything in Free
- ✓Unlimited word count
- ✓Unlimited report runs
- ✓Unlimited Rephrases
- ✓5 Sparks per day
- ✓Advanced style improvements
- ✓Custom style guide
- ✓25+ writing analysis reports
- ✓Customizable suggestions
- ✓Terminology management
- ✓Author comparison
- ✓Citations
- ✓Collaboration
- ✓Unlimited document storage
- ✓1 Chapter Critique per day
- ✓Up to 40% off Story Credits
- ✓3-day money back guarantee
Premium Pro
Popular- ✓Everything in Premium
- ✓50 Sparks per day
- ✓3 Chapter Critiques per day
- ✓Up to 65% off Story Credits
- ✓Live workshops with top authors & editors
- ✓On-demand expert workshop library
- ✓Daily co-writing sprints (beta)
- ✓Group critique sessions (beta)
- ✓Writer networking events (beta)
- ✓Guided writing challenges (beta)
- ✓3-day money back guarantee
Premium Lifetime
- ✓Everything in Free
- ✓Unlimited word count
- ✓Unlimited report runs
- ✓Unlimited Rephrases
- ✓5 Sparks per day
- ✓Advanced style improvements
- ✓Custom style guide
- ✓25+ writing analysis reports
- ✓Customizable suggestions
- ✓Terminology management
- ✓Author comparison
- ✓Citations
- ✓Collaboration
- ✓Unlimited document storage
- ✓1 Chapter Critique per day
- ✓Up to 40% off Story Credits
- ✓3-day money back guarantee
Premium Pro Lifetime
- ✓Everything in Premium
- ✓50 Sparks per day
- ✓3 Chapter Critiques per day
- ✓Up to 65% off Story Credits
- ✓Live workshops with top authors & editors
- ✓On-demand expert workshop library
- ✓Daily co-writing sprints (beta)
- ✓Group critique sessions (beta)
- ✓Writer networking events (beta)
- ✓Guided writing challenges (beta)
- ✓3-day money back guarantee
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Total Cost Comparison
DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 34 features at very easy complexity.
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Buying ProWritingAid saves ~$26,160 over 3 years vs building.
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Integrations
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