--- title: "Ginger Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra" description: "Is Ginger the right Proofreading solution for you? Explore 86 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/151872/Ginger-Page/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" publication_date: "2026-10-19" --- Ginger 4 (85) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/151872/Ginger-Page/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated October 19th, 2026 # Reviews of Ginger Ease of use 4.1 Customer Service 3.6 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews nk nema k research assistantResearch, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The thesaurus feature was also really useful – it was a great way to expand my vocabulary and find alternative words to use in my writing. And the translation tool was a convenient way to quickly translate text into a variety of different languages.“ December 30, 2022 Waleed A Digital appHospital & Health Care, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “However, the paid plan is expensive and it can sometimes be inaccurate.“ July 7, 2023 Shukurath B Merchandising Executive Marketing and Advertising, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “I appreciate the grammar-correction and vocabulary-enrichment capabilities of the software, as well as its integration with external applications such as Microsoft Word.“ January 6, 2023 MF Michael F CrewAirlines/Aviation, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Poor interface, Automatic Billing, No notification before cancelling, poor customer service.“ July 14, 2022 SS Suraj S Project EngineerRenewables & Environment, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Its easiness and used friendly interface for instance correction of the Grammar and rephrase any sentence.“ June 5, 2023 Shankha K Web DeveloperInformation Technology and Services, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “It doesn't provide much corrections in their free version, there is a limit.“ July 31, 2022 nk nema k research assistantResearch, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I would still recommend Ginger to anyone looking to improve their writing skills or simply ensure that their text is free of errors. While it's not perfect, it's a solid choice for anyone looking for a comprehensive proofreading tool.“ December 30, 2022 WA Wasim A Managing DirectorEducation Management, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Sometimes, I see ginger suggest unnecessary punctuation that is not required.“ May 5, 2022 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 85 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Olga B. Edutainment Coach Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A great way to start writing practice" September 15, 2020 5.0 Well, it is an outstanding tool, but only at some point of English learning. But for ESL/EFL Intermediate and Pre-Intermediate students it can become a powerful, motivating, encouraging and educative tool which will increase their passion for perfection. It helps as well to understand that all the mistakes, errors, typos, slips of tongue and slips of finger, blunders, gaffes and bloopers are valuable and any human being must learn from them and keep moving forward. Pros The software is based on Natural Language Processing and is probably derived from Generative Grammar by Noam Chomsky. This software is a powerful tool for those who have just started to learn English writing. It can be a great helping hand which will teach you how to paraphrase and what's more, it will demonstrate you the incorrect spelling. It will give you hints on adequate word meanings, can translate your wordings in more than 50 different languages. It is capable to read your texts out loud, can train you and motivate you. You will be able to easily use the program wherever you like: there are versions of Ginger for Desktop, Chrome, Safari, iOS or Android and even Microsoft Office. It can be your proofreader, coach and motivator. Such a great step for your writing progress. It is a great tool for Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate ESL/EFL Students. Cons I am not sure that there are versions for Linux (Ubuntu/Debian users). Review Source R Reviewer self-employed Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Works Well" February 5, 2021 4.0 While the tool works well and improves my grammar by providing re-phrased sentence it doesn't always catch the punctuation. Pros Works well and give you some good suggestions on how to improve grammar. Cons Chrome extension causes delays in the text appearing when typing. The desk top app pop-up a lot. Doesn't always play nicely with other tools. Review Source R Reviewer Professor Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Customer service" January 29, 2021 3.0 Very bad experience once I am encountering a problem with the software. This is because there is no real person to help as customer support. Pros It is user friendly. Automated correction through word, made it easier to use. Cons Customer service. There is no real customer service. It has been one week, ginger software is not working. There is no direct person to help. Only after few days someone responding via email with different version of changes and nothing works. This is a gross violation of quality control of any industry. It should notified to all customers. Review Source R Reviewer Marketing Specialist Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Great Tool For Everyone" November 11, 2021 5.0 Pros Whether you are publishing content or sending an internal memo Ginger is a great tool and ad on extension that integrates with your existing programs. It is great in a pinch when you do not have the time to have something proofed by copy writers. Cons It glitches at times and erases what you've written. Review Source Shukurath B. Merchandising Executive Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Ginger review" January 13, 2023 4.0 Pros I appreciate the grammar-correction and vocabulary-enrichment capabilities of the software, as well as its integration with external applications such as Microsoft Word. Additionally, I am impressed by the software's ease of use and user-friendliness. Cons The cost is higher than that of its rivals. Additionally, the reworded sentences can occasionally have a different connotation than the original. Review Source R Reviewer Director Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Good but not Superb" June 16, 2022 3.0 Fair to Good, Replacement of sentence with some professional looking is excellent. Pros The way it makes the sentence looks professional Cons Poor Interface, No sync between devices. Review Source R Reviewer Crew Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Watch out for automatic billing" July 15, 2022 3.0 Automatic Billing, Poor Customer Service, No response to emails. Pros I was using another software, but it was more expensive. I decided to use this. Cons The desk top app pop-up a lot. It was very annoying, so I stopped using it. Poor interface, Automatic Billing, No notification before cancelling, poor customer service. Review Source Russell S. P. Teacher, Consultant Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Good option for grammar checking" April 30, 2019 4.0 It's a great tool! Give it a try - I think you'll be pleased. Pros There are a few good options in the field of grammar checking, writing, etc. and I feel that Ginger is competitive. Here's what I like: - If you are in need of help with profession writing (emails, etc.), Ginger has the ability to identify grammar errors, spelling, and even sentence structure issues. Although some platforms will do this for you, others will not, so it's always nice to have Ginger working in the background to help out. - It honestly does a good job. It doesn't always catch everything, but it catches a lot. - It's extremely simple to begin using. It takes no time at all to set-up. - You can try it for free to see if you like it. You can keep using the freemium version if you like what you see and only want help with basics. - It works as a Chrome extension in your browser. - Even if your sentence structure is fine, Grammarly will also offer advice/ideas for improving your writing. - I think using this actually helps speed up writing for me. I don't spend as long exhaustively reviewing/revising what I've written. - Works with Chrome an Safari, which is not the case with competitors. - You have the ability to find synonyms and a dictionary within Chrome. That's a brilliant feature. Cons I have no major concerns about Ginger. It's a very competitive tool within the field, and I appreciate what it offers. It would be great if they'd figure out how to integrate this with Google Docs, but I've read that they are working on it. It's also not necessary, since Docs recently improved their editing toolkit. I'm just pleased that this works as an extension in Chrome. Review Source Efren O. Associate Consultant Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "It helps!" February 22, 2018 4.0 Pros It gives me an idea if the sentence construction is correct or grammatically right. It allows me to countercheck my email composition as well. Cons Sometimes the suggested phrases or sentences don't really match to what we are really saying and it seems to be off to the sentence as well Review Source Vinay G. Graphic Design Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "for grammar and spell check" January 13, 2020 4.0 my overall experience with this software is very good. i am learning with the help of this software and improve my skills of speaking and writing. Pros the best part of this software that it does improve your skills of writing and even help in speaking skills. i like the way of this software to help someone, like chrome extension. Cons first thing it doesn't show one word mistake i mean it helps only in paragraph and doesn't translate the word like other software. Review Source R Reviewer Owner Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Ginger Grammar Tool - Good but not the Best" May 16, 2022 4.0 Before I tried other software, Ginger was great. But there are better, and less expensive, options for what I need. Pros It is simple to set up and use. No issues with these features. Cons Cost. Other software works a bit better for less money. Ginger doesn't seem to catch as many of my errors as other software. It leaves me with a false sense of being well written when it is not, sometimes. Review Source R Reviewer Assistant Production Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Ginger spell and grammar checker" June 29, 2021 4.0 I like it very much and I am using this software 1+ years. It really helps me to structure my writing without major errors. For daily emails I am using this a lot. Pros I like this software a lot because I can add Ginger extension to web browser - Chrome. So, whenever I make mistakes in writing online, it helps me to correct by writing. Even it provides rephrasing options as well. Awesome ! Cons However, I am using Ginger online and if you need help from this software you need to have a good internet connection. Review Source R Reviewer Photographer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Do Not Respect their Cancellation Policy!" October 26, 2020 3.0 The program worked as advertised, but their cancelation process does not honor their policy. If you plan on never canceling the program then my complaint is not for you. But if you want to give it a try for a few months, beware of canceling your subscription. Their website is very shoddy and has no cancelation tool. Plus they ask for a "reference Number" which they NEVER provided. Pros It worked well enough to give it a good rating. Cons When I canceled my subscription they continue to charge me the monthly payment and their cancelation process is a "Contact Us" program. I received a confirmation that they received my request, but still charged me days later , even though I canceled well before my renew was due. So far no response from the Support Team, nor refund for the monthly fee they charged me after canceling. Still waiting for a proper response. Review Source R Reviewer researcher Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Improvement for the future " July 4, 2019 3.0 Good I appreciate customer service. The staff contact immediately and try to fix the issue. Pros Reading of the text. I listen to the writing draft while editing. Rephrase provides me subtitute and suitable syntax Cons payment process. the update process is so annoying. I updated in 2018 despite I received many messages for an update. And, I could not update although I paid the amount. In the advertisement of ginger, I observe several functions however when I used the software all functions don't run properly. Review Source R Reviewer phd student Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "ms word function doesn't work at all on windows 10 and office 365" February 26, 2021 2.0 Very poor! I wouldn't buy it again Pros The tool works when you click and paste the text into their software box, but you don't get as many suggestions as with Grammarly. Cons I would like to say that I do not recommend this product, because its announced feature to correct as you type in ms word has not worked one day on my fairly new computer with new software. I have contacted customer support, and they haven't been able to help at all, but I know they are in trouble due to the flash plugin making it hard for their software to be compatible with office etc. I asked for getting my money back, so that I could buy another correcting software, and they have not responded to this message. Also, I bought this product to help me in my final work with my phd thesis, and I am just very dissapointed that the money feels like flushed down the drain. Review Source SA Sultan A. Director Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "I use ginger daily to improve my efficiency " October 10, 2022 5.0 Pros Ginger always saves me while writing mail, it has very good AI based suggestions option that suggest me the best word and correct all the mistake on my sentences. Cons I do not have to say anything that i least like about ginger. Review Source R Reviewer Writer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Really first class!" June 24, 2019 5.0 As a published writer, I left the mainstream went solo, and moved across to Amazon a few years ago. All was well, until the books were finished and it was time to proofread. As a now one-man-band, it fell to me to proofread... bad idea! My readers loved my books but many complained of proofreading errors - My bad. I tried various software packages to wash my manuscripts free of errors but the situation didn't improve until I discovered Ginger. It marches through the manuscript with consummate ease, finding typos, spelling errors punctuation mistakes et all. In my humble (and experienced) opinion, Ginger is simply excellent!! Pros Better than any I have tried before. Ginger seems to trap just about every error in a 60,000+ manuscript. Cons Not a great fan of the price. I've used Ginger in the past and a returning discount would have been a nice touch. Review Source R Reviewer Professor Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Proof reading is now easy with Ginger" January 22, 2019 4.0 I used Ginger all the time and it really helps me to avoid any silly grammar mistakes. Pros I like the browser extension the most. It help me to proof read all my emails that I sent. As a Professor I usually pay a lot of attention to grammar and Ginger helps me a lot to avoid any embarrassing mistakes . I also recommend it for my students and they usually find it very useful and convenient for them. Cons Nothing so far that I can recall right now. Ginger has been always useful to me and to my students. Review Source R Reviewer Student Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Make the life easier" May 12, 2022 5.0 Pros Its help improve the writing and also suggest the best words as alternative. Cons I was mainly using it for the writing journal paper so it was also give me correction suggestions for the references. Which was annoying. Review Source R Reviewer Research Assistant Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Easy to use and useful" July 22, 2019 4.0 Pros \-User-friendly -Easy to learn and use for beginners -It has an extension in chrome -Powerful in finding grammatical errors Cons \-The only thing that I can say is that It is not compatible with Google docs. Review Source Beth P. Writer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "A nice affordable option for editing!" February 1, 2019 4.0 I think that Ginger works decently and does do as it promises for the most part, but I don't think it's better than other similar options out there. Pros I like the free option. I like the chrome extension that catches your writing mistakes online, like emails, social media, and blogging. It catches lots of spelling mistakes that I wouldn't have noticed. The tools for vocabulary and sentence rephrasing are very helpful. Cons There are some glitches I encountered. It doesn't pick up as many editing mistakes as a different program that I use, so it's not my first choice. Review Source R Reviewer Manager Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "0 customer service" October 13, 2022 3.0 Nil customer service Pros I am a free trial user and wanted to go premium but their website does not process the payment and wull give error saying "transaction failed" and "fill all required fields" Tried several different cards but in vain Send mails to customer suppory but not sure if such department exists at all. Cons Features are good Review Source R Reviewer Sw architect Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Ginger good app" June 26, 2019 4.0 I'm not native speaker so it is must for my work. Pros Great for my work, for some reason i have more trust they dont steal my data, then gramerly. Great customer support Cons It is less useful in tech space, it cannot realy rephrase a sentence. Not dealing well with line breaks. Review Source Verified Reviewer Content Marketing Writer & Strategist Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "This is my Favorite Grammar Checking Software" March 12, 2020 5.0 Overall, I'm happy to use it and to continue using it. Pros I can change the grammar settings for each document and the love that the suggestions are on point more times than not. Cons I don't have any complaints about this software, that's why it's my favorite. 'Cause it's dependable. Review Source R Reviewer Student Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Helpful in checking grammar" June 19, 2022 3.0 Not bad, but I feel that there is a lot of room for improving Ginger to compete with other apps available in the market Pros Ginger is a helpful tool for grammar and spelling check. It is much better that MS word spell check and detects many grammar mistakes and typing errors Cons Ginger is not as good as other proof reading apps and needs a lot of development Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.