Grammarly fixes commas. We review your committee defence.
Grammarly is excellent at line-edit polish. It does not score methodology alignment, verify citations against your reference list, or refuse to author replacement prose. A side-by-side, written by someone who has used both on the same dissertation chapter.
Built for sentences. Not for chapters.
Both tools improve writing quality. Only one of them reads a 50-page chapter as a committee member would — naming the missing transition, the orphaned citation, the framework drift between §2.4 and §2.6, and the methodological misalignment between RQ2 and your sampling strategy.
| Capability | Dissertation Editing Center $29–$99 per review (one-time) | Grammarly Premium $12–$30/mo |
|---|---|---|
| Real-time grammar & spelling correction | Partial | |
| Chapter-level structural review | ||
| Methodology alignment scoring | ||
| Citation cross-check vs reference list | ||
| APA 7 verification (headings, DOI, hanging indents) | Partial | |
| Submission readiness score (0–100) | ||
| Refuses to author replacement prose | ||
| Auditable, exportable review record | ||
| Microsoft Word / Google Docs add-in | Q4 2026 | |
| Doctoral-credentialed editorial board sets the rules |
Use Grammarly for line-edit polish on early drafts. Use us when the question is 'will this chapter survive committee'. The two are complementary, not substitutes — Grammarly is a $12/mo subscription; our reviews are one-time ($29 for an APA pass, $99 for a full chapter review) and only make sense when committee defensibility is the bar. Read the public sample review first — no signup, no card.
See a real review side-by-side, then order a single review.
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