InstaText vs QuillBot
InstaText
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| Figure | InstaText | QuillBot |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €9.99/mo | $0.69/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 8 |
| Spec score · AI writing assistants | 8.6 (#14) | 9.2 (#5) |
| Data handling | The privacy policy says submitted texts are not stored or used to improve services, and account data includes the user's email address and name. | QuillBot says connections are encrypted, it does not sell user data, and Team Plan text inputs are not used for training. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The browser extension supports more than 20 online platforms, including Google Docs, Gmail, WhatsApp, Slack, Overleaf, Outlook, Salesforce, and WordPress. | Its desktop app can appear as a widget in apps including Slack, Notes, and Messages, and its Premium page lists a Word add-in. |
| What it does | InstaText improves user-provided writing for clarity, readability, grammar, and style without generating new content. | QuillBot provides AI tools for paraphrasing, grammar correction, summarization, translation, originality checking, chat, image generation and related writing tasks. |
Plans
InstaText
- InstaText One (monthly)€24.99 a month
- InstaText One (yearly)€9.99 a month
- FreeFree
- InstaText One monthly€24.99 a month
- InstaText One yearly€119.88 a year
QuillBot
- FreeFree
- Premium$8.33 a month
- PremiumPriced on request
- Premium$8.33 a year
- Team Plan (51+ seats)$69.95 a year
- Team Plan (11–50 seats)$79.95 a year
- Team Plan (2–10 seats)$89.95 a year
- TeamPriced on request
In their own words
InstaText
InstaText improves writing supplied by the user for clarity, readability, grammar, and style without generating new content. Suggestions remain visible for users to accept or reject, and edits are not applied automatically. The service runs on the web and through a browser extension supporting more than 20 platforms, including Google Docs, Gmail, WhatsApp, Slack, Overleaf, Outlook, Salesforce, and WordPress. A Word add-in works with Word online and the classic version, with Track Changes for suggested revisions. Tone controls offer Auto, Formal, and Informal settings, while Personal Dictionary rules can preserve or replace specified wording. The Free plan costs nothing, allows five improvements daily and up to 1,500 characters at once, and is for personal, non-commercial use. InstaText One costs €24.99 a month billed monthly or €9.99 a month billed yearly at 119.88 € yearly, with unlimited use. The Windows desktop app is early access and requires internet; macOS is coming soon.
QuillBot
QuillBot is a set of AI tools for writing, communication, design, coding, and collaboration across platforms and formats. Its writing tools include paraphrasing, grammar and plagiarism checking, AI detection and humanizing, summarizing, and citation generation. The Free plan allows paraphrasing up to 100 words in two modes, with basic grammar and summaries plus limited access to humanizing and the AI Detector. The Premium comparison lists paraphrasing in 23 languages and translation into more than 40 languages. QuillBot offers desktop and mobile apps for macOS, Windows, Android, and iOS, alongside Chrome, Edge, and Safari extensions. Its desktop app can appear as a widget in apps including Slack, Notes, and Messages; Premium also lists a Word add-in. QuillBot says one subscription works across its apps and platforms, with Premium usable on up to 10 devices at a time. Team plans add writer-management dashboards and centralized billing, while Team Plan benefits include priority assistance and account-management support. The maker says QuillBot began in 2017 as a paraphrasing tool for English-language learners. The Free plan is available; no Premium price is listed here.