Quillbot

What is Quillbot?

QuillBot is a rewriting assistant for students, non-native English writers and anyone who needs to tighten prose quickly. Its core is a paraphraser with several modes, surrounded by a grammar checker, summarizer, citation generator and plagiarism check. It is a writing aid, not a generator of fresh long-form content.

What the free plan really allows

The free tier caps paraphrasing at 125 words per run and gives you only a couple of modes. That is enough to reword a paragraph; it is not enough to process a whole essay in one go. Heavy users hit the limit on day one, which is the intended nudge toward Premium.

Pricing and the billing trap

QuillBot's own pricing page blocked our fetch, so the figures below come from several third-party guides and may differ by region. They agree on three cycles: roughly 19.95 USD monthly, about 39.95 USD every three months (some guides list a six-month charge instead), and around 99.95 USD for a year, about 8.33 USD a month. The trap is the monthly option: it costs more than twice the annual rate per month, and the annual plan reportedly carries only a 3-day money-back window. If you buy yearly, decide inside those three days whether you will actually use it.

Student discounts are reported, but guides disagree on the amount, so confirm with a student email on the checkout page.

Where it falls short

Paraphrasing tools reword sentences without checking facts, and over-paraphrased text can read stiff or drift from your meaning. If your institution bans AI-assisted rewriting, a paraphraser is a risk whatever the price. QuillBot also does not draft arguments for you; treat it as an editor.

Black Friday history

QuillBot has discounted annual Premium around the holidays: a reported 50% off for Cyber Monday 2023, and 40% off annual Premium in late November 2025 using code BFCMDEAL (about 29.97 USD for the year, in our stored record). One roundup says the company does not run a dependable sale every year, so treat a November discount as likely but not guaranteed.

Decision rule: if you paraphrase more than a few times a week, wait for the late-November annual sale and buy yearly; if you only need occasional rewrites, the free plan is the right price.

Key features

• Paraphraser with multiple modes
• Grammar checker
• Summarizer for long text
• Citation generator
• Plagiarism checker (Premium)
• Chrome and Word extensions
• Free plan with a 125-word paraphrase cap

Use cases

• Rewording clumsy sentences in essays
• Shortening long source articles into summaries
• Cleaning up emails written in a second language
• Generating quick citations for papers

Quillbot pricing

As of October 2026 we could not load QuillBot's own pricing page (it returned a 403). The figures below are reported by third-party guides and should be confirmed at checkout.